Quotes About Opportunity

I never had ambition to become president of the state or to accomplish more than men.

The Spaniards have a saying that there is no man whom Fortune does not visit at least once in his life.

I hate to see a young man get ahead on the basis of a famous family name.

I'm not interested in making movies only with female protagonists. I think it's ridiculous to think that a female director can't direct men. That makes no sense to me.

There are no events so disastrous that adroit men do not draw some advantage from them, nor any so fortunate that the imprudent cannot turn to their own prejudice.

The creation of new capital always... releases... labor. Its actual effect [though] is not to make jobs scarce, but to free men's labor for other jobs.

I've known people with exceptional talent - and some have wasted it. Ambition spurs a man on.

I'm going to teach you about men. Distances are like men. Never grab the first one you see; it's never the best one, more will come along.

The most successful men have used seeming failures as stepping stones to better things.

What place does a woman have here, in the realm of men?

I'm the type that'll give any man a chance to come correct before leavin in a ambulance

Anybody who can drive and doesn't come out of it a rich man is a fool.

Lundist held that a man who can observe is a man apart. Such a man can see opportunities where others see only the obstacles

I believe in a man and a woman being equal. I really believe that we can do anything we set our minds to.

I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.

The man that will nocht quhen he may Sall haif nocht quhen he wald.

Everything comes to the man who won't wait.

I'm learning to use others' weaknesses. I don't hammer a man's soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.

As long as a man stays alive he can't tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks.

Two grand slams in a week - man, that's seven or eight ribbies right there.

This nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance to build a Great Society, a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor.

Christ made no distinction, but opened the door wide to woman as to man.

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

I think it's good for an actor to bounce between stuff on camera and stuff in theatre. If I could do half and half every year I would be a very, very happy man.