Quotes of: Chances Keyword

If you think I'm going to let six people risk their lives - !' 'because it's the first time for all of us,' said Ron. 'This is different, pretending to be me -' 'Well, none of us really fancy it, Harry,' said Fred earnestly. 'Imagine if something wen...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Do you believe in 'fairy tales'?" I asked, looking up into Lissa's eyes. "What . . . What kind of fairy tales?" "The kind you aren't supposed to waste your life on." [...] The question was: How long did I have to figure out if the impossible was actu...

Blood Promise

Treat all men alike.... give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who is born a free man should be contented when penned up and denied liberty to go ...

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

13 million Indians will join the workforce every year from now till 2030. They know their prospects aren’t good. Here’s why: in the years from 1972 to 1983—not celebrated as a time of overwhelming prosperity—the total number of jobs in the ec...

Restart: The Last Chance for the Indian Economy

Dr. Archibald "Moonlight" Graham: Well, you know I... I never got to bat in the major leagues. I would have liked to have had that chance. Just once. To stare down a big league pitcher. To stare him down, and just as he goes into his windup, wink. Ma...

Field of Dreams

Frank: I'm telling ya, the answer's up there in Ludwig's office. Call it what you will. A hunch, woman's intuition. That guy Ludwig knows a lot more than he's telling us. Ed: A hunch won't stand up in court, Frank. Where are your hard facts? Frank: L...

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Little John: You know something, Robin? You're taking too many chances. Robin Hood: Chances? You must be joking! That was just a bit of a lark, Little John. Little John: Oh, yeah? Take a look at your hat. That's not a candle on a cake. Robin Hood: [r...

Robin Hood

She hadn’t known that the ability to make pancakes from scratch made a man brutally hot. Now she did.

Charlotte's Chance

Educators are spiritual beings—we are on earth to make a difference.

The Comfort of Little Things: An Educator's Guide to Second Chances

In science there is and will remain a Platonic element which could not be taken away without ruining it. Among the infinite diversity of singular phenomena science can only look for invariants.

Chance and Necessity

Travel has a way of making the world a much smaller place.

Chance Encounters: Travel Tales from Around the World

Ten minutes later, I chance a second look. They say curiosity killed the cat. I wonder what that cat was looking at, and was it as interesting as this?

Discovering April

And as we should all know by now, anytime you predict failure you have an excellent chance of being right.

Dexter By Design

We should have taken our chances back then, when we were young and beautiful and didn't even know it.

Diplomatic Immunity

We live out our lives as we are meant to live them-with some choice, with some chance, but mostly as a result of the persons we are.

The Druid of Shannara

In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take.

Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics

If you let life pass you by now, it won't ever come back. You don't get another chance

Friends Forever

Mark had a better chance interpreting body language at Madame Tussauds.

False Positives: A Techno Thriller

To fight with demons, your intent must be pure. And even then, there's no guarantee you'll win.

Ghost of a Chance

Ghosts are the only ones who never have to feel scared. Because the worst thing in the world has already happened to them.

Ghost of a Chance

Chance is the nature of our universe. […] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable.

God Emperor of Dune