“Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.” MenSometimesPoliticsChancePowerFailingEventsHairDependsIncreaseProfitNeglectGreat Events Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“It is hard to explain to people now how hard it was being a punk back then [the 1970s]. If you had short hair, didn't wear bell bottoms and walked down the street, chances are some asshole in an El Camino was going to kick your ass.” PeopleIfsHardChanceStreetsHairBottomAssKicksPunkBellsChances AreShort Hair Author:John Roecker
“Do not say, "this happened by chance, while this came to be of itself." In all that exists there is nothing disorderly, nothing indefinite, nothing without purpose, nothing by chance ... How many hairs are on your head? God will not forget one of them. Do you see how nothing, even the smallest thing, escapes the gaze of God?” InspirationalChristianPurposeReligiousChanceForgetHappenedHairGods WillOrthodoxSmallest Author:Saint Basil
“There's a one in six billion chance you'll find your soul mate. And that's if they're not dead. At best they're probably living in some Siberian ice cave eating bugs and weaving beads into their back hair. But they're out there. My dad believed that to find your perfect soul mate, first, you had to look through a bunch of other guys' soul mates.” IfsFirstsLooksSoulGuyChancePerfectHairDadSixEatingMy DadBillionsBunchIceYour SoulMatesCavesBugsOther GuysSoul MateWeavingBeads Author:Christopher Titus
“I don't care what color your hair is, if you're pale or tan, if you have makeup on or just woke up all I care about is that when I look at you, you always look back and see me. You're beautiful inside and out and if you wanted to tattoo all that pretty white skin from head to toe I would be honored to put it there for you but if not I'll take you all smooth and milky white any chance I get.” IfsLooksWould BeCareWantedBeautifulChanceWhiteColorHairSkinsDon't CareI Don't CareMakeupPaleI CareSmoothTattooToesHonoredYou Re BeautifulBeautiful InsideWhite SkinBeautiful Inside And Author:Jay Crownover
“With a chance to make it good somehow, hey, what else can we do now? Except roll down the window, and let the wind blow back your hair.” ChanceWindHairWindowBlowHey Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Sometimes I have no choice but to wear my hair and I try to make it look as normal as possible, but no, there's no chance.” TryingLooksSometimesChoicesChanceHairNormal Author:Randall Park
“There is so little to remember of anyone - an anecdote, a conversation at a table. But every memory is turned over and over again, every word, however chance, written in the heart in the hope that memory will fulfill itself, and become flesh, and that the wanderers will find a way home, and the perished, whose lack we always feel, will step through the door finally and stroke our hair with dreaming habitual fondness not having meant to keep us waiting long.” WayFeelsHeartLittlesLongHomeDreamRememberWaitingMemoriesChanceStepsWrittenDoorsHairConversationTablesFleshStrokesHabitualAnecdotesFondnessWanderersWay Home Author:Marilynne Robinson
“On the day I swore to uphold the Hippocratic oath, the small hairs on the back of my neck stood up as I waited for lightning to strike. Who was I, vowing calmly among all these necktied young men to steal life out of nature's jaws, every old time we got half a chance and a paycheck?... I could not accept the contract: that every child born human upon this earth comes with a guarantee of perfect health and old age clutched in its small fist.” MenHumansChildrenAgeEarthYoungBornChancePerfectHalfAcceptingHairStrikesStealingOld AgeYoung ManGuaranteesNecksContractsLightningFistsOathStood UpPaychecksOld Time Book:The Poisonwood Bible Source: The Poisonwood Bible