Opportunity Quotes

I deal with first-hand sources. And give the people, even John Sununu, the opportunity to respond to what I've been told by first-hand sources.

I chose Tennessee because I thought they'd give me an opportunity to play.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination.

I have, I think, afforded every opportunity that could be reasonably expected, to judge of my credibility.

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

In 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world.

Be ready for when your time comes, you will have that window of opportunity, so seize the moment and capitalise on it.

When you have the opportunity, you strike.

The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.

We hope that the plain people - the labourers and small farmers - will take this opportunity of coming together and working out the National programme.

By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.

With Sumthin Else Music Works, I wanted to spread the love and give newcomers a chance to make it because something that really helped me were all the people who had given me an opportunity when I was putting my career together.

Every week it's another opportunity to really make that work and figure out how to make it work better. And I love that it's like theater, too, and the audience, and it's so short. It's only 20 minutes. It's like a haiku or something.

Like other important immigrant communities, the Jewish experience in the United States represents the ideal of freedom and the promise and opportunity of America.

Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity would like to secure their position against small and energetic enterprise.

I have been the subject of ridicule. People talk about me and they don't know me and this is an opportunity to tell my story... to have my voice and to set the record straight.

With a lot of kids in the business, the parents get as twisted as they do, and there's a lot of opportunities to go their own way, but anyone has that opportunity.

It's a disappointment to lose key players. On the other hand it creates an opportunity to play other players.

The men and women of our armed forces played an instrumental role in the election process - securing polling sites and providing security - that allowed so many Iraqis the opportunity to vote freely for the first time ever.

What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.

The judge decided in this case that both the state and the defense would have the opportunity to respond to certain kinds of press. This is one such instance.

Modern techniques have torn down state frontiers, both economical and intellectual. The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an opportunity for division of labor embracing all the developed and most of the undeveloped states.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

The international community should treat this as a window of opportunity to ramp up preparedness and response.

There's no excuse, it's just an opportunity that presented in a limited way and that happened and as soon as the press rang me I didn't deny it I just said 'that's it' and I had to go home and explain it.

I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences.

Opportunity knocks only once. You never know if you'll get another opportunity.

The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.