Famous Quotes & Sayings

E. P. Thompson

You never saw Linda Lavin and Ron Howard and LeVar Burton doing these kinds of things. It was a chance to see all of these people in a totally different context.

You put three kids in double figures (points), your chance to win the game goes up.

You play two different quarterbacks during the year, you're going to have problems with consistency. You hope Curtis Painter continues to grow and improve, because we think he has a chance to be awfully special.

You pile it all together and you have to lose the game despite the fact we still had a chance to win that game. We played horribly and still had a chance.

Chris Patten

You only have one chance of making a success of a donors' conference and before you have a donors' conference you need to have sorted out a lot of problems.

This is big win for the Golf Channel since a 15-year contract gives them a chance to raise rates and make even better deals with advertisers.

We are a little more relaxed now that we are in, but we still have four more big games to play. We are playing a couple of good teams at home, so this will give us a chance to get a couple big wins.

This raises the chances of an easing in French and German rates before the year end.

Lance Gross

I went to Howard University and majored in Film Production and minored in Acting. I turned down an opportunity to go pro in Track & Field to do this - I took a chance with this.

Larry Fitzgerald

For me, take Tiger Woods. I always thought he was great, but I never truly understood how good he was until I had the chance to go to Tiger Woods Golf Camp. He taught me how to swing and was hitting the ball, and this dude was unreal.

Gail Sheehy

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

I had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play.

Robert Zoellick

We are going to have to give these people a chance to get back on their feet.

Johnny Weir

I totally understand that I am a little outrageous in some ways... I'm a little un-P.C., but I really wish I had the chance to perform for the American fans.

As languages go, English is pretty user friendly. If you look at a tiny language spoken somewhere that most of us have never heard of, chances are it's going to be so complicated that you have a hard time imagining how people can walk around speaking it without having a stroke.

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. ...

Celine Dion

What do you say to taking chances?

We did feel that there was a good chance he would have to be replaced. It was completely unexpected that he would be able to finish the game. It's one of those wonderful surprises that, every once in while, comes along.

Jan Garbarek

When we are on tour we also take chances.

Lisa Ling

When you take the time to understand why your parents did the things they did, you stand a good chance of learning more about your own behavior.

Steve Alford

There are some things I would keep in?house. I gave him a chance to evaluate a lot of things.

Jason Spezza

The only way you get experience is by playing in these things. I haven't had any experience because I haven't had a chance to play in any of these. We've always made the playoffs, so I never had a chance to go to the (men's) world championships.

Chad Allen

There are four or five guys fighting for that fifth spot. Everybody has a chance to be in there. I don't know what kind of shot I have. I'm just going to go out there and play as hard as I can.

We had chances early, and we had them late. We played good defense, and we'll be in any game we play.

We had chances at Nos. 3 and 5. We just needed to close out the second set, and we could have gone up 3-2. We would have been one point away. Texas Tech did a great job extending the matches to win.

We had been following (the power points) and figured this had a chance of happening. The thing I told her (Barbee) is that I know it will be emotional, but she needs to keep playing the way she has and not let it consume her.

Dwane Casey

We needed a game like this in the worst way. It was good because it gave our starters a chance to play and not have to scratch to be in the game. It was good medicine for us.

Elihu Root

Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much more seriously than it was formerly.

Brian Michael Bendis

In the history of comics and movies and music too, it's always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there's more chance-taking going on.

We have to play smarter, ... If we play smarter, we will give ourselves a chance to win some games. If we don't play smarter, we won't give ourselves the chance we need. That's what we're going to emphasize to the team.

Charles Bukowski

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

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.

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.