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Quotes About Chance

At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary.
~ Allen Tate
Twenty-two's my lucky number.
~ Too Short
I don't think you can catch lightning in a bottle twice.
~ Mark Frost
You are twice as likely to be struck by lightning as you around to be affected by a terrorist event in the United States.
~ Joe Biden
Hey, I was lucky twice. I know it's three strikes and you're out. I don't think of myself as being invincible anymore.
~ Curtis Sliwa
The Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I was lucky enough to go twice, but most people only get one chance. And in judo you can train your whole life and it'll come down to a split second: You can lose everything or win anything.
~ Ronda Rousey
In many cases, if we knew what it would take, we might have thought twice about it, so it's often wonderful that we don't have hindsight.
~ James Turrell
I believe opportunity doesn't knock twice!
~ Krystle D'Souza
I think if anybody had a roll of dice with a lot of money at stake, they would not want Wes Craven and a romantic comedy.
~ Wes Craven
Luck always plays a part for everyone, whether they want to admit it or not. I was very lucky, and I know it.
~ Larry David
Get on the floor floor like it's your last chance. If you want more, more then here I am.
~ Nicki Minaj
the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
If I should come out of this war alive, I will have more luck than brains.
~ Manfred von Richthofen
That's Anil's path. She grows up in Sri Lanka, goes and gets educated abroad, and through fate or chance gets brought back by the Human Rights Commission to investigate war crimes.
~ Michael Ondaatje
Every bullet has its billet.
~ William III of England
In war, important events result from trivial causes.
~ Julius Caesar
Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
~ Livy
Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity when it is offered.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
War is the province of chance. In no sphere of human activity is such a margin to be left for this intruder. It increases the uncertainty of every circumstance, and deranges the course of events.
~ Carl von Clausewitz
Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.
~ Winston Churchill
The chance of war Is equal, and the slayer oft is slain.
~ Homer
We are living now. We shall not live long. No one should tell us we shall live again. This is our little while. This is our chance.
~ Susan Glaspell
Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.
~ Susan Mallery
They were simply two human beings caught up in ironic serendipity.
~ Susan May