#opportunity

A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity. ↗

— Dan Rather

#american dream #because #college #college degree #degree

Shale gas has provided the United States the opportunity to have 100 years of supply that is domestically produced. If we are going to develop natural gas from shale, it has to be done in a safe and responsible manner. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#develop #domestically #done #gas #going

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. ↗

— Jonas Salk

#more #opportunity #reward #well #well done

With the recent news that the State of Florida has agreed to purchase 181,000 acres of U.S. Sugar land, we have an historic opportunity for our larger restoration efforts and for the people of Florida. This too will not come without difficult challenges, but it reminds us that anything is possible. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#agreed #anything #anything is possible #challenges #come

For me, a poem is an opportunity to kind of interrogate myself a little bit. ↗

— Tracy K. Smith

#kind #little #little bit #me #myself

Like a lot of freelance cartoonists, when any opportunity like that comes along, I have a hard time saying no, whether it makes sense or not. ↗

— Jim Woodring

#any #cartoonists #comes #freelance #hard

The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being. ↗

— Jane Wyman

#being #brotherhood #every #every time #human

The beginning [of a journey] is a terrible time to plan. It's the moment of greatest ignorance. In self-directed education, a lot of the value comes from exploiting opportunities that arise well out to sea, once I've seen some things and begun the learning process. ↗

— James Marcus Bach

#learning #opportunity #planning #education

He kept thinking about Mary. What a fool he'd been to let her go. To think, with the thoughtless assurance of youth, that the world was replete with endless possibilities. He'd thought it a mistake to choose so early in life and embrace the present good. He'd been a great one for looking for greener pastures. He'd kept looking until all his pastures were brown with time. ("Old Haunts") ↗

— Richard Matheson

#love #opportunity #freedom

#1425: When you really like someone, tell them. Sometimes you only get one chance. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

#love #opportunity #relations #friendship