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Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise.

Arthur Erickson

Architecture

The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given a chance, will choose liberty and democracy over enslavement and tyranny.

You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the question.

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.

There are a lot of people who might not get another chance to win a Super Bowl, not just me.

John Elway

People

Chance

As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it.

They do think it is a big summer movie and that's why they want to give it a great chance, but they don't want to go up against Spider-Man 2 or some of the other big movies, the $100 million films that are coming up.

You don't get a chance to take a breath but when you do, you have some really good comedy moments that ease up on the tension that the movie is centered around which is Kim being kidnapped and her son and husband being kidnapped and the jeopardy that they're in.

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

Duke Ellington

Chance

A problem is your chance to do your best.

Duke Ellington

Chance

I think we still have a chance if we continue with our work, if Iraq provides full cooperation, we should still be able to avoid a war.

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!

Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.

I've never played a hero before so I jumped at the chance.

Adrian Edmondson

Chance