Best 2144 quotes in «chance quotes» category

The landscape of my days appears to be composed, like mountainous regions, of varied materials heaped up pell-mell. There I see my nature, itself composite, made up of equal parts of instinct and training. Here and there protrude the granite peaks of the inevitable, but all about is rubble from the landslips of chance.

The lesser the friends, the lesser the chances of betrayal.

The light works," he said, indicating the window, "the gravity works," he said, dropping a pencil on the floor. "Anything else we have to take our chances with.

The longer you're with the wrong person, you could be completely overlooking the chance to meet the right person.

The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning.

The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance.

The man armed with knowledge has a better chance of survival than the man who is simply the fittest. Knowledge is the true strength. Muscle is where the myth is.

The million, million, million ... to one chance happens once in a million, million, million ... times no matter how surprised we may be that it results in us.

the mistakes you regret the most in your life are the ones you didn't commit when you had the chance

The more guidance a central bank can provide the public about how policy is likely to evolve the greater the chance that market participants will make appropriate inferences.

The mines of knowledge are often laid bare by the hazel-wand of chance.

The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.

The more devils we have within us, the more chance we have to form angels.

The more failure you can accept, the greater your chance of success.

The more tickets you have in a lottery, the worse your chance. And it is the same of virtues, in the lottery of life.

The more we can do to create a better society, that benefits more people, the better chance we have that our society will continue to grow and prosper.

The more we lose, the more he'll fly in. And the more he flies in, the better the chance there'll be a plane crash.

The more you hesitate in a game, the more your chance of getting hit. Your focus isn't there. When you hesitate, usually you're in trouble.

The most important work I got a chance to be involved in, no matter what I do, is the personal computer... I even knew not to get married until later because I was so obsessed with it. That's my life's work.

The Old Testament contains over 300 references to the Messiah that were fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Computations using the science of probability on just 8 of these prophecies show the chance that someone could have fulfilled all 8 prophecies is 10 (to the 17th power), or 1 in 100 quadrillion.

The music community in Minneapolis is really incestuous so I've gotten the chance to work with a gang of people who have worked with Prince, Mint Condition, got to spend some time with Mujah Messiah, Atmosphere, P.O.S., Rhymesayers, a lot of poets around there.

The Negro neighborhood, which is inferior, is begging for a chance to - integrate itself into that which is - is superior, which is not going to happen. It's going to cause trouble.

The only bridge I've ever burned along this legacy I dance is the one that linked the cities of prosperity and chance.

The only compensation for the artist is the chance to feed hungry hearts.

The only morality in a cruel world is chance.

The nation was not founded by habitual groupthinkers. But it stands a fair chance of being destroyed by them.

The next time you encounter a difficult obstacle or problem, you should smile and say, 'Here's my chance to grow.'

The only cats worth anything are the cats that take chances.

The only difference between a genius and one of common capacity is that the former anticipates and explores what the latter accidentally hits upon; but even the man of genius himself more frequently employs the advantages that chance presents to him.

The only safe thing in filmmaking is to take a chance.

The only reason free markets have a ghost of a chance is that they are so much more efficient than any other form of organization.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

The Only Thing More Surprising Than the Chance She's Taking... Is Where It's Taking Her.

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

The paradox of publicity is that even as we do it, we know it's killing off the chance of another reader happening across our book in the ideal state of innocence.

The past, for everyone, is full of missed chances, surviving to understand them, if not set them straight, is one of the things that makes the next breath worth taking.

The past is a very determined ghost, haunting every chance it gets.

The people like the American Legion Post that gave us a chance to play. A place to play and a chance to play.

The person who is capable of producing a large number of ideas per unit of time, other things being equal, has a greater chance of having significant ideas.

The point is, when you have a chance to have a big adventure, especially if, like in your case, it doesn't hurt anyone, it's just plain foolish not to take it.

The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don’t know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired.

The Polynesians used to have a system where they proclaimed a fishing area as 'taboo.' If any fisherman was caught fishing in a taboo area, they would be killed. The Polynesians understood that the fish had to be given a chance to recover.

The possibilities of thought training are infinite, its consequences eternal, and yet few take the pains to direct their thinking into channels that will do them good, but instead leave all to chance.

The probability for the chance of formation of the smallest, simplest form of living organism known is 1 to 10340,000,000.... The size of this figure is truly staggering, since there are only supposed to be approximately 10 electrons in the whole universe!

The price of a college education should never include a 1 in 5 chance of being sexually assaulted.

The probability of success is difficult to estimate; but if we never search the chance of success is zero.

The problem with movies now is that studios don't take a chance.

The process of rehearsal means you learn so much and really get the chance to develop your work on a character.

The profit motive, indecorous though it may seem, may represent the best chance the poor have to reap some of globalization's benefits.

There are a lot of things that American fans don't know about me yet! I would say they don't know me at all, but I guess that's great because now I have the chance to surprise them and make friends.