Dinah Shore Quotes

I just said yes to opportunities that came my way.

I made career decisions that came from the part of me who wanted to shun the limelight.

I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.

He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.

Never in my life have I thought, 'What's next?' It's just like 'Finding Dory.' Things just happen.

If you stay by the book, it's not always going to work. You've got to venture off a little bit. But you can't get too reckless, either.

You cannot take all the chances you get.

I was never one to sit down and write a plan for my future.

'Never Have Your Dog Stuffed' is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change.

Don't struggle to get what you want, but modify your wants.

Hew not too high, lest the chips fall in thine eye.

Don't overplan your life. Joining Google when I was four months pregnant was a bit of a leap, but sometimes you have to do the right thing for you right now.

I don't like to set myself goals because then you might fail to reach them. I just go with the flow.

I don't regret anything I haven't done.

I never expect anything; I just go make a movie. I do the best I can, and whatever happens, happens.

A hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It's part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.

Why hit a conservative shot? When you miss it, you are in just as much trouble as when you miss a bold one.

It's good to step out of the box, but don't step out so far that you can't get back in.

If you feel like it's going to work, do it. If it doesn't, get out as quick as you can.

I'm always challenging myself, looking forward I'm not afraid of anything.

I can play many roles, a guy who takes on a challenge on very short notice with potentially damaging results, if I make the wrong move... I shoot for the stars. If I get the moon, I'm OK with that.

I think you regret the things that you don't do more than the things you do.

Throughout my career, I have always played it safe with the kind of roles I've taken up.

The one thing Nikki and I always live by is 'No regrets.'

I didn't have a career plan. But what I did was, whenever there was a door open and a new opportunity, I always looked into it and took a chance and walked through the door.