Opportunity

About Opportunity

Opportunity is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film directed by John H. Collins. It stars Viola Dana, Hale Hamilton, and Frank Currier, and was released on July 1, 1918. A print of Opportunity exists in the George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection.

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Cast list

Viola Dana as Mary Willard

Hale Hamilton as Anthony Fry

Frank Currier as Henry Clay Willard

Edward Abeles as Johnson Bowler

Sally Crute as Beatrice Bowler

Joseph Burke as Robert Hitchins

Francis D. Lyon as Wilkins

Elsie MacLeod as Felice

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Notable quotes

“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
— Francis Bacon, Essays, 52. 'Of Ceremonies and Respects'
“Sometimes, you need a door slammed in your face before you can hear opportunity knock.”
— James Geary (b. 1962), American magazine editor, writer and aphorist. From 'My Aphorisms', on James Geary's website, 2009.
“Variant: In the Chinese language, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters, one representing danger and the other, opportunity.”
— "Remarks at the United Negro College Fund, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 12, 1959," box 902, Senate Speech Files, Pre-Presidential Papers, John F. Kennedy Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library; "Remarks at Valley Forge Country Club, Pennsylvania, October 29, 1960," box 914, Senate Speech Files, Pre-Presidential Papers, John F. Kennedy Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.
“There's place and means for every man alive.”
— William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (1600s), Act IV, scene 3, line 375.
“Nostra sine auxilio fugiunt bona. Carpite florem.”
— Our advantages fly away without aid. Pluck the flower.
“L'occasion de faire du mal se trouve cent fois par jour, et celle de faire du bien une fois dans l'année.”
— The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.

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