“A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,-- True but for lying,--honest but for stealing,-- Did fall one day extremely sick by chance And on the sudden was in wondrous trance.” MenLyingFallChanceHonestOne DaySickStealingWondrousTranceTailors Author:John Harington
“Ride at any fence hard enough, and the chances are you'll get over. The harder you ride the heavier the fall, if you get a fall; but the greater the chance of your getting over.” IfsHardEnoughFallChanceGreaterHarderGet OverFenceChances Are Book:Phineas Redux: Trollope's Works Source: Phineas Redux: Trollope's Works
“Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces? I suppose it is, but I think it would entail doing the same things over and over again without taking chances, without taking risks or exploring our limits, without finding out what we can and can't do.” ThinkingFacesFallChanceRiskLimitsFindingsSeriesEndlessExploringTake A ChanceTaking Risks Book:An Improvised Life: A Memoir Source: An Improvised Life: A Memoir
“For war is never some cosmic accident descending upon a people with all the chance and inevitability of asteroids falling like fire out of the heavens, but only the will and work of man.” PeopleMenWarFallHeavenChanceFireAccidentsCosmicInevitabilityDescendingAsteroids Author:David Zindell
“You are pushed to behave differently here, you don't really have a choice. If you cheat you have no chance of being admired. Even your own supporters will dislike you. So what do you do? Well, the way is not to be stupid, but not to cheat either. If there is a foul, you have to fall. I call it 'helping the referee to make a decision'. That's not cheating.” IfsWayWellsHelpingChoicesFallChanceDecisionStupidFootballLike YouManagersSoccerBehaveCheatingDislikeCheatSupporterChairmanFoulReferee Author:Jose Mourinho
“We felt like when we went into last year we had a pretty good chance to win the championship from the previous year with the fall we put together. We've got the same everything now, so I think we can come back and be as strong this year.” ThinkingYearsTogetherLastsFallWinningStrongFeltSportsChanceLast YearChampionshipGood ChancePrevious Years Author:Sterling Marlin
“There's people that get a chance to do the kind of work that changes the world, and make things really different. And there's the kind that just keeps the world from falling apart.” PeopleWorldKindDifferentFallChanceChanging The WorldFalling Apart Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Strictly speaking, one cannot legislate love, but what one can do is legislate fairness and justice. If legislation does not prohibit our living side by side, sooner or later your child will fall on the pavement and I'll be the one to pick her up. Or one of my children will not be able to get into the house and you'll have to say, "Stop here until your mom comes here." Legislation affords us the chance to see if we might love each other.” IfsLoveChildrenDoeMightAbleLawFallHouseSidesCan DoJusticeChanceMomPicksRelationOur ChildrenMy ChildrenYour ChildrenFairnessSooner Or LaterLegislationRace RelationsLove Each OtherYour MomPavement Author:Maya Angelou
“My only solution for the problem of habitual accidents is to stay in bed all day. Even then, there is always the chance that you will fall out.” ProblemFallChanceBedSolutionsAccidentsHabitual Author:Robert Benchley
“Truth needs meditative eyes. If you don't have meditative eyes, then the whole life is just dull dead facts, unrelated to each other, accidental, meaningless, a jumble, just a chance phenomenon. If you see the truth, everything falls into line, everything falls together in a harmony, everything starts having significance.” IfsLifeNeedsWholeFactsEyeTruthTogetherLife IsFallLinesChanceHarmonyWhole LifeDullSignificancePhenomenonMeaninglessTruth Of Life Author:Rajneesh
“The broad mass of a nation will more easily fall victim to a big lie than a small one. The greater the lie, the greater chance that it will be believed. All epoch-making events have been produced not by the written, but the spoken word.” Has BeensBigsLyingFallNationsChanceGreaterWrittenEventsMassVictimBroadsEpochSpoken Word Author:Adolf Hitler
“Don't worry, even if you fall over! It's all right. You can just pick yourself up again! When you fall over, make the most of the chance to look up and see the sky. You will see the blue sky spreading endlessly above you and smiling down. Aya, you are alive!” IfsLooksFallChanceWorryAliveSkyPicksBlueLook UpOver ItBlue SkyPick Yourself Up Author:Aya Kito