Famous quotes containing the words chance and/or operations:
“Martin Pawley: Do ya think maybes theres a chance we still might find her?
Ethan Edwards: Injunll chase a thing til he thinks hes chased it enough. Then he quits. Same way when he runs. Seems like he never learns theres such a thing as a critter thatll just keep comin on. So well find em in the end. I promise ya. Well find em, just as sure as the turnin of the earth.”
—Frank S. Nugent (19081965)
“It may seem strange that any road through such a wilderness should be passable, even in winter, when the snow is three or four feet deep, but at that season, wherever lumbering operations are actively carried on, teams are continually passing on the single track, and it becomes as smooth almost as a railway.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)