Opportunity Quotes - page 20

The opportunity to go up to Canada and play was just a blessing for me and my family. (Darren Flutie)
No police department should hire more quickly than they can assimilate the people that they bring in, and we did. I take responsibility for it. It was the first opportunity I had to hire, and I wanted to do it, and I take responsibility. View quote
Daryl Gates
Our citizens and those who have gone before us charted the broad outlines of where we need to go, and they would envy our opportunity to translate those dreams into action. And I believe they will judge us very harshly should we fail to act. View quote
Dave Freudenthal
Scientists have stated that embryonic stem cells provide the best opportunity for devising unique treatments of these serious diseases since, unlike adult stem cells, they may be induced to develop into any type of cell. View quote
Eliot Engel
The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams. View quote
Ed Markey
I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs. View quote
Ed Rendell
Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation. View quote
Ernie Fletcher
My vision for Kentucky is a Commonwealth where there is so much economic opportunity, and our quality of life is so high, that people who are born here can stay here, and people who aren't fortunate enough to be born in Kentucky, can look forward to locating here. View quote
Ernie Fletcher
Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to. View quote
Ethan Coen
The Internet has been a great outlet for storytelling. After all, there are web-based shows that have started online and have then gotten picked up. I think it's a great opportunity for artists to get through the network roadblock. It just allows us another venue to be creative in. View quote
Eva LaRue
Don't stink up the place with bad acting, if an opportunity comes your way. (Edie McClurg)
In digital world, sport provides opportunity to bring people together. View quote
Edwin Moses
I don't just write hits for myself, or for other artists, or to just be writing it. I write it because I was born to do this. I was given this gift, and I'm making the most of my opportunity. View quote
Future
We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity. View quote
Ferdinand Mount
A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public. View quote
Franklin Knight Lane
I will embrace the first opportunity to get to California and it is altogether probable that when once there I shall never again leave it. View quote
George Stoneman
I'm a happy camper because by doing this I have an opportunity to be on the cutting edge of research. View quote
Geraldine Ferraro
I grew up in a big Irish, Catholic family. My dad was a pretty rough guy. So one of my brothers left home when he was 15 and found his way to the gym. It gave me the opportunity to go and spend some time with him and work out in the gym. View quote
Gerry Cooney
We all know that, unfortunately, the media does not always portray the good things that are happening in Iraq and Afghanistan, and this will be a great opportunity for us to glean some information from the Iraqi women who are here for us to also take back to our constituents. View quote
Ginny Brown-Waite
If a woman did not work and have the opportunity to save and invest on her own throughout her lifetime, she is often totally reliant on her family and Social Security for her retirement years. View quote
Ginny Brown-Waite
We all have a responsibility, and since I've been so wonderfully blessed, I really want to share and to make life at least a little better. So every chance I get to share the gospel or uplift people, I will take full advantage of that opportunity. (Gladys Knight)
Clean energy is about offering people the opportunity to do what's right for themselves and the people they love. It's about reducing the pollution that makes people sick. It's about helping the low-income families struggling to pay their gas and electricity bills. View quote
Gloria Reuben
There are always new things to experience, internalize then write about. This process is ongoing with me. It never stops. The opportunity to reach new audiences with all of the music that we have made is thrilling. View quote
Graham Nash
I had given thought to acting, but I never really had a good enough opportunity or a character who made sense and paralleled my life a little bit. I feel like I'm one of the poster boys for a bad guy in a movie. I feel like I'm a good person to play a bad guy in a movie. I can say that. View quote
Gucci Mane
I would love to get back to the big leagues as a coach, possibly a manager. I would love that opportunity. View quote
Gary Carter