Claudette Colvin

For African-Americans, it's still going to be - some people say double hard - I'd say four times as hard. Be an opportunist. Take advantage of your resources, because the only way to win is with education, self-esteem, having value in yourself.

American Activist

Nick Rhodes

A lot of other bands have tried to go out there and say we've got views on this and views on that. But some of it I've found opportunist. Duran Duran has always been honest about everything. We've always laid everything out.

English Musician

Ernest Hemingway

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

American Novelist

Tom Vilsack

Rural Americans want leaders who help middle-class communities to plan and prosper over the long-term - not opportunists who reap the rewards for themselves, leaving nothing for the people who do the sowing.

American Politician

Aparna Sen

It is the responsibility of a director to introduce their politics in their films, and whether you like it or not your politics will be reflected unless you are an opportunist which some directors are.

Indian Director

Frank Gehry

The fact is I'm an opportunist. I'll take materials around me, materials on my table, and work with them as I'm searching for an idea that works.

American Architect

Ralph W. Sockman

When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, 'That is the real thing.

American Leader

Frank Abagnale

I was an opportunist and got away with things because I was very young, but I went to prison and came out and remade my life.

American Celebrity

Evangeline Lilly

I am an opportunist. When opportunities come, and I see them serving my grander goals in life, I take them.

Canadian Actress

Homaro Cantu

The world is full of challenges, but with those come opportunity, and I'm an opportunist.

American Inventor

Often implies that the person lacks ethics or principles when taking advantage of situations.

Negative Implication

Unlike strategic people, opportunists don't have long-term plans and may seem unpredictable.

Strategic vs. Opportunistic

An opportunist is often associated with seizing unexpected, sometimes controversial, opportunities.

Contextual Usage

Used to describe actions driven by personal gain rather than communal or altruistic reasons.

Self-interest Emphasis

Using 'opportunist' can express disapproval, especially if someone appears disloyal or insincere.

Often Pejorative

Refers to exploiting situations for immediate advantages, not necessarily long-term goals.

Immediate Benefits

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 one of many opportunists during this era of television coming into our lives that felt he had discovered something that was important that was very unique and I think in the overall scheme of things

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