Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
F Scott FitzgeraldWhat we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.
Robertson DaviesDo not pluck the beard of a dead lion
JuvenalWhat luck for rulers that men don't think
Adolf HitlerI've been unlucky with injuries and have had four knee operations but I've got one of the best strike rates ever for England
Darren GoughDon'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 AllenThe 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 MardenLuck 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 KordaLuck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
Arthur KrocAn essayist is a lucky person who has found a way to discourse without being interrupted
Charles PooreObviously 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 DecI 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 GrohlIf 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 HemingwayDavid loves to have facials and massages. He also likes to get his eyebrows plucked.
Victoria BeckhamHe just said he had had enough and wished me good luck [on O'Sullivan conceding a match early!]
Stephen HendryI 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 CaseyNapoleon wanted his generals to be lucky. I don't think he would have worked with me.
Graham TaylorI love acting and making your own luck. You have to recreate yourself, I guess. Although, I don't know how.
Dennis QuaidIn plucking the fruit of memory one runs the risk of spoiling its bloom (The Arrow of Gold)
Joseph ConradI'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 WatsonIt was not in the winter
Our loving lot was cast:
It was the time of roses
We pluck'd them as we pass'd
Thomas HoodWhen it comes to luck, you make your own.
Bruce SpringsteenWriting is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.
Iris MurdochPeople 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 MeadTo 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 GordonI’ve never dated. I’ve always just had boyfriends. And I guess I’m pretty lucky because, from what I understand, dating sucks. Although it seems like it’s pretty good for stories. Sometimes I think people date just so they can have a good story to tell about the loser they went out with once
Famke JanssenSome folk want their luck buttered.
Thomas HardyI 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 AinsworthSuccessful people are very lucky. Just ask any failure.
Michael LevineI 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 GoldwynSome people are so fond of bad luck they run half way to meet it.
Douglas William JerroldYes, there's such a thing as luck in trial law but it only comes at 3 o'clock in the morning. You'll still find me in the library looking for luck at 3 o'clock in the morning.
Louis NizerI am what I am and, you know, I'm a very lucky guy.
Michael BloombergFirst you've got to be good. But then you've got to be lucky.
Harry CooperIf he [Toshack] thinks there is lots of young Welsh talent coming through, then good luck to him.
Robbie SavageCall no man happy until he is dead, but only lucky.
SolonWhen a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.
Edgar Watson HoweI was very lucky to come through at the time I did, with the growing interest and demand for animation and animators - it requires a great deal of patience and a good eye for detail.
Annette FunicelloThe 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 NovakGeniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.
W H AudenI thought I'd be stuck there for hours. Luckily she was marrying a doctor.
Comedy DaveI 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 KezmanEverything in life is luck.
Donald TrumpLuck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
Baltasar GracianAgainst her ankles as she trod
The lucky buttercups did nod
Jean IngelowWe are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs
JuvenalWith the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to get lucky on one of our flights.
Richard BransonLuck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
E B WhiteWe're lucky to have the family connection. We're close and close musically as well
Caroline CorrI've been lucky with my hair. I couldn't deal with it if I'd run out of barnet. Imagine me with a Bobby Charlton comb over.
Rod Stewart
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