#opportunities

I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business of doing them seriously. To take myself too seriously is the gentle kiss of death. ↗

— Leon Redbone

#because #business #death #doing #gentle

I'm trying to set up opportunities for myself so that I don't only have one outlet to go through and rely upon as far as a support system financially, emotionally and mentally. ↗

— Busta Rhymes

#emotionally #far #financially #go #i

I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get. ↗

— Andy Roddick

#cup #davis #davis cup #finals #get

We are going after a targeted group of businesses that are creating opportunities for themselves using other people's property. The Internet has very little to do with this. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#businesses #creating #going #group #internet

My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#discovered #fresh #friends #i #indeed

I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such matters as interested me, and to publish what I believed to be true, uncontrolled by any central authority. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#authority #be true #because #believed #central

We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#believe #budgets #everyone #excel #god-given

Setting goals can blind you to opportunities. You might be trying to get to point C. When opportunity B comes, you don't even look at it because you're going straight to C. ↗

— Greg Kinnear

#blind #comes #even #get #goals

So in terms of the global economic footprint, let's just say China within the next decade and a bit is likely to emerge as the world's largest economy. Obviously its foreign policy and security policy footprint increases and that creates both challenges and opportunities for us all. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#both #challenges #china #creates #decade

You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#freeze #given #just #nothing #number