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Quotes About Luck

It is not easy to get rich in Las Vegas, at Churchill Downs, or at the local Merrill Lynch office.
~ Paul Samuelson
For whatever reason, luck and word of mouth - my comedy career couldn't have started better. I went to Edinburgh, selling out this 300-seater just because I got the right place, right time, right venue, right buzz, right reviews early on.
~ Tim Minchin
My Dad, Sgt. Howard Scott, from tiny Washington, Vermont landed in Normandy and fought with his unit inland to St. Lo France where his tank hit a landmine and he was severely injured, losing both his legs. But he thought he was one of the lucky ones.
~ Phil Scott
My phrase has always been that I am looking for the versatility of theatre in film. I think I have been quite lucky in that so far.
~ Miranda Richardson
Some version of 'Deal or No Deal' airs in 120 countries. And they play it exactly the same way, with models and briefcases. It crosses language and culture and gender, because it's the simplest game in the world, and everyone wants to press their luck.
~ Howie Mandel
It really is better to be lucky than to be good.
~ Jeff Lindsay
Either Kyle was lucky or his mojo had bowled over the headwaiter, because he and Deborah were waiting outside at one of these tables working on a bottle of mineral water and a plate of what appeared to be crab cakes. I grabbed one and took a bite as I slid into a chair facing Kyle. "Yummy," I said. "This must be where good crabs go when they die.
~ Jeff Lindsay
So I sat for a few more minutes, trying to think, and realizing only that I was still not as good at it as I used to be. Maybe I never really was. I'd probably just been stumbling along wrapped in a cloud of ignorant luck, unaware that there was a huge storm of Retribution trailing along behind me. It had caught up to me at last, and I wasn't going to think myself out of it.
~ Jeff Lindsay
Still, if I was really relying on luck, I might as well roll the dice. I stood up, trying to remember the name of the old Roman goddess of chance—Fortuna? It didn't matter. I was quite sure she only spoke Latin, and I didn't. I
~ Jeff Lindsay
Birth is life's first lottery ticket.
~ Jeffery Archer
RIP, Rest in Peace, though what's the point of that? What else're the dead going to be doing? It's a better message than Good Luck, don't you think?
~ Jeffery Deaver
birth is life's first lottery ticket.
~ Jeffrey Archer
Fortune favours the brave.
~ Jeffrey Archer
If you are lucky enough to have been born an Englishman, you have drawn first prize in the lottery of life.' The
~ Jeffrey Archer
If you weren't a lucky child, you didn't know you weren't lucky until you got older. And then it was all you ever thought about.
~ Jeffrey Eugenides
Ugye, megmondtam, hogy a jó szerencsére mindig bánat jön!
~ Jeffrey Eugenides
There was a full moon. Two, thought Grace. One hovering in the sky above, the other flickering in the sea below. How lucky she was, to be suspended between two moons.
~ Jennifer Johnston
Born on third base and think they hit a triple
~ Jennifer Weiner
I'm looking over a four-leaf clover that I overlooked before.
~ Jerry Spinelli
Some famous person said, Success is 50 percent luck and 50 percent preparedness for that luck. I think that's a lot of it. It's being ready to take advantage of opportunities when they arise.
~ Jessica Livingston
Luckily I am very, very privileged and feel very lucky to be getting work and my kiddies are not feeling the brunt of any kind of horror that's going on today. So I'm super lucky.
~ Johnny Depp
I've been very lucky being in New York. While there are many things that have impacted my life, I have been able to stay here and do my own work.
~ Kiki Smith
I started out old, but I have to say that I've been very lucky to work consistently since I started. I've really never been out of work.
~ Kurt Fuller
I love my job, and I'm a lucky girl. I thoroughly enjoy going to work.
~ Lara Pulver