Opportunity Quotes

When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That's it. That's the only reason I need, really.

Every time somebody opens their mouth they have an opportunity to do one of two things - connect or divide.

There is the expectation that a younger generation has the opportunity to redeem the crimes and failings of their elders and would have the strength and idealism to do so.

There is so much extraordinary opportunity if you're curious, if you're interested.

What an opportunity we have to be a community....A community where there are models.

Research shows that happy people look for opportunity while others see only crises. Surrendering fear is healthy!

Halloween is an opportunity to be really creative.

I do think that the more takes you have the more opportunity to experiment [but] at a certain point, there are diminishing returns. There's only so much variety you offer.

Opportunity today, prosperity tomorrow.

With the opportunity we build today for a shared prosperity tomorrow, America will prevail. It begins with re-electing Barack Obama.

I like the opportunity to play characters who have these dark sides but make the audience empathize with them. You want them to think there is some kind of sweeter, softer side to it.

I've been acting my whole life, which people don't realize. I just haven't had the opportunities that I've had with my dancing.

Playing Amanda [in Defiance] was a wonderful opportunity for me. She was strong, dynamic, a complete badass, not defined her relationship with a man. She could hold her own. I really loved her.

When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite.

I would love to do more movies, but the reality is women have many more opportunities on television to play a greater variety of characters.

Rainy day weddings create opportunities for really unique photos!

I consider the opportunity to bear witness to the eloquent beauty of Baikida's music a distinct honor. Baikida Carroll is polarized; poised; at a matchless point between lyricism and fire.

Social Democracy preached against capitalism for half a century. After the November revolution the Reds had the opportunity to direct capitalism into the proper paths: but nothing happened!

After college I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities British television gave me as a director.

You never have to be scared to look to the future for opportunity.

There were a bunch of moments that kept cascading. Like, when we got an opportunity to play "Letterman", it gave us an opportunity to step up. It feels good to shed that skin and rise out of it.

What a unique opportunity to be in town. I love townies. I value it, so to speak.

In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.

Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?

I feel like now I have an amazing wife, a super smart child and the opportunity to create in two major fields. Before I had those outlets, my ego was all I had.

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'

I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves.

For me, the motivation really was to work with Al Pacino. To me, that seemed like an incredible opportunity, just a learning opportunity because I thought so highly of him.

I was missing the opportunity to see my friends' children grow up, to have my son go to his friends' homes and be involved with their parents.

Fate is the opportunity. Choice is what you do with it.

Great tragedy gives us opportunities for great kindness.

Having the opportunity to play a strong woman is a good one.

Every single day, I'm shocked at what I've been given the opportunity to do.

There's a little bit of me in all of the characters I've played. I've never really had the opportunity to play something that's a complete departure from me.

America is a country with so much opportunity. I'm living the blessings of what this country offers.

In my career, I'm very grateful for the opportunities.

Every single model wants to be in Sports Illustrated, and I feel extremely blessed to have that opportunity.

I really love that I'm giving myself the opportunity finally to not have the pressure of every single song you do having to be "political" or whatever. I'm just making what I wanna make.

What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail.

The self doubt can be a fantastic opportunity to self-reflect and see where you can grow and be stronger.

I've just always been very aware and careful of everything, so that I can be ready for the perfect opportunities as they come. I don't take anything for granted or wait for anything to come to me.

Even if you actually have the good intent to do something creative or special with your life, it's hard. I mean, look at the number of people who actually get the opportunity.

Just so [becoming a chef ] that I could support my art habit. You know? I mean, this is - this is something where you've been literally given an opportunity to put the world on pause for a second.

One of the wonderful things about the actor's life is that's what we have the opportunity to do; we bring all these aspects of ourselves and of our personal lives into the work that we do.

I'm not well-versed in the science fiction world. I'm hoping that I'll get more opportunities in it because you get to create a new world.

I love finding new talent, to be completely honest, and my opportunity that I got to do 'X Factor U.K.' was just incredible. I will never forget it.

Women in America work so hard and not all of them get their shot. And I feel like I worked hard, but I also got my opportunity, which puts in a different category of blessings.

It's nice to say or it's great to ask, are we limiting opportunities for women? But do we even have each other's support, frankly, on our way there?

The effort of Reince Priebus and the RNC to reach out to movement conservatives has been impressive and will, I believe pay great dividends come election time

Digitization has created opportunities for everybody to accumulate information in a way they were never able to, and analyze it with a speed that just wasn't there.