261 quotes found
“It had taken skill, tact, an ability to choose friends well, and a great deal of luck... Luck was always part of it, one way or another”
“Bad luck is when opportunity is in parallel lines with your preparation and action.”
“Good luck is taking action on the intersection point of rising opportunity and your life preparation”
“I felt less like Cinderella and more like used drywall. Perpetually screwed.”
“This is the way things work sometimes, that good things get ideas from each other, say, well now lets go ahead and let her have it all.”
“Im so far from lucky, Im kissing its ass from the other side.”
“You're a hope-killer. 'Cause at least if you'd done it on your back, that's something we c'n understand. Something we c'n do ourselves. But kindness? Luck like that-- it's a million-to-one chance, ...”
“We Jews created the concept of good luck. Luck in Hebrew is mazel, which is not actually a word. It is an acronym for three words: 1. makom = place2. zman = time3. lamud = work”
“Well, what was luck for if it was never to be tempted?”
“If you are not lucky enough, you cant reach the future! You might be very intelligent, you might be very talented and a very good planner, but you still need luck to reach tomorrow, you still need ...”
“In our unlucky times, it is a great comfort to think that luck favors only the bad guys or the dull!”
“Marry on Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth,Wednesday the best day of all,Thursday for crosses,Friday for losses, and Saturday for no luck at all.”
“We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.”
“It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree.”
“First of all, I've been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn't write. I had five pop cover albums and two Christmas albums, and they were all very successful.”
“Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.”
“The world is like a reverse casino. In a casino, if you gamble long enough, you're certainly going to lose. But in the real world, where the only thing you're gambling is, say, your time or your em...”
“Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.”
“The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.”
“Good night, and good luck.”
