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Quotes About Luck

There was such a thing as luck, but to acknowledge its existence was to hold two fingers up to fate.
~ Alistair MacLean
Talent and intelligence, not to mention tireless hard work, got lab scientists through the door, but—this was the dirty secret—you needed luck.
~ Allegra Goodman
Tell Suzie she's a lucky cat.' Have sexier words ever been spoken?
~ Ally Carter
there was no such thing as curses. People make and break their own fortunes -they are the masters of their own fate.
~ Ally Carter
Hey, Cammie... tell Suzie she's a lucky cat." Have sexier words ever been spoken? I seriously think not!
~ Ally Carter
We were two girls who got lucky, and luck's not a skill that anyone can learn
~ Ally Carter
L'ebbrezza non si improvvisa. Rientra nel campo dell'arte, che esige talento e cura. Bere a caso non porta da nessuna parte. Se la prima sbornia il più delle volte ha del miracoloso, dipende unicamente dalla nota fortuna del principiante: situazione che, per definizione, non si ripeterà.
~ Amelie Nothomb
Captains realise over a period that if they plan right and understand the strengths and weaknesses of the opposition, luck attaches itself to their side.
~ Anil Kumble
Some degree of inequality in income and wealth, of course, would occur even with completely equal opportunity because variations in effort, skill, and luck will produce variations in outcomes.
~ Janet Yellen
I never thought of myself as a wealthy person. I've thought of myself as a person who has had a lot of luck. I don't have the same stress that other people have, but there are too many things I could have done differently if wealth was what I was after. If I was all about money, I would have lived in L.A.
~ Alec Baldwin
I was lucky because when I'd done 'Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,' I had to have extensive weapons training.
~ Alexandra Daddario
When I was a young boy I wanted to play for Newcastle United, I wanted to wear the number nine shirt and I wanted to score goals at St James' Park. I've lived my dream and I realise how lucky I've been to have done that.
~ Alan Shearer
I only wear red socks in the kitchen. They bring me luck.
~ Graham Elliot
It's going to be a rule, I think, for wearing a crash hat, and I actually fractured my skull through not wearing a hat. I was so lucky to escape from that, and now, it's something I always do.
~ Charlotte Dujardin
If there's a black cat that crosses the street in my path, I will turn around and walk 20 minutes out of my way to not cross it. You know how in New York there's a lot of scaffolding? I won't walk under scaffolding or under ladders. I wear things like a baseball player wears things that are supposed to have luck.
~ Lauren Groff
You never know what the weather's gonna do. And the same with music, you never know if radio's going to play your single.
~ Sara Evans
When COVID-19 first hit, we thought everyone could use a little luck and created a hoodie for a few friends with our signature good luck motif. We were blown away by the social media response and now the sweatshirts regularly sell out on our website.
~ Jennifer Meyer
I'd been lucky to do radio drama and RTE things. Having the opportunity to work with Netflix was wild to me but I'm still just a wee girl from Donegal.
~ Amybeth McNulty
Within a five-month period, I got 'Weeds,' 'Supernatural,' and 'Grey's.' I think a lot of it had to do with luck.
~ Jeffrey Dean Morgan
I have lucky boots for military embeds, a lucky scarf for road trips, a lucky handbag, and lucky days of the week. I tap into my gut for 'right' or 'wrong' feelings about such simple things as whether I should go grocery shopping.
~ Farnaz Fassihi
Cologne was my big team, my favourite team. I trained one week in Cologne, and they asked me to sign for Cologne. At 17 or 18, the coach asked me to go the first-team training ground. I was lucky to have that coach.
~ Lukas Podolski
I got a job immediately after leaving high school; I was lucky - three dollars a week and all I could eat, working on a vegetable truck.
~ Ernest Borgnine
No, that's poker. To win, you've gotta get damned lucky.
~ Wilford Brimley
The best part about poker is there's no down side.
~ Samantha Bee