Famous quotes containing the words chance to and/or chance:
“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Partisanship should be kept out of the pulpit.... The blindest of partisans are preachers. All politicians expect and find more candor, fairness, and truth in politicians than in partisan preachers. They are not replied to—no chance to reply to them.... The balance wheel of free institutions is free discussion. The pulpit allows no free discussion.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“The worst thing about this war is the chance it gives these dreadful little persons, the chance to make themselves important.”
—Arthur Wimperis (1874–1953)
“The maelstrom of fatherhood is a chance to show grace under real pressure, to be cool despite the chaos of your son’s room. That’s something that’s worth a fellow’s time.”
—Hugh O’Neill (20th century)