Casey Stengel Quotes

We've all got a black book of missed opportunities.

There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

There's not going to be a 'Rescue Me' movie. Not a chance.

There are so many people working so hard and achieving so little.

I missed the boat when I was doing Late Night.

There is always a 'but' in this imperfect world.

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven.

Every time I try to plan something or assume that something's going to happen, it never works out like that.

You know you can't satisfy anybody.

Sometimes, waiting for too long for the right film may fall flat.

It makes you not believe in anything, when you do every single thing you can do right, and then there's still some way to mess it up.

When I was up in Washington state, I always thought, 'I'm going to go to Los Angeles where films are made and stories are told, and they're going to love me and welcome me with open arms.' But, there was no welcoming committee.

Don't spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, that you miss the right opportunity.

The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.

Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.

All this hoping for nothing-or someone-that's maybe hopeless

Well now what's the use in dreamin' You got better things to do Dreams never did work for me anyway Even when they did come true

If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.

Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late.

If you wait for perfect conditions to seize an opportunity, you'll be waiting till the day you die.

It's better sometimes when we don't get to touch our dreams.

Plough not the seas, sow not the sands,Leave off your idle pain;Seek other mistress for your minds,Love's service is in vain.

The same as real life, there is no happily ever after.

I've never made the film I wanted to make. No matter what happens, it never turns out exactly as I hoped.