Chance Quote by John Darnielle

“People will complain that they don't want to wait around for lightning to strike, but why not? If you invest yourself in chance, the potential for disappointment is pretty low.”

John Darnielle

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (7 ratings)

Chance Complaining Disappointment Ifs Invest Yourself Lightning Lows People Strikes Waiting Want Why not

More by John Darnielle

I don't write my own publicity materials, I just read 'em and give 'em the OK.

John Darnielle

Image

“But secret agents, like God, only give signs to their confidants. They are also very cruel and even unhappy at times. At any rate,…

John Darnielle

Image

“I am heavy in his arms, and I feel safe there, but I am lost, and I need constantly to be shoring up the…

John Darnielle

Image

The more I learn about stuff the more conscious I become of grave gaps in my knowledge.

John Darnielle

Image

If you get into a fight and somebody punches you, you get two feelings. One: That really hurts. Two: That relief in the realness…

John Darnielle

Image

When I was a kid, I was a big science fiction fan, but current horror books were harder to get your hands on.

John Darnielle

Image

It's impossible to be content all the time - you have to learn to be content in places where you're unhappy and owning your…

John Darnielle

Image

“It's in the nature of the landscape to change, and it's in the nature of people to help the process along...”

John Darnielle

Image

Everybody is in various states of needing to transcend something. I believe in mental health care, but when we call people "crazy," we exclude…

John Darnielle

Image

“But resiliency only means that a thing retains its shape. That it doesn’t break, or lose its ability to function. It doesn’t mean a…

John Darnielle

Image

“One thing I’ve learned is it’s better sometimes, in the weeds, to resist the temptation to stand up and follow the compass. *”

John Darnielle

Image

People always talk about good time rock and roll, Chuck Berry or whatever, like this liberating force for feeling good. But what I need…

John Darnielle

Image

Explore all 181 John Darnielle quotes

More Chance quotes

Before I debuted, it was my goal to make my debut, and afterwards, I aimed at winning champion titles on television music shows, and…

Hyuna

Image

I understand it's promotion, but no one ever gave me a chance. No one ever thought I'd be the champ, and look where I'm…

Stipe Miocic

Image

I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn't show it to everybody.

Moliere

Image

When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters…

Bernie Mac

Image

The happy medium is television. And if you find a good suitor, you can do it for years. With movies, you roll the dice.…

Bruce Campbell

Image

I get afraid of the dark if I'm in a great deal of dark, and I have to move around inside of that fear...…

Emil Ferris

Image

I have heard that if you pull a bent breath through the second hole of a harmonica tuned to the key of Georgia while…

Buddy Wakefield

Image

There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob…

Tom Robbins

Image

Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to…

Paolo Bacigalupi

Image

Love changes people, for better or for worse. You could look at it as a chance for you to change. The best kind of…

Anonymous

Image

“It's not who, it's when”

Alejandro Taubas

Image

Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much.

Tom Stoppard

Image

Browse all 11,492 Chance quotes

Chance Quote by John Darnielle

Related quotes

More by John Darnielle

More Chance quotes