“However small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance was there.”
Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Roald Dahl103
British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot a… 1916–1990Related quotes
“A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.”
James Thomson (poet) The Seasons
Source: The Seasons (1726-1730), Summer (1727), l. 1285.
“The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance.”
C. S. Forester book Lord Hornblower
Lord Hornblower (1946), p. 52.
Pierre Lecomte du Noüy (1883–1947) French philosopher
Human Destiny, 1947, p. 33
Commenting on Charles-Eugene Guye's calculation that the odds against the random formation of a particular protein molecule would be about 1 in 10 to the 243rd.
Fred Hoyle (1915–2001) British astronomer
Hoyle on evolution, Nature, Vol. 294, No. 5837 (November 12, 1981), p. 105
“Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.”
Arthur Ransome book We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (Title page and Chapter 2), 1937
“Pioneering is an unlimited chance to become the biggest frog, provided the puddle is small enough.”
Poul Anderson book The Enemy Stars
Source: The Enemy Stars (1959), Chapter 5 (p. 31)
Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012) Brazilian architect
Quoted in "Architect of Optimism," Angel Gurria-Quintana, Financial Times (2007-04-13).
“I might have a chance of starting a movement toward change in this broken system.”
Angus King (1944) United States Senator from Maine
As quoted in "Angus may be a king-maker" by Deborah McDermott in Seacoast Online (11 March 2012) http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120311/NEWS/203110325/-1/NEWSMAP <br class="br">Context: I think I can honestly say that if Olympia had announced her retirement because of ill health or to spend more time with Jock I probably wouldn't have run. … What perked me up is why she is leaving. Olympia has 30 years of seniority, she's likable, she works very hard, and if she can't make it work, nobody in either party is going to make it work. … I don't have any illusions it will be easy, but I do think particularly if the two parties are closely divided, I will have an influence … I might have a chance of starting a movement toward change in this broken system. This country has serious problems, but you can't address them if the institution set up to address the problems is broken.
