I'd rather be lucky than good.
“I've got a new invention. It's a revolving bowl for tired goldfish.”
“If you don't throw it they can't hit it.”
“You write once and you can call yourself a writer, but it takes three novels before you can call yourself a novelist. The first two could have just been lucky. One day, I will finish my third, and ...”
“We all look. The lucky find. The wise accept.”
“I have my Lucky Charms in the morning, and I feel magical.”
“Of all the rabbinic sages of antiquity, perhaps none was more influential or famous than Rabbi Akiva.”