All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.

When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.

When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.

I just want the opportunity to continue to do great films, play great characters and work with great people.

I'd love to have the opportunity to sing in a Disney movie.

Wherever there's opportunity, the mafia will be there.

I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to this cause and whose history marks a wonderful chapter in world development.

It seems to me that a kind of thinking which is not technocratic has an opportunity for a renaissance in this country.

The movies that made me want to make movies were action movies, and thrillers, and Kurosawa films, you know, where you have an opportunity every day to shoot it in an unusual way. I was looking for something like that.

I was in love with this character of Ray Krebbs. I wanted the part badly. I had done several Western films in my career at that point and there wasn't much opportunity then to play Western roles on television at that time.

Trouble is only an opportunity in work clothes.

To have the opportunity to lead the Solicitor General's office is the honor of a lifetime. As you know, this is an office with a long and rich tradition, not only of extraordinary legal skill but also of extraordinary professionalism and integrity. That is due, in large measure, to the people who have led it.

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.

Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.