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Chance Quotes

What opens up when you take one.

This set treats chance as both opportunity and loss, from skipping formal training to sidestep rejection to the freedom found in stepping over a line and taking a real risk. It connects to our Destiny quotes for readers drawn to that bigger-picture theme.

When I started working on my own music, I didn't have the chance to record in a big music studio, so I had to record everything myself.

Quotes by Agnes Obel

I never got a chance to be a teenager.

Quotes by Agnes Bruckner

I grew up, and I'm getting the chance to make music with the people I idolized.

Quotes by Adrian Younge

I've never played a hero before so I jumped at the chance.

Quotes by Adrian Edmondson

Chances Quotes

We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

I'm really pleased with the way my career is shaping up. How many actresses get a chance to work with legends like Mani Ratnam and Sanjay Leela Bhansali?

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

It's important to experience as many parts of an organization as you can - because some day, you may have the chance to lead that organization.

Quotes by Adena Friedman

I've been able to reinvent myself and to keep an audience going at whatever age. This is terrific. I mean, how many actors get that chance?

Quotes by Adam West

Ever since having kids, napping is something that I'm prone to do and very easily could do but rarely get the chance to.

Quotes by Adam Scott

Decision Quotes

If I would have had the same opportunities when I was 22, there's a good chance I would have squandered them. I know my work wouldn't have been any good.

Quotes by Adam Scott

I've never had a chance to sit down and enjoy what's happened - I've been too panicked about the next move. So I took some time out. I thought either I do this now or in 10 years' time I'll...

Quotes by Adam Rickitt

That was our first major tour and we got a chance to play in front of like 5000 people every day so it was like a Rock and Roll boot camp for us really, we learned a lot and made...

Quotes by Adam Rich

Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.

Quotes by Adam Peaty

Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.

Quotes by Adam Hochschild

Destiny Quotes

The process of rehearsal means you learn so much and really get the chance to develop your work on a character.

Quotes by Adam Garcia

When locational information is collected, people should be given advance notice and a chance to opt out. Data should be erased as soon as its main purpose is met.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to do, ironically, with powerlessness and isolation.

Quotes by Adam Arkin

If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.

Quotes by Ada Yonath

It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.

Abraham Lincoln

Gamble Quotes

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Abraham Lincoln

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these Chance quotes explore?
These quotes look at chance from several sides — never having the chance to be rejected from film school, taking a chance as a form of freedom, wishing loved ones had the chance to see family grow up, and not getting a chance to rehearse in film. Each of these moments hinges on a decision or turning point, a theme our Decision collection also covers.
Is there a quote about never having the chance to attend film school?
Yes — one quote says, "I never went to film school, so I never had the chance to be rejected."
Is there a quote about taking a chance as a form of freedom?
There is. One quote says that "stepping over the line, taking a chance and succeeding is the ultimate freedom." For more on weighing risk versus reward, see our Gamble collection.
Is there a quote about wishing a parent had the chance to see grandkids grow up?
Yes — one quote reflects, "Losing a parent is a hard thing... I often sit here and think it would be great if mum and dad were alive and had a chance to see their grandkids grow up." It's a tender reminder of how much we wish for more time, a theme also present in our Destiny collection.
Is there a quote about not getting the chance to rehearse in film?
Yes — one quote notes, "Those differences are what color the performance, but in the movies you don't get a chance to rehearse." For more on chance and possibility generally, browse our Chances collection.

One entry reflects on the chance a lost parent never got, to see grandchildren grow up, a poignant note also present in Decision quotes, while the unpredictability of film work links to our Chances quotes.