I say that our system of tests and grades, as it now exists, is one source of the low yield of great… — Edwin Land Copy Share Image
For me, the main thing is spontaneity and taking chances. You have to study and know the traditions, but then you have… — Dave Kikoski Copy Share Image
Everyone knows that a man can marry even if he reaches the age of 102, is penniless, and has all his facilities… — Amy Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
Since my first novel was rescued from a slush pile, it makes me sad that most publishing houses no longer accept unsolicited… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Dream the impossible. Know that you are born in this world to do something wonderful and unique; don't let this opportunity pass… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
When youre doing what you love to do, you become resilient. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself. If you… — Dick Costolo Copy Share Image
People are timid. They don't take chances. Naturally, they're bound. They are afraid of the light. They are afraid of their own… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One antidote for sexual truancy lies in simply teaching youth the wonder, the miracle, the reverence for the creation of life itself.… — Sam Levenson Copy Share Image
“The right to take a chance, the right to suffer. The right to be unwise, the right to die. These aims are… — Fritz Leiber Copy Share Image
There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
Love is taking chances when every rational part of you screams, ‘Don’t risk it.’ Because it’s only when your heart has been… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
I had been asking the universe and God to send me a way for me to help me. Show business has been… — Louie Anderson Copy Share Image
To say that one waits a lifetime for his soulmate to come around is a paradox. People eventually get sick of waiting,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It costs a lot of money to release a movie. What you'd call art-house movies - movies that don't have big stars… — Bryan Brown Copy Share Image
The excitement about independent filmmaking is that they're a little more open to taking chances. The studios are a little more careful,… — Malin Akerman Copy Share Image
Failure is always present as an actor. I make my living by taking chances. If I'm not risking something, then I'm not… — Damon Runyon Copy Share Image
He [the golfer] must have the courage to keep trying in the face of ill luck or disappointment, and timidity to appreciate… — Bobby Jones Copy Share Image
Live life and take chances. Believe that everything happens for a reason and don't regret. Love to the fullest and you will… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
So, I was just a young guy, maybe with an idea, and Cecil Taylor, himself a rebel, would take a chance on… — Archie Shepp Copy Share Image
My father, George, has also affected the choices in my life regarding films. I like films that take chances or say something… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
The best stuff happens when you take a chance. When you risk something and do the thing that the other people are… — Lili Reinhart Copy Share Image
You take a chance to do something and you realize in your heart it's either going to be the greatest thing that… — Ben E. King Copy Share Image
I'm attracted to the work of younger artists, and it's affordable compared to mature art, so you can take a chance much… — Laurence Graff Copy Share Image
Generally women are better than men -- they have more character. I prefer men for some things, obviously, but women have a… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
If you don't take no chances, then you're not a performer. Performers always take chances. You go see a singer, they'll hit… — Evander Holyfield Copy Share Image
We're just one cog in this giant machine. You show up and look at all the other cogs like, "Wow, everyone is… — James Badge Dale Copy Share Image
The only safe thing is to take a chance. Play safe and you are dead. Taking risks is the essence of good… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
Dealing with politically-engaged writers of color like Abdellatif Laâbi and Rashid Boudjedra - who ran away from school aged sixteen to fight… — Andre Naffis-Sahely Copy Share Image
The only way to store information is by agreement. The belief system is like a Book of Law that rules our mind.… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
All right, I'll take a chance. I will fall in love with you. If i'm a fool you can have the night,… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
We live in a world where joy is possible, love is possible, happiness is possible; where all things are possible, if we're… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
I'm always surprised when you do something very different that people don't get behind you more, because you're always told, "Take chances!… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Any time you take a chance you better be sure the rewards are worth the risk because they can put you away… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
In the war, most young men were inducted into the armed forces at the age of 17. A group of students was… — John Pople Copy Share Image
Success for me will be where the body of work I've done afforded me the opportunity to be as good as I… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
You just have to work really hard to tune out the noise and the static. Because it gets louder, and people really… — Jennifer Aniston Copy Share Image
The fastest way to become the master of your thoughts and emotions is through challenging situations. If your life is going along… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
While Maddox now believed the demon did not want to hurt Ashlyn, he wasn't willing to take a chance. He would talk… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
Eventually we must lower our defenses and just trust our instincts. Trust your gut and just let things happen. Trust that your… — Wendell V Copy Share Image
His mother called such people ignorant and superstitious, but his father only shook his head slowly and puffed his pipe and said… — Stephen King Copy Share Image