No Chance Quotes

Woe to him who would ascribe something like reason to Chance, and make a religion of surrendering to it.

Reason looks at necessity as the basis of the world; reason is able to turn chance in your favor and use it. Only by having reasonremain strong and unshakable can we be called a god of the earth.

Chance and change are busy ever;Man decays, and ages move;But His mercy waneth never;God is wisdom, God is love.

As a filmmaker, it's about surviving and lasting. So many talented people that I've known in my life - directors and writers - just haven't made it and haven't had a chance.

All whom war, dearth, age, agues, tyrannies, Despair, law, chance, hath slain.

I do not say that all men are equal in their ability, character and motivation. I do say that every American should be given a fair chance to develop all the talents they may have.

I'm not interested in writing for adults. I like them as people! I don't like the way they publish books in that world. Nothing ever gets a chance.

Being appointed Elder Professor meant very much taking over the shop, in that the professor in those days controlled all the moneys.

Nought venture nought have.

I think it's a big chance to take to make a movie that's about as something as pure and honest and something people can relate to everyday.

Lette me stande to the maine chance.

If human nature felt no temptation to take a chance there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation.

Giving peace a chance only gives Saddam Hussein more time to prepare for war on his terms, at a time of his choosing, in pursuit of ambitions that will only grow as his power to achieve them grows.

To the sane and free it will hardly seem necessary to cross the continent in search of wild beauty, however easy the way, for they find it in abundance wherever they chance to be.

From my point of view, it is better to take the chance, having had nine jobs in 10 years, to recharge my batteries

Maybe now it's time to take some chances on TV and push the boundaries with what I can do on television.

Not only do the brave get killed, but the brave have a better chance of it.

Human beings are no longer born to their place in life...but are free to employ their faculties and such favorable chances as offer, to achieve the lot which may appear to them as desirable.

Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so. The only chance is to treat not happiness, but some end external to it, as the purpose of life.

Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.

The good news is that the president gets another chance. The bad news is that he'll be two weeks older.

I go out and play not for the numbers, but for a chance to win and the thrill of playing in front of a packed crowd.

There is a very small chance that you might be really brilliant and really talented.

In a fight, you got to know that there's a strong chance you're going to get hurt. But at the same time, you know, most of the injuries you sustain in fighting are not career-ending injuries.

Her [Sarah Palin] son went to Iraq under George W. Bush, but it gives us a chance to explain what post-traumatic stress disorder is.

I think that Sarah Palin really missed the chance to educate the public on what some of the challenges her son is actually facing.

People don't really want to know what happens. They ask you for just a second, but then they don't want to know.

Some days are a blessing when you wake up and you say, 'Wow, I feel good today.' Some days are like: 'Wow, I feel bad. I got no chance today.' You tape it up and you go.

Lambs have little chance to follow the right path if the shepherds go astray.

I'm a huge Kentucky fan. So when there was a chance to do the John Wall dance, I went into character.

Much in our lives is chance.

There is absolutely zero chance that ObamaCare will be repealed while Democrats control the Senate and President Obama is in the White House.

When you get a chance to work with Aaron Sorkin, you don't say no. You drop everything you're doing.

Will you give me another chance?” Robert repeated. Smiling, Dougless kissed him on the cheek. “No,” she said, “although I thank you very much for the offer.

When you just arrive in L.A., you are in a great position, as you are fresh meat, and people will meet you and give you a chance.

Every breath is a new beginning and a new chance.

I think traditional media is vitally important, I think there are a lot of benefits to working in traditional media, and I enjoy doing working with real paint when I get the chance.

Jack turned to Cameron. "Do you just line them up, waiting to yell at me, on the off chance I'll stop by?

I always fielded the team that I felt had the greatest chances of success.

Wisdom triumphs over chance.

I have adrenaline going and then focus on what I have to do and do it well. I know we'll have a good chance to win the match that way. I don't concern myself with the other team.

I keep hitting [Escape], but I'm still here! --Unknown, but used by Karen Chance in "Hunt the Moon

It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of eventually catching someone's attention.

Would I like to see the Republican Party be the dominant party for whatever time history gives it the chance to be? You bet.

["A Deal with God"] was the first single off Hounds of Love. I'd put a lot of work into putting that album together and I wanted it to have every chance.

Normally I don't compromise at all but it felt important to give that song the chance to be heard.

There's a Buddhist precept that the only thing you deserve is the chance to do the work, and I've been given the chance to do the work.

If I think about my life, I'm not reluctant about taking chances. I'm definitely not reluctant about relationships.

... people who'd led dull and blameless lives did not give thanks for second chances.

Everything in my career is my decision - every picture, every outfit. You get one chance at this, and I never saw myself as being a puppet.