Being 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 FarrellI think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.
Franklin D RooseveltWe are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs
JuvenalThe 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 EddingtonWe've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.
Christopher MorleyI 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 AinsworthFriends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.
Erica JongI'm not lucky. If I play another player, even if I don't play really good, I think I can win. But with him, it's impossible. He is a great player. He can go far here
Richard GasquetEven the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
Tom PettyWe're lucky to have the family connection. We're close and close musically as well
Caroline CorrIt's like being hit up the arse by a rainbow. [on being lucky]
Rod EddingtonI would say that I've been lucky. I've been blessed and not really ever given up.
Ken EdmondsI'm so lucky. The best thing is that when I wake up I really want to come into work. I can play music I love and talk to Londoners. And I love to talk!
Margherita TaylorYou 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 BushPersonally, I think if a woman hasn't met the right man by the time she's 24, she may be lucky.
Deborah KerrCaptaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.
Richie BenaudIf you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.
Ernest HemingwayI simply have a marvellous life, a very lucky life.
Olivia Newton-JohnLuck 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 KordaYou can take it as understood,
That your luck changes only if it's good.
Ogden NashTo get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. Get the knack of getting people to help you and also pitch in yourself. A little money helps, but what really gets it right is to never - I repeat - never under any conditions face the facts.
Ruth GordonGeniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.
W H AudenAn essayist is a lucky person who has found a way to discourse without being interrupted
Charles PooreThe 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 NovakI wouldn't put it down as a mistake, it was just a piece of very bad luck [on Paul Robinson missing the ball when clearing for England allowing an easy Croatia goal]
Pat JenningsThen 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 DykeLuck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get
Ray KrocEveryone goes through a hard time in their life, they just don't have to do it in front of tons of people and with our media the way it is. I did, and I'm lucky that I had the resources and the money to take care of myself. Now I love me, so I'm OK.
Kirsten DunstDavid loves to have facials and massages. He also likes to get his eyebrows plucked.
Victoria BeckhamDon't let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you're crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you're lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you're greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn't understand.
Robert G AllenLuck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Darrell RoyalHe just said he had had enough and wished me good luck [on O'Sullivan conceding a match early!]
Stephen HendryIt's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned.
Frank A ClarkShallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Ralph Waldo EmersonA great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
Eric HofferI 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 CaseyIt is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree.
Charles BaudelaireThey took cells from different organs from the embryos of black sheep - the liver, the glands, the bone. I had 11 injections and I thought that was marvellous... I've been really lucky that I haven't had bad experiments done on me.
Deborah HarryA search always starts with Beginner's Luck and ends with the Test of the Conqueror.
Paulo CoelhoIf he [Toshack] thinks there is lots of young Welsh talent coming through, then good luck to him.
Robbie SavageWith a bit of luck, the name Jimmy Brown will be engraved on the Masters trophy at the end of next week.
Jimmy WhiteHe's lucky to be going out with me.
Kate MiddletonThe champion makes his own luck.
Red BlaikNapoleon wanted his generals to be lucky. I don't think he would have worked with me.
Graham TaylorObviously we are very lucky to have got where we have, particularly when you realise that for many of our co-stars from Byker Grove their careers did not always take off in the same way.
Ant And DecThere is no escaping the fact that, even in a great career, sometimes the best advances happen through luck, chance and accident.
Edmond FischerI always said we would qualify. We are one of four, five or six teams who could win it [World Cup 2006] with a bit of luck. I'm convinced we have a very good team.
Sven Goran ErikssonIt is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
Baltasar GracianLuck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
E B WhiteIt will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.
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