If a budget is designed to show our values, it's clear where the majority stands: against opportunity, against education, and against America's hard-working, tax-paying middle class.
~By Ellen Tauscher ~
But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.
~By Nick Lampson ~
The College Access and Opportunity Act addresses the important need to make higher education more affordable and easier to access for low and middle-income students.
~By Ron Lewis ~
I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world.
~By Richard Lugar ~
We have pledged ourselves, and of this the United Nations of the world are witness, to give the fullest opportunity for attainment of self-government by India as soon as hostilities are over. I repeat that that is beyond doubt.
~By Stafford Cripps ~
Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet.
~By Pierre Trudeau ~
A renewed commitment to the freedom and opportunity of our people is the touchstone of our time. In this new century, where tests are many and challenges change with the shifting of the wind, we must hold fast to the principles that have made our nation the envy of the world.
~By Bill Owens ~
Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name.
~By Mason Cooley ~
If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity?
~By Maynard Jackson ~
More than 10,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County have been rejected by some machine without any opportunity for a human being to take a look. That is just not right.
~By Patricia Ireland ~
We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have felt was unreachable - greater retirement security for ourselves and our children.
~By Gordon Smith ~
Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight.
~By Gene Tunney ~
I wanted to have the opportunity to travel to Vietnam and Sydney, and have the chance to work there.
~By Brendan Fraser ~
Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
~By Victor Kiam ~
I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.
~By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ~
I'm thankful to get the opportunity to direct. I hope I don't mess it up.
~By Mark Harmon ~
Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network. They have more companies they can get money from.
~By Billie Jean King ~
Playboy was a wonderful experience and a great opportunity for me.
~By Rita Mero ~
Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.
~By William Ralph Inge ~
We may not all break the Ten Commandments, but we are certainly all capable of it. Within us lurks the breaker of all laws, ready to spring out at the first real opportunity.
~By Isadora Duncan ~
Inside every adult there's still a child that lingers. We're happiness merchants - giving people the opportunity to dream like children.
~By Guy Laliberte ~
Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don't have sense enough to take advantage of that.
~By Erykah Badu ~
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.
~By Gladys Knight ~
Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired.
~By Steven Bochco ~
Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
~By H. Jackson Brown, Jr. ~
If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.
~By Brigham Young ~
It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a difference.
~By Michael Dell ~
If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.
~By John Templeton ~
If you only do little clusters - three or four songs by one, and another, and then yet another - you lose the opportunity to think your way into the composer's mind, since, after all, most of these pieces are quite brief.
~By Dietrich Fischer Dieskau ~
In movies, I have had the opportunity of working with some of the people that I respect very much.
~By Chi McBride ~
But if each man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings - then, I thought, there will be for them a better opportunity of a happy family life.
~By George Cadbury ~
We had an opportunity to clinch a playoff berth and I think if that's not enough motivation I don't think you should be playing this game.
~By Tina Thompson ~
That's always something that's really important for an actor - to find an opportunity to do a scene where there is a moment like that, where you manage to connect with everyone.
~By Bruce Davison ~
The essence of democracy is its assurance that every human being should so respect himself and should be so respected in his own personality that he should have opportunity equal to that of every other human being to show what he was meant to become.
~By Anna Garlin Spencer ~
The Busted thing happened when I was 16. I saw an opportunity, took it and it was better than being at school. It was a fun job but I'd never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band.
~By Charlie Simpson ~
Going to Peru is, well, if you ever have an opportunity in your life to go there, you should do it because it is absolutely mind boggling.
~By Dean Stockwell ~
The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
~By Orison Swett Marden ~
But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.
~By Armistead Maupin ~
I wait for the next opportunity to have something to do with food. If I get rested, my mind just starts creating new dishes - click, click, click.
~By Paul Prudhomme ~
The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding.
~By Chris Van Allsburg ~
Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.
~By Bill Frist ~
Movies give me an opportunity to go places. I'm not only a Swede but an American, not just a man of my time, but I've been living 2,000 years ago-and not just in a new country, America, but in the Holy Land, too.
~By Max von Sydow ~
The Olympics are coming... and it's a big problem in American politics, because the problem with holding the Olympics this fall is that we're all going to be focused on the Olympics, and it makes that window of opportunity for Gore to win the election that much smaller.
~By Susan Estrich ~
The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled.
~By Bobby Scott ~
The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.
~By Herbert Prochnow ~
We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I just thought this was an opportunity for us to make the kind of records that we wanted and make some money at the same time.
~By Buzz Osborne ~
It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together.
~By Lakhdar Brahimi ~
Making this movie was a great opportunity for me to explore high-definition. I'm glad I got to see what the challenges are, what makes it better. It works wonderfully.
~By Debbie Allen ~
I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect.
~By Luther Allison ~
We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.
~By Lyndon B. Johnson ~
Today, the growing economic and social pressures in our country are putting millions of women, children and families at increased risk of abuse and neglect, especially when families are denied basic support services and economic opportunity.
~By Robert Casey ~
It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.
~By Flip Wilson ~
Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.
~By Robert Crippen ~
Unequal funding resources also results in unequal educational opportunity when you consider studies that show that one half of low income students who are qualified to attend college do not attend because they can't afford to.
~By Bobby Scott ~
I didn't need clothes. I was allowed the opportunity to act out moments you don't get the opportunity to experience in your own life, let alone as a character in a film. I didn't feel naked.
~By Marguerite Moreau ~
Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council.
~By Kofi Annan ~
When there's an opportunity to do more, we must.
~By Betty Buckley ~
More than forty years of Communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe resulted in an unhappy and artificial division of Europe. It is this dark chapter of European history that we now have the opportunity to close.
~By Anders Fogh Rasmussen ~
Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Department with some amazing detectives, who were invaluable to me.
~By Nancy McKeon ~
I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to this cause and whose history marks a wonderful chapter in world development.
~By Frank B. Kellogg ~
We live in a land like no other - a land of freedom and opportunity unparalleled on the face of the globe.
~By Bob Taft ~
I wish I knew what was next. I got this movie without planning to. I'm really excited to be continuing in film because it's a great job but I have my portfolio and resume for any other opportunity.
~By Colleen Haskell ~
FOr a while, I'd never had the opportunity to prove on TV that I could play the piano.
~By Maurice Gibb ~
I think it's a tremendous opportunity, particularly given the complexion of the overall voter structure in California. It's very hard for a Republican to get elected.
~By Mike Curb ~
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
~By John Burroughs ~
As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it!
~By Robert Collier ~
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.
~By Marcus Fabius Quintilian ~
While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.
~By Publilius Syrus ~
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
~By Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
But it really wasn't until three to four years later, when we had an opportunity in the lab to make very detailed observations, and comparisons with other fossil discoveries, that we realized she was a new species of human ancestor.
~By Donald Johanson ~
Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability.
~By Sandra Day O'Connor ~
I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.
~By Rowan Atkinson ~
There was an interesting article in Los Angeles Magazine about women directors. A woman director makes one bad independent film and her career is over. Guys tend to get an opportunity to learn from their mistakes.
~By Dick Wolf ~
I am looking forward to going to Dubai because it gives us an opportunity to interact with each other. We can sit and enjoy each other's company. We can go out for a walk without worrying about shooting schedules.
~By Amitabh Bachchan ~
We will be drawing down some troops. If the president wants to try to turn that into the beginning of a success, he actually, I think, has some opportunity.
~By Stuart Rothenberg ~
Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
~By Maya Angelou ~
Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
~By J. Donald Walters ~
It's been about 15 years, and I've never really worked seriously in CGI and I thought that here was an opportunity to do the kinds of things that I was not able to do on Ghostbusters.
~By Ivan Reitman ~
As we abide in sleep, intuitively resonating with the sum of all our experiences - this life and beyond - we gain refreshing perspective on our efforts and have an opportunity to remember what we know.
~By Henry Reed ~
Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.
~By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~
There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
~By Thomas A. Edison ~
We thank thee for this opportunity to show our love for these heroes who have accomplished such wonders for the beloved United States, which was founded by noble and inspired men.
~By Lorenzo Snow ~
To have an opportunity to make a movie like Cabin Fever, you have to get stuff thrown on you or you have to fall into a pit of water. It brings you that much closer to your mindset as a character.
~By Rider Strong ~
Not only did I get to play with these great international musicians, but I also had the opportunity to jam with the local celebrities in Toronto, people like the Walsh Brothers, David Wilcox, Kim Mitchell and the like. It was a great learning experience.
~By Jeff Healey ~
There is a real opportunity right now as parents and grandparents to come up with a plan that leaves our kids with something better than we have; that is, an opportunity to own, build, and grow a nest egg of their own.
~By Norm Coleman ~
I do believe that we have the opportunity to continue - I repeat myself over and over again with this - to redefine and reinvent ourselves and as long as we do that, then I think we've got some pretty good odds in our favor, because we're not always presenting the same thing.
~By Patrick Warburton ~
You've got to seize the opportunity if it is presented to you.
~By Clive Davis ~
That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity.
~By Lester Maddox ~
I think we ought to ban earmarks. I think we ought to give citizens the opportunity to designate up to 10 percent of their federal income tax toward debt reduction. If we did that, we would reduce our debt by $95 billion a year.
~By Carly Fiorina ~
I'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good at encouraging young, talented songwriters to come forward and get exposure, I think it's important to give tomorrow's songwriters the opportunity.
~By Robin Gibb ~
I spent eighteen months as a graduate student in physics at Columbia University, waiting unhappily for an opportunity to work in a laboratory and wondering if I should continue in physics.
~By Sidney Altman ~
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
~By William Samuel Johnson ~
Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.
~By Nolan Ryan ~
Life is the most exciting opportunity we have. But we have one shot. You graduate from college once, and that's it. You're going out of that nest. And you have to find that courage that's deep, deep, deep in there. Every step of the way.
~By Andrew Shue ~
We must give Oklahoma families the opportunity to thrive and prosper. We must give all Oklahomans the tools necessary to pursue the American dream. And then, we must get out of the way.
~By Brad Henry ~
I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children.
~By David Soul ~
I wanted to become a champ - I was surrounded by champs in my family and in my neighborhood - and because of this stupid accident, I lost my opportunity.
~By Olivier Martinez ~
Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.
~By Jon Bon Jovi ~
We feel that, with Sidney, we have a great opportunity over the next few years to put a great team on the ice. We're prepared to lose some money along the way. Eventually we're going to need some help.
~By Mario Lemieux ~
So people ought to be free to leave here, but there ought to be opportunity for them to come home.
~By Bill Janklow ~
|