I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and take chances.

- Darren Aronofsky

That's why I made a comeback in 1988. I knew there were chances of not making it, but I didn't want to end up at sixty years old and say I should have tried when I was thirty-eight.

- Guy Lafleur

You don't get second chances in the real world.

- Gail Simmons

Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances; it makes chances.

- George Matthew Adams

I took a lot of time to open myself up to taking chances musically.

- Gavin DeGraw

Just keep taking chances and having fun.

- Garth Brooks

I fancy our chances at the European Championships.

- Frank Lampard

I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.

- Fran Lebowitz

When I'm in good form there are chances that rivals will worry more about you more than you about them.

- Dayron Robles

I've worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn't have the chances I've had.

- David Lindsay-Abaire

Normally movies have the same people they use over and over for everything. It's called typecasting. They don't like to take chances. They'll go with the guy they had before.

- Albert Brooks

I was basically raised to look for chances to get even with several families for stuff that happened 30 or 40 years before I was born.

- Daniel Woodrell

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you.

- Dick Cavett

I think it's important to take chances.

- David Sedaris

I love people who just started making movies - first-timers, second-timers. They take chances.

- Chazz Palminteri

I believe if you write a great book, the chances are it'll get a great reception.

- Charlaine Harris

The chances of anyone of any race getting their own show are, like, .001 percent.

- Cristela Alonzo

I guess I've always been attracted to people who stand out as individuals - people who are adventurous and take chances.

- Carmen Electra

Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors because he takes chances.

- Bai Ling

The wider your readership, the greater the chances of offending your readers.

- Alexander McCall Smith