Quotes About Opportunity

I wish it were true that every child had access to an education that helped them reach their full potential.

I realize I'm blessed to have the luxury of being a full-time writer. Not many people have that.

In 2006, I left my job in sales and marketing to go full-time as a comedian, and I started off doing panto at the Lowry in Manchester.

Being an actor is hard. It's so true... auditioning is literally our full-time job, and then, if we are so lucky to book the project were auditioning for, then that project is our play.

Life changes on a dime, so live life to the fullest.

Sometimes doors open and other close and you have to figure out which one you're going to take. I'm always for the one that's challenging. That's where I think you live your life to the fullest.

No, you never get any fun out of the things you haven't done.

More than films, endorsements and dance shows and attending functions or appearing in any shows brings more money.

We saw a big bang in PCs; we saw a big bang in the Internet. I believe the next big bang is going to be even bigger. To be ready for that, we need to set the foundation, and that foundation is SoftBank Vision Fund.

The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.

What we believe at Founders Fund is that technology is a way to help everybody on the planet.

We can't afford not to fully fund education.

Education should be a fundamental human right.

Compassion, hope, and opportunity are some of the most fundamentally American values that we should fight like hell to protect.

If anyone can make anything, anywhere. It fundamentally changes the meaning of business.

It used to be true that to succeed in the creative class, you had to move immediately to where the action was. It was how you made connections, how you got auditions, how you found an audience and funding and some attention for your craft. But not anymore.

Drama schools say if arts funding is cut, people can't afford to go, but I didn't go to drama school.

If you're not funding female-founded firms, you're leaving behind half your talent.

If you are a short-term trader, you have the right to come and go from our funds.

I don't have any set things that I'm looking for, like, 'I've done this now I want to do this,' kind of thing. Just read the material, if it appeals, if it makes me laugh: like, 'Death at a Funeral' made me laugh out loud.

Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

Lo importante no es lo que nos hace el destino, sino lo que nosotros hacemos de él.

Do not neglect the day of small things, for little beginnings have big endings