Quotes About Fortune

Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.

After 'Born to Run,' I had a reaction to my good fortune. With success, it felt like a lot of people who'd come before me lost some essential part of themselves. My greatest fear was that success was going to change or diminish that part of myself.

I was very fortunate that my first novel captivated the imaginations of so many readers who asked for a sequel. After that, one book led to another as I discovered other facets to my characters I wanted to investigate further.

You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it.

Perhaps the secret to making a billion dollars in real estate is that there is no secret.

I got into real estate very much by accident.

The friends in my real life do tend to be smart and funny and creative. I am lucky!

There are times when you look at your life and realise how lucky you've been.

We are come for your good, for all your goods.

I am more rich in goods than I am in money.

To be a billionaire, you have got to get lucky.

I feel that I've been very fortunate in the films that I have gotten and that I've chosen to do.

In postscript let's just say that I am very fortunate cause I've gotten to work with a lot of great bands!

There, but for the grace of God, goes God.

I've had an interesting career, and I don't know if it was by chance or grace.

The fame thing has happened very gradually, so I've been kind of lucky.

I'm lucky: almost all my family has lived to be very old. I have one grandfather who lived to be 100.

You know, when my grandfather died, we were told that his estate was worth about $30 million. And it turns out it was closer to a billion. So that's hardly a rounding error.

I am a very fortunate man, and I don't take it for granted.

I have been lucky that good people have chosen me to be a part of their films, and I am really grateful.

Cue actor platitude, but I've been very fortunate and worked pretty consistently and have felt rather annoyingly grateful that I got to do what I got to do.

I'm just grateful for the opportunities that have come my way.

Anyone who lives like a modern aristocracy, the last thing they exhibit is a sense of gratitude. Me, I'm very fortunate.

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.