Quotes About Chance

All I did was die,' I said. 'And then, when presented with an opportunity not to be dead any more, I took it. Anyone else would have done the same thing.

But fate was a myth constructed by fools—people who gamble or follow horoscopes, who believe the stars rule their lives.

She, Madame M for Mistake, could not predict the future — her own or anybody else's. She could not even predict one hour from now. Not one minute. Not one second. The future was un-predictable.

I have a whole guard room full of brawny veterans who'd enjoy a chance to drag two Eddisians out of here, particularly if you kicked a lot and they could kick you back.

It was the opposite of love, and yet it wasn't love I was opposed to but the murmurs that said, This is your chance, which seemed less like the promise of a door opening than the threat of one sealing shut.

life itself is a glorious opportunity.

The sign seemed like her fortune, her horoscope, her Magic 8 Ball answer.

It's possible you've already let the right someone walk right past you.

Pensa sem cessar que és homem, isto é, o vivente mais sujeito aos caprichos da sorte.

Do what you can, do everything that you can, do it to the best of your ability, and leave the rest to fate. Or the gods. Or random luck. Your choice.

Do what you can, do everything that you can, do it to the best of your ability, and leave the rest to fate. Or

Winston Churchill (him again!) once said words to the effect that everyone gets the chance to make their fortune once, but not everybody takes it.

When the ball rolls your way grab it. We so rarely get a second chance. (Although miraculously this does sometimes happen, too.) And remember that life is what you make of it--and that is what makes the possibilities so exciting. -My granny Patsie Fisher

Benjamin again: "Gambling converts time into a narcotic.")

If a bullet's going to get you, it's already been fired.

E' la maledetta casualità che ti logora, il fatto che la differenza fra la vita, la morte e una ferita tremenda a volte è legata a cose minime come chinarsi ad allacciarsi una scarpa, scegliere il terzo cesso della fila invece del quarto, voltare la testa a sinistra anziché a destra.

You've been lucky so far, right? […] So keep on being lucky.

Cuando dejas todo al albur del azar, de repente tu suerte se agota. Pat Riley, entrenador de baloncesto

Wyrd bið ful aræd.

The Gods play games with us, but if we open ourselves then we can become a part of the game instead of its victims.

In madness lies change, in change is opportunity and in opportunity are riches.

So you know it was a glorious battle, Hook, in which God favoured the English, but God's favour is a fickle thing.' 'Are you telling me He's not on our side?' 'I'm telling you that God is on the side of whoever wins, Hook.

Wyrd bi ful aræd.

All serious innovation is only rendered possible by some accident enabling unpopular persons to survive.