But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.
("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory")
More Quotes from Roald Dahl:
I do not like film directors very much. They lack humility and they are too damn sure that everything they do is right. The trouble is that it's mostly wrong. Oh, what a mess Mel Stewart made of Charlie.Roald Dahl
It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
Roald Dahl
I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.
Roald Dahl
I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that is all that comes back to me of school itself.
Roald Dahl
Game-playing at school is always fun if you happen to be good at it, and it is hell if you are not. I was one of the lucky ones.
Roald Dahl
We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it. - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Chance Quotes, Fate & Destiny QuotesThat terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.
Ernest Hemingway
Every linguistic sign is located on two axes: the axis of simultaneity and that of succession.
Roman Jakobson
I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to prove it.
Hilary Duff