Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike Babcock

We didn't think we had second chances until partway through the game. They controlled the inside of the rink.

Charles Bukowski

Was I the only person who was distracted by this future without a chance?

We have played better. We missed some chances as Mercy Cross did a great job defending.

We've set such a low standard. But now we have a chance to be the most improved team in the country after this week.

Adam Burish

We've seen how hard they play. They compete so hard, they're up and down the ice, they skate well and they're physical. If we can match their intensity and play as hard as they do, that gives us a chance to be successful.

The expectations are to win it. We didn't win the Pac-10 regular championship, so this is the last chance to get a (Pac-10 title).

The fact that I still have a chance to play does surprise me. I probably won't practice all week, but that's OK. I'm doing some drills and trying to stay in shape. I just want to be ready to play on Wednesday.

Roger Clemens

The fact of the matter is I wouldn't be here if I didn't have a chance to watch these kids,

Olli Jokinen

The fact is we need to get a deal done before the deadline. There's a chance ... if I haven't been signed, obviously Florida's not going to take the risk of me going somewhere else in the summer. Hopefully we can work things out and I can sign before the trade deadline.

Troy Percival

There are a lot of good people in here, and they've got a chance to have a good clubhouse. Just let Tram run with it, and I think he'll do a good job.

Ryan Holmes

The reality is that SXSW is packed with brilliant entrepreneurs, investors and partners. They're everywhere, zipping back and forth like thousands of atoms. Your chances of colliding with one actually improve just by standing still.

Dan Rooney

When it went to the one year, I did think it had a good chance to pass. I thought it might make it.

We usually do a rehearsal on Friday night so Garrison has a chance to hear what he's written, and then he'll do a rewrite overnight. Sometimes it can be a totally new script for the pre-show rehearsal on Saturday.

We use this (scrimmage) to evaluate who will start for us, and who we thought might start that might end up coming off the bench. We even get a chance to look at some new plays that we want to run and see if they can work out.

We settled down after they put up a snowman (eight runs) in one inning and gave ourselves the chance to win. Sure, we missed some opportunities, but we found a way to win.

We set the tone early so there was no chance of them coming back.

We set them up with a little kit, with food and water and heat. Then kids have a chance to see them and even touch them.

What is different is I am giving the kids a chance to train every day. Not only once a day, but sometimes when they do not have school, we will try to do something in the morning too.

I always wished I had a chance to meet an NFL player or even a college player when I was growing up in Los Angeles.

Benjamin Franklin

Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences.

Ben Bernanke

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.

Brigitte Bardot

I never do anything by chance.

Bruce Lee

Circumstances hell! I make circumstances!

Brittany Murphy

I never had a chance to learn how to drive.

Denis Leary

There's not going to be a 'Rescue Me' movie. Not a chance.

Carl von Clausewitz

This tremendous friction which cannot, as in mechanics, be reduced to a few points, is everywhere in contact with chance, and brings about effects that cannot be measured just because they are largely due to chance. ...

Daniel Handler

Undeveloped, the whole thing,tossed into a box before we really had a chance to know what we had, and that's why we broke up.

Craig Ferguson

Appear tougher or cooler or funnier than you feel and there is a chance you'll make it.

Ashleigh Brilliant

The longer I live, the less chance I'll ever recover from what life keeps doing to me.

Wes Walz

When Gabby gets the puck on a two on one, there's a good chance he's going to be shooting.

Nolan Bushnell

Remember that we can only in our forebrains handle 5-7 items. Our backbrains can handle massive amounts. So when you're given a problem, think about it before you go sleep, and chances are you can solve it by the next morning.

Nancy Gibbs

I've always found that once you're in the door of a place and you have the chance to show how you operate and how talented you are, then anything can happen.

Mike Birbiglia

As a comedian, you want people to like you. That's part of why you're there in the first place: You have this unquenchable need to be liked, and then when you divert from that and take a chance at doing something that has moments of fierce unlikeability, you can hit some real low points.