Taking The Chance Quotes

#1. I'm taking the chance, walking away, breaking the rules nobody here can tell me what to do.

Kiki

#2. I've worked over four dozen nine-to-five jobs before taking the chance to chase my dream of wanting to become an actor and filmmaker. Growing up in Brooklyn and Harlem, working at jobs like the bus company were great. I had benefits, a great salary, and security. But it wasn't my dream.

Malcolm Goodwin

#3. What is luck? It is not only chance, it is also creating the opportunity, recognizing it when it is there, and taking it when it comes.

Natasha Josefowitz

#4. When I first started out in music, I was so negative. I was knee-deep in the streets. Then my friends started going to jail. They said, 'Boy, you better start taking this seriously; you got a chance to do something with your life.' That's when I realised I had to focus. The music led to the acting.

Ice-T

#5. In the history of comics and movies and music too, it's always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there's more chance-taking going on.

Brian Michael Bendis

#6. Until now, I've barely had the chance to register his size. I knew he was big, I even just watched him stroking it. But like this, from behind when he's taking it slow, making me feel every inch, I really know it.

Kerry Heavens

#7. Back in 1987 when they drafted me. The Indians were the only team interested in taking a chance on Albert Belle, and I made the most of it. Hopefully, they got as much from me as I got from them.

Albert Belle

#8. Taking care of my parents is one of the things that I want to do, just give them some of the things that we never had a chance to have. It's all about remembering where I came fromt.

Reggie Bush

#9. An athlete gets paid a lot of money. And someone who is after that, a thief, a mugger or someone who steals from people, they are taking a chance with the law that if they get caught, they are going to jail or face some other problem. In my case, you are going to get shot.

Luke Scott

#10. Goddamn it," Zane murmured, raking a hand through his hair. What had happened was his fault - he had failed to be the dominant that the submissive obviously wanted and most certainly needed. Instead of taking control he had relinquished it and thus had probably ruined any chance with her.

Sharon Davis

#11. Sometimes we know in our bones what we really need to do, but we're afraid to do it. Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow, though and without risk there is no reward.

Wil Wheaton

#12. Life is long, and the world is large. It is all a question of taking a chance.

Isabel Allende

#13. A toast... to taking a chance, because that chance taken may be the very path that leads you to your happily ever after.

Tillie Cole

#14. This is what I love about the Kimberley ... wild gorges, fresh water and there's always a chance of a barra taking your lure.

Malcolm Douglas

#15. After all we speak of people 'taking refuge' in vagueness -the more precise you are, in general the more likely you are to be wrong, whereas you stand a good chance of not being wrong if you make it vague enough.

J.L. Austin

#16. Very often, gleams of light come in a few minutes' sleeplessness, in a second
perhaps; you must fix them. To entrust them to the relaxed brain is like writing on water; there is every chance that on the morrow there will be no slightest trace left of any happening.

Antonin Sertillanges

#17. The Only Thing More Surprising Than the Chance She's Taking ... Is Where It's Taking Her!

Frances Mayes

#18. If we choose to walk into a forest where a tiger lives, we are taking a chance. If we swim in a river where crocodiles live, we are taking a chance. If we visit the desert or climb a mountain or enter a swamp where snakes have managed to survive, we are taking a chance.

Peter Benchley

#19. I believe in taking chances and living your life. Sometimes doors open and others close and you have to figure out which one you're going to take. I'm always for the one that's challenging.

Gisele Bundchen

#20. But I've felt your grief, your loss. And though your species is capable of horrors, it's capable of beauty, too. To end it now would be no better than taking your dreams away; to bring death robs your species of the chance to heal.

Amie Kaufman

#21. Everything you want lies on the other side of learning to trust yourself. Take a chance. Have faith. You already know who you are, what you want, and where you want to go.

Vironika Tugaleva

#22. But you can't get to the place you most want to be without taking a chance.

Susane Colasanti

#23. Stay in the middle,don't get pushed to the side,every chance that's worth taking,is a chance worth the fight

Hillary Clinton

#24. When I was in the gunner's bubble of a B25 bomber, taking off from an aircraft carrier 100 miles off the coast of San Diego, I remember saying to myself how amazing it was to get the chance to do that.

Eric Christian Olsen

#25. The Rom believe you should take the road that calls to you, and never turn back. Because you never know what adventures await." ... "So we're going to take this road," he murmured, "and see where it leads.

Lisa Kleypas

#26. We do not need to succumb to the temptation to meet such a violation with retaliation. The only way to heal this hurt is to give voice to what ails us. It is only in this way that we can keep our pain and loss from taking root inside us. It is only in this way that we have a chance for freedom.

Desmond Tutu

#27. If you're not scared then you're not taking a chance. If you're not taking a chance then what the hell are you doing anyway?

Ted Mosby

#28. The past, for everyone, is full of missed chances, surviving to understand them, if not set them straight, is one of the things that makes the next breath worth taking.

Le Ly Hayslip

#29. To say that one waits a lifetime for his soulmate to come around is a paradox. People eventually get sick of waiting, take a chance on someone, and by the art of commitment become soulmates, which takes a lifetime to perfect.

Criss Jami

#30. Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities. It calls for taking special care that all groups have a chance to fully participate in society and the political process.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

#31. A name with meaning could bring up a child,
Taking the child out of the parents' hands.
Better a meaningless name, I should say,
As leaving more to nature and happy chance.
Name children some names and see what you do.

Robert Frost

#32. Taking your own life could become the ultimate failure, because you will be killing and closing the existing door to a chance that might have been waiting to lead you into another path.

Archibald Marwizi

#33. And we danced, and we drankAnd I've seen something you probably never got the chance to seeDon't worry, MaryCause I'm taking care of DannyAnd he's taking care of me

Dido Armstrong

#34. People always look down their noses at hookers. Never give you a chance because they think you took the easy way out, when no one would imagine the willpower it took to do what we do, walking the streets night after night, taking the hits and still getting back up.

Aileen Wuornos

#35. Financing films that are demanding is a task, in itself. Because people are so afraid of taking any kind of chance, because they're afraid the audience isn't going to respond. But the audience is so hungry for anything that's a bit original, personal, or different.

Nicolas Winding Refn

#36. A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.

Ann Bancroft

#37. The fact is that I like thrillers and action movies. But what really fulfills me is getting out of my comfort zone, taking chances.

Halle Berry

#38. It's like a 'Fragile' sticker's on my forehead, and instead of taking a chance and saying something that might break me, they'd rather say nothing at all. But the silence is worst.

Angie Thomas

#39. Besides, taking a chance on romance is a dance in tight pants. It's risky but frisky. But make the right move and your in the groove.

Lisi Harrison

#40. the fallen of the baboon into the river is the risen of the joy of the crocodile. Though the crocodile becomes happy, it conceals its joy until it deploys all its necessary deft and strength to take captive of the Baboon

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#41. Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow.

Wil Wheaton

#42. Once the day's work starts there is little chance to walk, to ride or to take part in a game. Taking walks or rides early in the morning is a lonesome business, and the inevitable Secret Service guard when the president leaves the White House grounds is not enlivening company.

Herbert Hoover

#43. I didn't know how men managed with something taking up so much room down there. And what the hell kind of design left a person's privates dangling loose in the air and changing sizes all the time?

Karen Chance

#44. There are a lot of ways to become a failure, but never taking a chance is the most successful.

Billi Lim

#45. So afraid of taking chances. How you gonna reach the top?

Greyson Chance

#46. I'm all about taking chances. You have to ask yourself, if you're not taking any chances, are you actually even living? Every time you walk out of your door and you're out in the world, you take a chance on not coming back. That is the danger and the dynamic of being alive.

CeeLo Green

#47. I've always felt that if something is polarizing, that's usually the stuff I like the most. If something is taking a chance and is willing to be weird, that's my favorite thing. I know there's somebody out there who hates it.

Andy Samberg

#48. In the history of risk taking, had there ever been a better reason to take a chance than genuine, heart-pounding, scary-ass love?

Nicki Elson

#49. Peasant people ... don't have a chance to share in the riches that the planet can offer because some people are taking off so much of the pleasures of this world, and there's only so much to go around.

Dorothy Stang

#50. Better to put your heart on the line, risk everything, and walk away with nothing than play it safe. Love is a lot of things, but "safe" isn't one of them.

Mandy Hale

#51. The excitement about independent filmmaking is that they're a little more open to taking chances. The studios are a little more careful, as far as who they choose for their film and what they're known for and staying in the genre because they know what works.

Malin Akerman

#52. The whole nostalgia thing, and just sticking with what you always liked and what you know and not taking a chance on something or expanding. I think especially after a certain age.

Paul Weller

#53. Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today.

Neil Simon

#54. Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing fruit, it is worse than a chance lost; it works to hinder future emotions from taking the normal path of discharge.

William James

#55. President Obama has appointed a transgender woman to a position in the Department of Commerce. You know, in this era of partisan bickering, President Obama deserves a lot of credit for taking a chance on Ann Coulter, I think.

Conan O'Brien

#56. I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.

Kevin Costner

#57. I love to think. I once considered taking drugs as an attempt to better understand an altered state of mind; however, I decided not to. I didn't want to chance ruining the machine.

Richard Feynman

#58. I don't want to do that," Aomame said. "What I want is for the two of us to meet somewhere by chance one day, like, passing on the street, or getting on the same bus." "Destiny. A chance encounter." "More or less," Aomame said, taking a sip of wine. "That's when I'll open up

Haruki Murakami

#59. Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full.

Chloe Thurlow

#60. I don't believe in pitfalls. I believe in taking risks and not doing the same thing twice.

Guy Laliberte

#61. The struggles I'm facing, the chances I'm taking.Sometimes they knock me down, but, no, I'm not breaking.I may not know it, but these are the momentsI am going to remember most, just got to keep going.

Miley Cyrus

#62. To live, to TRULY live, we must be willing to RISK. To be nothing in order to find everything. To leap before we look.

Mandy Hale

#63. For once, fate us taking a problem off our hands gratis. Let's smile, say thank you and stay the hell out of it!

Karen Chance

#64. Today is the midterm elections. The Washington Post is predicting that there's a 98 percent chance of the Republicans taking the Senate and The New York Times says there's a 75 percent chance. And CNN said, 'Wait, that's today?'

Jimmy Fallon

#65. I saw this movie 'The Right Stuff' when I was in college, and it really rekindled my interest in being an astronaut. I started taking those steps, and then I realized it would be the chance of a lifetime. It would be a dream life: not just a job, but the whole life.

Michael J. Massimino

#66. I've done a lot of stupid things because of my fear of taking a chance on someone. But the most stupid thing I ever did was push you away.

Jennifer Shirk

#67. Every pore of you is crying and you don't even understand why or what. I actually kind of died and got born again as a result of taking the meds and having a chance to, you know, build a life.

Sinead O'Connor

#68. The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more chances; I'm bold and proud.

Paula Cole

#69. As he slowed his speed, in reverence to his home, he noticed the long row of trees lining each side of the drive had started to bloom; adding to the beauty of the landscape. As long as he lived, taking the winding drive to the house would always warm his heart and feel like home.

Alex Morgan

#70. I totally heard by chance that they were doing the casting for a James Bond movie, and that one of the auditions was taking place in Paris. So I tried myself to contact every name involved in the movie I could possibly find on the IMDb!

Berenice Marlohe

#71. And he encourages Lewis to take the same chance he is taking, to count on the "perchance." And Lewis did. For the rest of his life he was a champion of the knowledge-giving power of myth, fantasy, Faery.

Alan Jacobs

#72. The most critical risk of all, is not taking the risk if means be dangerous.

Anthony Liccione

#73. The great thing about taking big chances when you're younger is you have less to lose, and you don't know as much. So you take big swings.

Amy Poehler

#74. Taking delight in my family, my time in nature, and in the chance to do work that I find endlessly fascinating and rewarding. My smile grows even bigger when I think about how lucky I am to have such delights be part of my everyday life.

Barbara Fredrickson

#75. When something flipping out to the worse, don't feel bad. But be strong and make yourself hard so that the situations stop taking chance to hurt you.

Giridhar Alwar

#76. This is our big chance to see what people think of us. The real us. We have to show em there's nothing to be afraid of. If we don't get over our fears, they never will.

Lisi Harrison

#77. It's easy to be afraid of taking a plunge, because, after all, plunging is dangerous. And the fear is a safe way to do nothing at all. Wading, on the other hand, gets under the radar. It gives you a chance to begin.

Seth Godin

#78. Some part of getting a second chance is taking responsibility for the mess you made in the first place.

Jack Bauer

#79. The biggest risk is not taking any risk ... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

Mark Zuckerberg

#80. Self-confidence is something caught and not taught. And, risk-running and chance-taking are the only ways to catch it.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

#81. Isn't it worth taking a chance? I never thought so in the past, but i can honestly say now that i'd rather have a few minutes of extraordinary with you than a lifetime of nothing special without you.

Kimberly Raye

#82. I felt like God was giving me a chance to assist in a miracle. There is something so relieving about life taking over you like that. You're playing a part in a much bigger show. And that's what life is. It's the greatest show on earth.

Beyonce Knowles

#83. Perhaps the most important factor of leadership is simply taking advantage of the chance to lead.

Julie F. Parker

#84. The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

Alexander Pope

#85. There's no doubt that there will be many trials and tribulations along the way in taming space for the benefit of all, unmasking its truths and using the boundless resources available to us. Taking a chance allows us to seek new horizons
and we all benefit from being horizon hunters.

Buzz Aldrin

#86. We're given second chances every day of our life. We don't usually take them, but they're there for the taking.

Andrew Greeley

#87. No one knew what she was doing in Colonia Hidalgo, although it was most likely, according to the police, that she'd been taking a walk and had come upon death purely by chance.

Roberto Bolano

#88. The best thing to do is stare it in the face and move on. We have to face our fears and plow through. I think taking chances takes a lot more courage than staying stagnant and doing what's safe and comfortable.

Terri Clark

#89. And I just think that if you believe in something and you want it so much and you're not hurting anyone else, you have to go for it. Which sometimes means taking a risk, even if it's scary. But the thing you want most to happen doesn't stand a chance unless you give it one.

Susane Colasanti

#90. I do think taking the 20s to take the most chances you can is important, because you're not going to hurt anyone else during that time. And if you do have a partner, you need a couple years to rehearse that relationship.

Gail Sheehy

#91. The stuff that I've been doing lately is political. It's not always about people who are super famous movie stars. The fact that people are still taking a chance and listening to the blacklist episodes is really exciting.

Karina Longworth

#92. It's about taking advantage of the opportunities you have right now, and right now we're in a position where you call somebody and they're willing to pick up and take the call because they're a fan, you have to take advantage of that and have a chance to capitalize on your ideas.

Dwyane Wade

#93. I realize that life is risks. It's acknowledging the past but looking forward. It's taking a chance that we will
make mistakes but believing that we all deserve to be forgiven.

Carrie Ryan

#94. The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To me, stepping over the line, taking a chance and succeeding is the ultimate freedom, be it in rock and roll or when executing a really challenging routine.

Wendy O. Williams

#95. It's not that I don't value my life. It's just that I love taking chances, testing myself, stepping over the line.

Wendy O. Williams

#96. I don't know what happened in your past, what he did to you, how he hurt you, but I'm not that guy. The only thing I want from you is you. I would never use you, Clair. I can't make you trust me, but if you let me, I'll prove to you that you can. What good is life without taking a chance?

Loni Flowers

#97. Our best chance of contentment lies in taking up the wisdom offered to us in coded form through our coughs, allergies, social gaffes, and emotional betrayals, and avoid the ingratitude of those who blame the peas, the bores, the time, and the weather.

Alain De Botton

#98. Don't be afraid to take chances. The biggest risk is not taking any risk.

Nicky Hilton

#99. Love is taking chances when every rational part of you screams, 'Don't risk it.' Because it's only when your heart has been ripped open that you get a chance to find the one person capable of making it whole.

Sabrina Jeffries

#100. If you let fear of the unknown stop you from taking chances, you will stifle your true potential.

Steve Rizzo