Opportunity Quotes

Especially in the realm of bringing an opportunity to do something creative to people, as I said, who wouldn't ordinarily have that opportunity. I think that's very important.

I've always had that gratitude that I had the opportunity to pursue my potential. So I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver. We can make the world a better place, one butt at a time.

I like historical pieces. History was my favorite subject in school, it was the only subject I excelled in. I love the idea of history and the idea that we may have the opportunity to learn from our past mistakes.

Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing our country to its knees.

We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war.

We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.

The reality is we talk a lot about it, but we really don't give everyone an opportunity to buy into it, and this combines both the best of Republican and Democratic ideals.

I look at the film as an opportunity to see some bountifully creative minds do something that I could not do - tell the story with images. I can't wait to see what they do.

I think the Lower East Side inspires me. That whole neighborhood, a lot of the people that I worked with, seeing what we've gone through in life, being given an opportunity to understand who I am; my identity, my culture, and my roots.

To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

The President today once again took the opportunity to reiterate his old, failed national security strategies and present them to the American people as new, dynamic ideas intended to better protect the American people.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.

If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.

Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.

I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.

Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.

I think the federal government really should be supporting Louisiana and ensuring that every person from that area has an opportunity to vote on what will occur in the area.

Subject matter that is not bound to reality offers more opportunity to write a unique story and cinematically present it in very unique ways.

It was a dream come true to be drafted by a pro team and have the opportunity to play.

For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.

It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.

I just have my own taste, and I just try and stick with that. I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can for as long as I have an opportunity to.

In next five to 10 years I probably would have done my best work, but I was afraid of having another 10 or 15 years ahead of me and feeling stale, so this was an opportunity to reinvigorate myself.

Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime Minister saying you've been recommended for a knighthood and there are two little boxes, one says yes, one says no.

There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the opportunity to focus more on art, writing, or music.

When when my first feature opportunity came along, I wasn't prepared, but we did it in about 17 days.

This is what America is about when it comes to understanding that it is equal opportunity versus equal achievement. Each and every one of us has the opportunity for greatness in this country.

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.