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Chance Quotes

"If you enjoy math and you write novels, it's very rare that you'll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance."

"If you enjoy math and you write novels, it's very rare that you'll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance."

Mark Haddon, English Novelist

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"Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago."

"Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago."

Lincoln Steffens, American Journalist

Chance, Chicago, Spirit, Will

9

"You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance."

"You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance."

Michelle Wie, American Athlete

9

"Revie said there was nothing between me and Ray yet he never gave me a chance to show what I could do."

"Revie said there was nothing between me and Ray yet he never gave me a chance to show what I could do."

Peter Shilton, English Athlete

Chance, Nothing

9

"If you look closely enough, amid the merciless and the bitter, there is always the chance that you may find comfort and the promise of something good."

"If you look closely enough, amid the merciless and the bitter, there is always the chance that you may find comfort and the promise of something good."

Bob Greene, American Journalist

Chance, Comfort, May, Promise

9

"I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime."

"I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime."

Anne McCaffrey, American Author

9

"Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?"

"Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?"

Bobby Knight, American Coach

Chance, Giving, Now, Talk

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"Usually when I'm out doing stuff, I'm just out in the wild, doing the wild thing. I don't really get a chance to just chill out until I come here, in my creative space."

"Usually when I'm out doing stuff, I'm just out in the wild, doing the wild thing. I don't really get a chance to just chill out until I come here, in my creative space."

Bootsy Collins, American Musician

8

"When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'"

"When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'"

Vince Cable, British Politician

Chance, Company, Future, Job

8

"We've had a chance to be seen by viewers who had never seen us before, and we've kept a lot of them."

"We've had a chance to be seen by viewers who had never seen us before, and we've kept a lot of them."

Brit Hume, American Journalist

8

"Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise he'll ever have a chance to enter."

"Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise he'll ever have a chance to enter."

Jessamyn West, American Author

Chance, Fool, Paradise

8

"Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun."

"Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun."

Kent Nerburn, American Author

Chance, Children, Sun, Will

8

"If a pitcher sees you fiddling with the bat, he'll stall until your arms are tired before you even get a chance to hit."

"If a pitcher sees you fiddling with the bat, he'll stall until your arms are tired before you even get a chance to hit."

Paul Waner, American Athlete

8

"In order to be rated as good as a good man in the field of her earnings, she must show herself better than he. She must be more steady, or more trustworthy, or more skilled, or more cheap in order to have the same chance of employment."

"In order to be rated as good as a good man in the field of her earnings, she must show herself better than he. She must be more steady, or more trustworthy, or more skilled, or more cheap in order to have the same chance of employment."

Florence Kelley, American Activist

Chance, Man, Order

8

"A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance."

"A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance."

Branch Rickey, American Athlete

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"But chance has a taste for conspiracy."

"But chance has a taste for conspiracy."

Umberto Eco, Italian Novelist

Chance, Uncertainty, Life, Observation

8

"While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful."

"While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful."

H. G. Wells, English Author

Chance, Cheerfulness, End, Man

7

"Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides."

"Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides."

Euripides, Greek Poet

7

"There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven't created before."

"There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven't created before."

Dave Brubeck, American Musician

Chance, Mistakes, Order, Play

7

"When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella, so I would get a chance to play with Ray Brown and Charlie Smith as well."

"When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella, so I would get a chance to play with Ray Brown and Charlie Smith as well."

George Shearing, British Musician

Chance, Night, Play

7

"For centuries, the world has heard the oppressed, the downtrodden and the vulnerable cry out for their freedoms, for their rights and for a chance to emerge from the shadows of the tyranny and bloodshed that they had lived with."

"For centuries, the world has heard the oppressed, the downtrodden and the vulnerable cry out for their freedoms, for their rights and for a chance to emerge from the shadows of the tyranny and bloodshed that they had lived with."

Ginny B. Waite, American Author

Chance, Rights, Shadows, Tyranny

7

"I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me. I know that it's really hard to do, but I feel like I want to have a chance to try and translate something I've written and try and get a tone across."

"I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me. I know that it's really hard to do, but I feel like I want to have a chance to try and translate something I've written and try and get a tone across."

Dana Fox, American Writer

7

"If I put the script down more than once, there's a good chance that I probably don't want to play the part."

"If I put the script down more than once, there's a good chance that I probably don't want to play the part."

Joe Lando, American Actor

Chance, Play, Want

7

"You can't be pregnant in leotards, and this is the last chance for us to get our bodies into the shape of concert dancers and capture it with the magic of film."

"You can't be pregnant in leotards, and this is the last chance for us to get our bodies into the shape of concert dancers and capture it with the magic of film."

Patrick Swayze, American Actor

Chance, Film, Magic

7

"As far as now, as far as I think everyone deserv a chance. No matter who is he and who was he."

"As far as now, as far as I think everyone deserv a chance. No matter who is he and who was he."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Chance, Truth, Hope, Inspirational, Power

6

"He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things."

"He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things."

George Savile, English Politician

Chance, Nothing, Will

6

"It seemed to me that this might be a great pageant, which would give a chance for a very interesting picture."

"It seemed to me that this might be a great pageant, which would give a chance for a very interesting picture."

Henry Ossawa Tanner, American Artist

5

"If a man will make a purchase of a chance he must abide by the consequences."

"If a man will make a purchase of a chance he must abide by the consequences."

Richard Richards, American Astronaut

Chance, Consequences, Man, Will

5

"If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence."

"If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Chance, Luck, Knowledge, Life, Curiosity

5

"He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by chance but he who knows it and can judge it and has a true taste for it."

"He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by chance but he who knows it and can judge it and has a true taste for it."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Chance, Man, Reason, Taste

4

"On a hairpin turn, above the dead forest, on no day in particular, a white Toyota crashed into a black Mercedes, for a moment blending into a blur of gray."

"On a hairpin turn, above the dead forest, on no day in particular, a white Toyota crashed into a black Mercedes, for a moment blending into a blur of gray."

Neal Shusterman, American Author

Chance, Accident, Observation, Life

4

"All people have one chance, if there is possibility of other life. It's again one chance your knowledge from the knees up to the head is reset like the games."

"All people have one chance, if there is possibility of other life. It's again one chance your knowledge from the knees up to the head is reset like the games."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Chance, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

4

"Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column."

"Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column."

Dave Barry, American Journalist

Chance, Fact, Reading

3

"Luck is not as random as you think.Before that lottery ticket won the jackpot, someone had to buy it."

"Luck is not as random as you think.Before that lottery ticket won the jackpot, someone had to buy it."

Vera Nazarian, American Writer

Chance, Luck, Fate, Opportunity

3

"No fact in human nature is more characteristic than its willingness to live on a chance. The existence of the chance makes the difference between a life of which the keynote is resignation and a life of which the keynote is hope."

"No fact in human nature is more characteristic than its willingness to live on a chance. The existence of the chance makes the difference between a life of which the keynote is resignation and a life of which the keynote is hope."

William James, American Philosopher

Chance, Hope, Life, Nature

3

"One way to express the answer is that it might happen by 'chance'. But 'chance' is just a word expressing ignorance. It means 'determined by some as yet unknown, or unspecified, means'."

"One way to express the answer is that it might happen by 'chance'. But 'chance' is just a word expressing ignorance. It means 'determined by some as yet unknown, or unspecified, means'."

Richard Dawkins, English Scientist

Chance, Fate, Ignorance, Science

3

"We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate."

"We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate."

Henry Miller, American Author

2

"When the right chance to love comes in hand, you have not to let it go, It might be the last chance you would've been waiting for and when it's gone, you will never see it again."

"When the right chance to love comes in hand, you have not to let it go, It might be the last chance you would've been waiting for and when it's gone, you will never see it again."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Chance, Love, Opportunity, Loss

2

"We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or chemical laboratory in which chance steers our hand sometimes to a soothing drug and sometimes to a dangerous poison."

"We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or chemical laboratory in which chance steers our hand sometimes to a soothing drug and sometimes to a dangerous poison."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Chance, Memory, Poison

2

"What is the likelihood, of winning the lottery, then lose it all the next day when you step out your front door and get struck by lightning? Probably, very slim, but then anything is possible."

"What is the likelihood, of winning the lottery, then lose it all the next day when you step out your front door and get struck by lightning? Probably, very slim, but then anything is possible."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Chance, Fate, Irony, Hope

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