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Chance Quotes

"You don't have the judgment after you've had the drink. If something truly catastrophic had happened that evening, I don't know how I could have lived with myself. I feel like I've gotten a second chance."

"You don't have the judgment after you've had the drink. If something truly catastrophic had happened that evening, I don't know how I could have lived with myself. I feel like I've gotten a second chance."

Tracey Gold, American Actress

Chance, Evening, Judgment

17

"But at some point, we've got to have disciplined play and have got to coach better. I'm not putting it on the players. We've got to coach them to tackle and block better. It's as simple as that. If we can do those things, we'll have a chance."

"But at some point, we've got to have disciplined play and have got to coach better. I'm not putting it on the players. We've got to coach them to tackle and block better. It's as simple as that. If we can do those things, we'll have a chance."

Steve Spurrier, American Coach

17

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for: it is a thing to be achieved."

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for: it is a thing to be achieved."

William Jennings Bryant, American Politician

Chance, Choice, Destiny

17

"Children born today have a fifty-fifty chance of living to 100."

"Children born today have a fifty-fifty chance of living to 100."

William Greider, American Author

Chance, Children, Living, Today

17

"I don't really get a chance to watch much television. I mostly watch BBC Worldwide and repeats of Seinfeld and Everybody Loves Raymond."

"I don't really get a chance to watch much television. I mostly watch BBC Worldwide and repeats of Seinfeld and Everybody Loves Raymond."

Will Estes, American Actor

Chance, Television

17

"I knew I'd just done one of the most amazing things that I will ever get a chance to do. Just to be part of a musical that's not your background and to pull it off and to think that we've done something that's really special."

"I knew I'd just done one of the most amazing things that I will ever get a chance to do. Just to be part of a musical that's not your background and to pull it off and to think that we've done something that's really special."

Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor

17

"I grew up not far from where Motown was founded, maybe 300 miles from Detroit and I've always liked - I used to like the way they made records. I still do, I just haven't had a chance to hear as much. They used to entertain me."

"I grew up not far from where Motown was founded, maybe 300 miles from Detroit and I've always liked - I used to like the way they made records. I still do, I just haven't had a chance to hear as much. They used to entertain me."

Rick Danko, Canadian Musician

17

"Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship."

"Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship."

Laura Schlessinger, American Writer

Chance, Children

16

"Ain't no chance if you don't take it."

"Ain't no chance if you don't take it."

Guy Clark, American Musician

16

"This is a chance for me to listen and learn. There's no more important and rewarding part of my job."

"This is a chance for me to listen and learn. There's no more important and rewarding part of my job."

Bill Delahunt, American Politician

16

"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."

"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."

Duke Ellington, American Musician

16

"Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask."

"Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask."

Shannen Doherty, American Actress

16

"A fool must now and then be right, by chance."

"A fool must now and then be right, by chance."

William Cowper, English Poet

Chance, Fool, Now, Right

16

"Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime."

"Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime."

Bobby Scott, American Politician

Chance, Crime, Fight, Giving

16

"I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive."

"I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive."

Theodore Bikel, Austrian Actor

Chance, Fighting, Language

16

"Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise."

"Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise."

Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Philosopher

16

"I'll be honest with you: not a chance in this world. But you know, stranger things have happened."

"I'll be honest with you: not a chance in this world. But you know, stranger things have happened."

Stacy Keach, American Actor

15

"We were given no chance against them, but we held our own and we will be trying to do the same this summer."

"We were given no chance against them, but we held our own and we will be trying to do the same this summer."

Robbie Keane, Irish Athlete

Chance, Summer, Trying, Will

15

"Still, we view that old material very much like we view the new material so if this gives us a chance to go out and promote it then, yes we will go out and do that."

"Still, we view that old material very much like we view the new material so if this gives us a chance to go out and promote it then, yes we will go out and do that."

Geoff Downes, English Musician

Chance, Old, Will

15

"There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do."

"There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do."

Charlize Theron, South African Actress

Chance, Nothing

15

"When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest."

"When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Chance, Public, Rest

15

"I assure you I will not miss the chance to show you that you were right when you voted for me."

"I assure you I will not miss the chance to show you that you were right when you voted for me."

Traian Basescu, Romanian Politician

Chance, Right, Will

15

"I started out typing and filing and answering the phones for a little nine-person firm. And that nine-person firm gave me my chance to find my own way."

"I started out typing and filing and answering the phones for a little nine-person firm. And that nine-person firm gave me my chance to find my own way."

Carly Fiorina, American Businessman

15

"Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent."

"Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent."

Euripides, Greek Poet

15

"At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary."

"At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary."

Allen Tate, American Poet

Chance, Honor, Killing

15

"In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you."

"In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you."

Suge Knight, American Producer

15

"Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few."

"Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few."

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, British Novelist

15

"Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish."

"Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Chance, Fish, Will

15

"I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when Apolo is skating because you won't see anybody better."

"I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when Apolo is skating because you won't see anybody better."

Eric Heiden, American Athlete

14

"I jump at any chance to go back into theater."

"I jump at any chance to go back into theater."

Taye Diggs, American Actor

Chance, Theater

14

"I think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and give one the chance to enhance one's best physical features."

"I think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and give one the chance to enhance one's best physical features."

Vivienne Westwood, English Designer

14

"I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance."

"I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance."

Wanda Sykes, American Comedian

14

"There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather outfit and sang the old hits. At eight oclock the next morning I had written Memories."

"There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather outfit and sang the old hits. At eight oclock the next morning I had written Memories."

Mac Davis, American Musician

Chance, Memories, Old, Song

14

"I never do anything by chance."

"I never do anything by chance."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

14

"My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as the subject for a series of plays. Others might have written them better: but, as I have written them, the advantage will probably remain mine."

"My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as the subject for a series of plays. Others might have written them better: but, as I have written them, the advantage will probably remain mine."

Laurence Housman, English Playwright

14

"More than 150 heads of state attended the UN Summit, giving New Yorkers a chance to get in touch with prejudices they didn't even know they had."

"More than 150 heads of state attended the UN Summit, giving New Yorkers a chance to get in touch with prejudices they didn't even know they had."

Jon Stewart, American Entertainer

Chance, Giving, State

14

"Any chance you have to sit back and be the one watching is great."

"Any chance you have to sit back and be the one watching is great."

Mats Sundin, Canadian Athlete

14

"We'd dub the one that came off best into the final transcription. It gave us a chance to ad lib as much as we wanted, knowing that excess ad libbing could be sliced from the final product."

"We'd dub the one that came off best into the final transcription. It gave us a chance to ad lib as much as we wanted, knowing that excess ad libbing could be sliced from the final product."

Bing Crosby, American Musician

14

"I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win."

"I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win."

Arnold Palmer, American Athlete

Chance, Effort, Trying

14

"You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere."

"You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere."

Charles Kettering, American Inventor

14

"Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?"

"Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?"

Phyllis Diller, American Comedian

Chance, Housework

14

"So, whenever Scooter was the Pilot, he never had a chance to fly the orbiter. So, the joke is: I'm going to have a chance to fly it first and hand it over to him."

"So, whenever Scooter was the Pilot, he never had a chance to fly the orbiter. So, the joke is: I'm going to have a chance to fly it first and hand it over to him."

Duane G. Carey, American Astronaut

14

"Chance doesn't mean meaningless randomness, but historical contingency. This happens rather than that, and that's the way that novelty, new things, come about."

"Chance doesn't mean meaningless randomness, but historical contingency. This happens rather than that, and that's the way that novelty, new things, come about."

John Polkinghorne, British Physicist

Chance, Novelty

14

"It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance."

"It's fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance."

Bernard Cornwell, British Novelist

Chance, Day, Folk, Fun

14

"It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die."

"It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die."

S. I. Hayakawa, American Politician

14

"To reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again."

"To reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again."

Ricky Nelson, American Musician

Chance, Friends, Memories, Old

14

"I don't really get a chance to watch much television."

"I don't really get a chance to watch much television."

Will Estes, American Actor

Chance, Television

14

"But I was very disappointed that I didn't get a chance to go overseas with that group, might not have gotten back but I wanted very much to go because there's not much of a record of the exploits of the first Negro fighter group."

"But I was very disappointed that I didn't get a chance to go overseas with that group, might not have gotten back but I wanted very much to go because there's not much of a record of the exploits of the first Negro fighter group."

Gordon Parks, American Photographer

14

"Why if I had half a chance, I could make an entire movie using this stock footage. The story opens on these mysterious explosions. Nobody knows what's causing them, but it's upsetting all the buffalo. So, the military are called in to solve the mystery."

"Why if I had half a chance, I could make an entire movie using this stock footage. The story opens on these mysterious explosions. Nobody knows what's causing them, but it's upsetting all the buffalo. So, the military are called in to solve the mystery."

Ed Wood, American Director

Chance, Military, Mystery

14

"One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance."

"One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance."

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian Musician

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