261 quotes found
“What do you think my chances might be of finding a soul mate in the group of you? I'll be lucky if I can just find someone who'll be able to stand me for the rest of our lives. What if I've already...”
“There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, ...”
“Well, good luck, the Vietnam verbal tic...It was as though people couldnt stop themselves from saying it, even when they actually meant to express the opposite wish, like, Die, motherfucker. Usuall...”
“Most young women do not welcome promiscuous advances. (Either that, or my luck's terrible.)”
“No One is Unlucky in this World"! ..!!! "But Ups and Downs created by ourselves".”
“Luck often sides with the able.”
“It is still this moment and that will be true of every moment that follows, assuming this moment ever ends, which, if I am lucky, it won't.”
“Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one.But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of...”
“Heads: This girlTails: That girl”
“Sure, there are little victories here and there that may seem like lucky breaks, but luck is simply when preparation meets opportunity.”
“Allowing yourself to be a conduitfor opportunity requires a brand new outlook on life. Lady fortunecannot enter a locked door, you know. And contrary to that wellknownsaying, she has rarely been kn...”
“It is not very often that an opportunity comes knocking. But when it does, you better be bathed and dressed and ready to answer its call.”
“The panic disappeared under those soothing old fingers and the breathing slowed down and stopped hurting the chest as if a fox was caught in it, and then at last Mr. Kroger began to lecture the boy...”
“Youve been inexpressibly lucky, he said finally. And inexpressibly mad, although in your case the two seem to be the same thing”
“Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit”
“You dont appreciate the fact that madmen are very lucky.”
“A strategic victory seen as luck by laymen.”
“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”
“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.”
“The sun doesn't just hang on one family's tree”