In plucking the fruit of memory one runs the risk of spoiling its bloom (The Arrow of Gold)
Joseph ConradI have to say Arsenal were very lucky tonight, especially coming from nine days without a match.
Fabio Capello'He was so gorgeous... Kurt. I don't know how I got lucky that way.'
Courtney LoveHe was a happy-go-lucky man, always played with a smile on his face and never had a bad word to say about anyone.
John ParrottWhat luck for rulers that men don't think
Adolf HitlerI love acting and making your own luck. You have to recreate yourself, I guess. Although, I don't know how.
Dennis QuaidWriting is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.
Iris MurdochIn the United States, I'm lucky; in Europe, I'm good.
Seve BallesterosI feel very lucky to be ahead of David Howell. He had injury and fitness problems and if he hadn't, he would've been so far ahead it would all be over.
Paul CaseyAgainst her ankles as she trod
The lucky buttercups did nod
Jean IngelowIt's going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I'll risk saying that we'll be lucky if something really serious doesn't happen.
Ayrton SennaThe golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
Orison Swett MardenBe grateful for luck.
Eubie BlakeThe luck I've had has all been bad. I've had the Concorde crash, 9/11,foot and mouth, the Gulf war, Sars and high fuel prices. It might make you doubt my sanity, but I've enjoyed it.
Rod EddingtonThe internet is alive with attacks on me, calling me the new Jello, and the Sammy Hagar of punk. I am neither. I am a lucky fan who gets to hold the mic when those amazing songs are played.
Brandon CruzLuck is only important insofar as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.
Frank SinatraLuck can often mean simple taking advantage of a situation at the right moment, It is possible to 'make' your luck by being always prepared.
Michael KordaDavid loves to have facials and massages. He also likes to get his eyebrows plucked.
Victoria BeckhamSomewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bight side rather than the dark side all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am.
Michelle PfeifferI think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
Samuel GoldwynThen come, my friend, forget your foes, and leave your fears behind,
And wander forth to try your luck, with cheerful, quiet mind.
Henry Jackson Van DykeOn Cameron Diaz: A lucky model who's been given a lot of opportunities I just wish she would have done more with.
Jennifer LopezEven the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
Tom Petty'My family is my first priority but I don't think that means I should have to give up work. I am lucky that David is very supportive.'
Victoria BeckhamPeople in America, of course, live in all sorts of fashions, because they are foreigners, or unlucky, or depraved, or without ambition; people live like that, but Americans live in white detached houses with green shutters. Rigidly, blindly, the dream takes precedence.
Margaret MeadAs an Australian I’m lucky that I have done a lot of camping here but I suspect nothing on the scale of what I’m going to face in the jungle
Kimberley DaviesSome folk want their luck buttered.
Thomas HardyBeing an actress is something that a large number of little girls hope to become, so to make it makes you feel like one of the lucky ones which of course you are
Caroline FarrellNothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
F Scott FitzgeraldI think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.
Franklin D RooseveltI feel that this is my year to win, as I've come so close in the past two series. But it is all down to the luck of the celebrity draw. Every year I do my best as I want to stay in the competition for as long as possible as I love it so much.
Ian WaiteIt's like being hit up the arse by a rainbow. [on being lucky]
Rod EddingtonI've been through so much in my career in F1, particularly in 1995, and I did achieve so much that I thought that it's not worth it any more to push your luck further. [on his retirement]
Mika HakkinenI score many lucky goals in my football life because I am always there, trying to shoot. For me the best goals are the ones like this when the ball just crosses the line.
Mateja KezmanDear World, I am leaving you because I am bored. I am leaving you with your worries. Good luck. [suicide note]
George SandersHe's been very, very lucky, an average player who came into the game when it was short of personalities [on Kevin Keegan]
George BestLuck is believing you're lucky.
Tennessee WilliamsNapoleon wanted his generals to be lucky. I don't think he would have worked with me.
Graham TaylorI was just a guy with some drums, but luckily for me I knew how to use them to get the best possible out of them.
Dave GrohlThere is no escaping the fact that, even in a great career, sometimes the best advances happen through luck, chance and accident.
Edmond FischerWhen he was included last summer I sent him a text to say good luck. There's nothing personal between us, we know that. It's a selection thing. [on him and Chris Read]
Geraint JonesWith a bit of luck, the name Jimmy Brown will be engraved on the Masters trophy at the end of next week.
Jimmy WhiteLuck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
E B WhiteSome people are so fond of bad luck they run half way to meet it.
Douglas William JerroldI'm lucky I don't do the kind of work where the main thing is that you're the girl and you look gorgeous. I don't look like that. I'm a funny-looking.
Emily WatsonI thought ginger people were lucky. He might have to dye his hair now or I might buy him a brown, long-haired wig so he'll look like me! [on Gary Waddock]
Gareth AinsworthYou don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.
Barbara BushSuccessful people are very lucky. Just ask any failure.
Michael LevineThe work I did in Vertigo meant nothing if no one cared about the movie. Luckily, Vertigo had a revival and people had begun to recognize there was something special and it gained in reputation.
Kim NovakAn essayist is a lucky person who has found a way to discourse without being interrupted
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