Quotes About Fortune

One slip. One slip in thousands. The odds had been entirely in her favor. But it hadn't mattered.

So, in a way, my name being drawn in the reaping was a real piece of luck," says Peeta.

I don't know what the explosion did, but it damaged something deep and irreparable. Never mind. If I get home, I'll be so stinking rich, I'll be able to pay someone to do my hearing.

And did anyone here bring me food? I'm famished." [Gregor's] fingers found a stray fortune cookie from the night before and he pulled it out. "Here," he said. Ripred reacted with exaggerated amazement. "Oh, heavens, is this whole thing for me?" "Look, I didn't even know --" Gregor began. "No, please. Don't apologize." Ripred's tongue darted out and flicked the cookie into his mouth. "Oh, yes, oh, my word," he raved as he chewed and swallowed. "I'm absolutely stuffed!

Once I'm on my feet i realize escape might not be so simple, panic begins to set in. i can't stay here. flight is essential but i can't let my fear show. Winning means fame and fortune, losing mean certain death, The Hunger Games have begun . . .

It was particularly vexing because the bulk of the Snow family fortune had also been invested in munitions — but in District 13.

Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor.

May the odds be ever in your Favour

May be odds be always in your favor

The odds had been entirely in her favor. But it hadn't mattered.

Felices Juegos del Hambre! ¡Y que la suerte esté siempre, siempre de su parte!

May the odds be ever in your favor ~ Effie Trinket

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favour!

really I'm thinking about Plutarch showing off his pretty, one-of-a-kind watch to me. There was something strange about it. Almost clandestine. But why? Maybe he thinks someone else will steal his idea of putting a disappearing mockingjay on a watch face. Yes, he probably paid a fortune for it and now he can't show it to anyone because he's afraid someone will make a cheap, knockoff version. Only in the Capitol.

Things have always sort of happened for me. Something else always comes up.

I've been lucky and very fortunate over the course of my career, and I try to do something good for people every day.

Whenever something good happens to me, it's usually followed by something terrible.

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

Lady Luck is indifferent. She smiles sometimes, and she frowns sometimes.

Sometimes, things just fall into your lap, and that's pretty incredible.

I now believe that there's only a certain amount of good luck in the world, and so if something good happens to me, that means something bad has to happen to somebody, somewhere.

Some people feel sorry for me, and I understand that. I really feel lucky though.

I've been really lucky to play sort of a diverse array of characters over my relatively short career, although it feels really long.

I wonder what inspires gamblers. Is it the adventure or the love of laziness?