Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barry Manilow

What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.

B. D. Wong

If I were to limit myself to the opportunities that were presented playing only Chinese-American parts, I would be virtually without a career.

B. D. Wong

I remain on SVU because it is an incredible opportunity.

B. J. Novak

Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue and every piece of production design. Everything is a decision, and everything can be obsessed over.

We need some help. At least we'll know Tuesday what we have to do. If we have an opportunity (to reach the finals), we have to capitalize.

Bill Simon

Since last year I've been making the rounds talking to just about anyone who'll listen about this opportunity to re-establish a manufacturing base in the U.S.

Bhagat Singh

The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below; and not to realise truth, beauty and good only in contemplation, but also in the actual experience of daily life; social progress depends not upon the ennoblement of the few but on the enrichment of democracy; universal brotherhood can be achieved only when there is an equality of opportunity - of opportunity in the social, political and individual life.

Carrie Underwood

[When] opportunities present themselves, I take them. It's just how I roll!

Carl Sagan

Maybe it's a little early. Maybe the time is not quite yet. But those other worlds - promising untold opportunities - beckon. Silently, they orbit the Sun, waiting.

Ashton Kutcher

I guess I really haven't thought much about winning an Oscar, but if I had the opportunity, I'm sure I would like it.

Ashton Kutcher

Opportunities look a lot like work.

Arnold Rothstein

Some days I make 20 bets. Some days, I make none…so I wait, plan, marshal my resources. And when I finally see an opportunity and there is a bet to make, I bet it all,

Antoine Fuqua

I like the opportunity to make films.

Bill Vaughan

So there is a natural efficiency that you pick up as you can prioritize capital across a bigger set of opportunities.

The applications are kind of endless, ... They could be used in cars, could be used in security systems ... .We have a tremendous opportunity here.

That was a thought. (But) there are several (juniors) in this school that have not had the opportunity to play football. They are now going to get that opportunity.

That's what it comes down to. When you have the opportunity to make play, you've got to make it.

Jerry Sloan

I was more disappointed in our veteran players. You know, you can be upset with the young players ? but some of them haven't had an opportunity to be on the floor.

I was not going to go through the tender process with him in December, and I wanted to give him every opportunity to get on with somebody else.

Yesterday took away the opportunity to pretend there was no problem.

We don't want to let this opportunity slip by.

Larry Coker

We have some strong commitments. They know the opportunity of what they have to do here.

I think of it as an opportunity that presented itself. If this pays off I'll be really happy.

Steve Young

I think if somebody would give him the opportunity today to be a top-three receiver on a team, he'd still be playing.

I thought it was better to at least play some Triple-A and wait for an opportunity than to not play at all.

We haven't really had that opportunity this whole season.

Theo Epstein

You just try to make the most of every single opportunity in the postseason. We weren't able to do it this year.

Jesse Ventura

I'm an equal opportunity despiser.

Jean de la Bruyere

How happy the station which every moment furnishes opportunities of doing good to thousands! How dangerous that which every moment exposes to the injuring of millions!

Jean de la Bruyere

Genius and great abilities are often wanting; sometimes, only opportunities. Some deserve praise for what they have done; others for what they would have done.

Jean Alesi

I think I will have a lot of opportunities in the future.

Jay-Z

I have inherited two of the most important brands in hip-hop, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. Reid and Universal Music Group have given me the opportunity to manage the companies I have contributed to my whole career. I feel this is a giant step for me and the entire artist community.

Jay Pharoah

As comedians, we have the opportunity to convey a message that will have an effect. The best can make you laugh and cry, the way musicians and actors can.