Luck Quotes
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There's no trajectory to follow. Even if you were to say, 'OK, I'm going to model my ascent based on this other person's,' luck and timing play such a big part that it's really futile.
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With luck, it might even snow for us.
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I know that luck has a way of happening to people who shoot high, who never sell themselves short.
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I believe that the definition of luck is when preparation meets with opportunity.
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Luck is a finite and rare substance in the universe, like palladium or cobalt. To use it, you have to take it from somebody else.
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Being fired was the best luck of my life. It made me stop and reflect. It was the birth of my life as a writer.
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I believe in hard work and luck, and that the first often leads to the second.
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For some players, luck itself is an art
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A name, it has more than nominal worth, And belongs to good or bad luck at birth
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You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heatwaves.
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Life is about luck and it's about circumstances and socioeconomic conditions and all the rest of it, but you know, you can also make choices. It's about spirit and generosity and all the other things, too.
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There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck.
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Success is better than failure; an attempt is a better attempt, it is better as an attempt, if competent than if incompetent; and it is better to succeed through competence - aptly - than through sheer luck.
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People call you "director," but it really should be "economic manager." Because everything is "Well, we can do another take here, but then you're gonna lose that shot over there." Or "The sun's going down, sorry, you're outta luck. We can't afford to." You know? And meanwhile, how do you get the performer's performance? I'm thinking the whole time all about "How can I get my day done?" And my performances are primarily a result of casting the right people at the right time in the right parts. And then I do little modifications.
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I think luck gets you on to the stage. But it has nothing to do with keeping you there.
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The inclusion of consequences in the conception of what we have done is an acknowledgement that we are parts of the world, but the paradoxical character of moral luck which emerges from this acknowledgement shows that we are unable to operate with such a view, for it leaves us with no one to be.
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It seems to me after a fellow has been mutinied against three or four times, there is something to it besides bad luck.
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I scooted over, patting the bed next to me. "No such luck. And now you get to watch forty straight hours of Easton Heights with me!" He turned on the first disk, shaking his head, then got onto the bed next to me. "Small price to pay for getting to hold your hand." I wasn't cold anymore.
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Good luck trying to force Evie to do anything else once she has made up her mind. She is the definition of a stubborn, headstrong teenager.” “And you love me for it.” “I do.
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The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
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Your luck is how you treat people.
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Each spice has a special day to it. For turmeric it is Sunday, when light drips fat and butter-colored into the bins to be soaked up glowing, when you pray to the nine planets for love and luck.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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It's hard luck always having to be a judge.
