Quotes About Opportunity

Así que si lo he entendido bien..., bien, pues parece que he desperdiciado mi oportunidad.

Sabemos que está en tu mano hacerlo. Así que te estamos pidiendo que nos ayudes. Te lo plantearé de otro modo: te lo pido yo. Te pido que ayudes a mi hijo a tener una oportunidad en este mundo.

Sufficiently generous and liberal to be open to all students of high caliber, even some who haven't benefited from genetic editing.

For it was then that I felt the first healthy flush of anticipation, for the many interesting experiences I know these days ahead hold in store for me.

With no chance to take off, I had to play my role, searching for the rendezvous spot, which gave me the excuse to look for an escape opportunity. Maybe a hole in the wall too small for Tori's mom to follow me through or a precarious stack of boxes I could topple onto her head or an abandoned hammer I could brain her with. I'd never "brained" anyone in my life, but with Tori's mom, I was willing to try.

There are just as many bitches out there as bastards. Equal opportunity asshole-ism.

Gabriel Walsh comes from a long line of hustlers. He's just the first one to go to law school and get a license for it.

Then she asked if they let girls on the boxing team and I said Mr. Barnes tried to get you on it, but you weren't interested. Then--get this--she starts asking if you've got a hate-on for certain people." Sam looked worried, almost alarmed, but when she saw me watching, she tried to hide it and said, "So what'd you tell her?" "That you're an equal opportunity hater.

Yes, I know you consider it a waste of time under the circumstances, but we have time to waste.

And if I win?" He grinned. "Then you get to spend thirty minutes with me, lucky birthday girl.

it did afford him the opportunity to pursue the science of death, and I daresay he enjoys that far more than he would a standard surgical practice. His interest has always been in the science." "A researcher rather than a practitioner.

Don't worry. We who are born poor have to use cunning to get what we want. Scruples are for the privileged." She

We who are born poor have to use cunning to get what we want. Scruples are for the privileged.

An optimistic early-rising whore with red lips and red boots sauntered along, smiling hopefully at middle-aged men, but there were no takers at this hour.

Sergeant Grigori Peshkov. He was elected unopposed. Grigori was pleased. He knew what life was like for soldiers and workers, and he would bring the machine-oil smell of real life to the corridors of power. He would never forget his roots and put on a top hat. He would make sure that unrest led to improvements, not to random violence. Now he had a real chance to make a better life for Katerina and Vladimir.

I must remember that, Philip thought: when you're about to be turned down, go for a postponement. p314

los hombres deberían ser ascendidos en virtud de su inteligencia, no de su cuna.

There's a time and place for spontaneity

Siempre es el momento propicio para hacer lo correcto.

Over the next three or four years you'll do things you'll remember later with deep embarrassment. But when you're old you'll wish you'd done all of them twice.

They did not suspect her for a moment. It did not occur to them that a woman could be dangerous. How foolish they were. Women could do most of the things men did. Who was left in charge when the men were fighting wars, or going on crusades? There were women carpenters, dyers, tanners, bakers and brewers. Aliena herself was one of the most important merchants in the county.

pero es una carta que solo se juega una vez, y prefiero reservarla para una mano ganadora.

Over the next three or four years you'll do things you'll remember later with deep embarrassment. But when you're old you'll wish you'd done all of them twice.----Ken Follett

Never use your own money when you can spend someone else's. - Lev Peshkov