21 Movie Quotes about Missed Opportunities with Audio – Page 2

Updated: Nov 10, 2026

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11 Look, it just doesn't happen twice.

Tom Hanks as Sam Baldwin in Sleepless in Seattle

12 I give you the opportunity of a lifetime, and you just blow it!

Quote from Despicable Me

13 I wish now I'd played house with her more often when she wanted to.

Quote from Robot Monster (1953)

14 Flyspecks! Flyspecks! I've been spending my life among flyspecks while miracles have been leaning on lampposts at 18th and Fairfax.

Cecil Kellaway as Dr. Chumley in Harvey (1950)

15 Man, we decided to leave this place just one damn day too late, you know?

Kevin Bacon as Val in Tremors (1990)

16 Here I am with a great opportunity to get somewhere, to give you security for once, and I'm stuck.

Quote from Meet John Doe (1941)

17 The last great opportunity of a lifetime, an entire world at war and I'm left out of it?

Quote from Patton (1970)

18 And the irony of it is that I've got an opportunity and I can't take it.

Quote from The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

19 You've decided I shouldn't have that opportunity. Not even the opportunity to refuse.

Quote from Holiday Inn (1942)

20 You know, it wasn't just my career. It was the biggest opportunity of my life.

Quote from Independence Day (1996)