I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra.
Stephen Sondheim

You're always frustrated, you don't have the chance to do a song on the album, like the Beatles did with Ringo and George, or like Led Zeppelin, where everybody was given a chance to contribute. There never is a chance with the Stones.
Bill Wyman

I never do anything by chance.
Brigitte Bardot

Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.
Ayrton Senna

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
Henry Van Dyke

We need somebody to give us a chance.
Tony Dungy

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
Democritus

Chance favors the prepared mind.
Louis Pasteur

Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind.
Louis Pasteur

In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.
Louis Pasteur

Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.
Louis Pasteur

Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
Chief Joseph

If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.
Red Skelton

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.
Bono

I think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and give one the chance to enhance one's best physical features.
Vivienne Westwood

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
Abigail Adams

Chance doesn't mean meaningless randomness, but historical contingency. This happens rather than that, and that's the way that novelty, new things, come about.
John Polkinghorne

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
Paul Simon

Nothing happens quite by chance. It's a question of accretion of information and experience.
Jonas Salk

I'd like to think that the actions we take today will allow others in the future to discover the wonders of landscapes we helped protect but never had the chance to enjoy ourselves.
Annie Leibovitz