Opportunity quotes

“When one door closes, another window opens.”
Julie Andrews

“No amount of money ever bought a second of time.”
Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark

“Gentlemen, the hopes and dreams of an entire town are riding on your shoulders. You may never matter again in your life as much as you do right now.”
Billy Bob Thornton - Coach Gary Gaines

“I believe, that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. And try to find somebody who's life gives them vodka, and have a party.”
Ron White - Himself

“I do know one thing. I've seen strange things happen in the strait. But I know something else. Sea gives you an opportunity, you take it.”
Gabriel Byrne - Murphy

“We got a big platform, man. Use that platform to make change.”
Demetrius Shipp Jr. - Tupac

“This is your chance to earn that look in your daughter's eyes, to become the hero that she already thinks you are.”

Michael Douglas - Dr. Hank Pym

“Don't worry, scrote. There are plenty of 'tards out there living really kick-ass lives. My first wife was 'tarded. She's a pilot now.”
Justin Long - Doctor

“I took some time off after 'Titanic' because I needed to let the dust settle and recharge my battery. I felt, 'OK, you've been given a tremendous opportunity; what are you going to do with it? Now your name can finance movies that you do want to do.'”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go.”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“I spent my whole life only recognizing my lucky breaks after they were gone.”
J. K. Simmons - Ray King

“I have no idea what I'm supposed to do! I only know what I can do!”
Chris Pine - James T. Kirk

“You only live once, and once is enough if you play your cards right.”
Maureen Stapleton - Pearl

“Well, I'm a big believer in 'never say never'.”
Jim Parsons

“The great and terrible thing about life, there's just so much bloody... potential. All of which is almost certainly nonsense.”
Bill Nighy - Douglas Ainslie

“- Tess Carlisle: I have some exciting news for you. I have an inoperable brain tumor. I have bought you and your men a scud missile launcher. We are going to the opera in Columbus. Which of those do you think is true?
- Doug Chesnic: When?”
Shirley MacLaine - Tess Carlisle
Nicolas Cage - Doug Chesnic

“Ah, how shall I do it? Oh, I know. I'll turn him into a flea, a harmless, little flea, and then I'll put that flea in a box, and then I'll put that box inside of another box, and then I'll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives... I'll smash it with a hammer! It's brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, I tell you! Genius, I say!”

Eartha Kitt - Yzma

“- Peter Kirk: Why should a few million dollars keep me from having the same opportunities as anyone else?
- Marshall: What you said sounds right... but it must be wrong.”
Henry Fonda - Peter Kirk
George Lessey - Marshall

“You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.”
Sally Field

“We've all got a black book of missed opportunities.”
Jim Broadbent

“To open a bottle of '61 Cheval Blanc is enough reason to open a bottle of '61 Cheval Blanc.”
Virginia Madsen - Maya

“Great moments are born from great opportunity.”
Kurt Russell - Herb Brooks

“I am over 35-years-old. I am physically unable to bear children. And I pay alimony to my ex-husband, who is a faggot. Yet I am willing to bet that all of you would fuck me over that desk right now if you knew you'd be having lunch with Harrison Ford as soon as you blew your wad.”
Joan Cusack - Fanny Nash

“Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free. ”
Kirk Douglas

“- Harry Monroe: Tell me about the job opportunity.
- Skip Donahue: It's in banking.
- Harry Monroe: I don't know a darn thing about banking.
- Skip Donahue: We don't have to know anything about banking. I've sold the manager on a new promotion idea.”
Richard Pryor - Harry Monroe
Gene Wilder - Skip Donahue