Those revolutionaries who have, by chance, escaped the gallows should live and show to the world that they cannot only embrace gallows for the ideal but also bear the worst type of tortures in the dark, dingy prison cells.
Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends.
What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal – that all of us are created equal, and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will.
Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself.
There is better than a good chance that while relaxing on a beach somewhere or sipping a martini in your favorite lounge, you have heard music that makes raise your eyebrow and ask, ‘What kind of music is that?’
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.
My father felt that his world of ideas was too liberal for traditional rabbinical teachings, and he looked for a chance to find a way in life.
Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
In terms of leadership, you’ve got to allow for people to be amazing and to contribute in a way that’s meaningful. You can’t hold on so tight that people don’t get a chance to do what they do best.
We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.
I think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and give one the chance to enhance one’s best physical features.
The great thing about getting older is that you get a chance to tell the people in your life who matter what they mean to you.
From the age of four, I was a huge comic fan and still am. When Lost in Space came along it was like being in a huge comic so we jumped at the chance of being part of that project and it proved to be a good choice.
Alabama farmers want a chance to complete fairly in Japan, but they can’t if the Japanese won’t let us in.
Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
My job is to give my team a chance to win.
I have a passion for helping others and making a difference in the world. I take life one day at a time and make the best of it every chance that I get.
I know I will be severely criticized by the interventionists in America when I say we should not enter a war unless we have a reasonable chance of winning.
You can’t be pregnant in leotards, and this is the last chance for us to get our bodies into the shape of concert dancers and capture it with the magic of film.
Luck is not chance, it’s toil; fortune’s expensive smile is earned.
Real Madrid are an exemplary club. I would never have had the chance to play for this club for such a long period had I really been such a crazy, violent player.
If you can qualify on the pole or in the front, you have a better chance of getting five points for leading a lap or leading the most laps.
We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.
The more that everyone has access to the same educational opportunities, the more society will tend to accept some receiving disproportionate rewards. After all, they themselves have a chance to be winners.
