Luck Quotes - Page 27

• I wish you the beast of luck!

  Chris Jericho

  Wwe, Wish, Beast

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• The craze of genealogy is connected with the epidemic for divorce. If we can't figure out who our living relatives are, then maybe we'll have more luck with the dead ones.

  Elizabeth Jane Howard

  Family, Divorce, Epidemics

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• Have but luck, and you will have the rest; be fortunate, and you will be thought great.

  Victor Hugo

  Fortune, Fortunate

  Victor Hugo (1862). “Les Misérables: Fantine”, p.36, Library of Alexandria

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• Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure.

  A. E. Housman

  Chance, Trouble, Lad

  A. E. Housman (2012). “A Shropshire Lad”, p.43, Courier Corporation

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• Every man is correct in asking God why he is stuck with himself, and his rotten luck.

  William Saroyan

  Men, Self, Asking

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• At this early stage in our evolution, now through our infancy and into our childhood and then, with luck, our growing up, what our species needs most of all, right now, is simply a future.

  Lewis Thomas

  Growing Up, Childhood, Needs

  Lewis Thomas (1984). “Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony”, Bantam

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• The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick? Why do we do what we do? How much is luck the deciding factor?

  David McCullough

  Human Nature, Tick, Humans

  Interview with Bruce Cole, www.neh.gov.

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• I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.

  Jeannette Walls

  Bigs, Harder, Believer

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• Being great involves luck, and unique circumstances, and a lot of other forces beyond your control. You can’t just make it happen by working more or trying harder.
  There is an irony here, of course. The less you think about being great, the more likely it is to happen. And if it doesn’t, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being solid.

  Charles Wheelan

  Unique, Thinking, Trying

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• I think there's a million talented people out there, it's just a matter of luck a lot of the time.

  Joan Cusack

  Thinking, People, Matter

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. May 26, 2008.

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• There is no such thing in the world as luck. There never was a man who could go out in the morning and find a purse full of gold in the street to-day, and another to-morrow, and so on, day after day: He may do so once in his life; but so far as mere luck is concerned, he is as liable to lose it as to find it.

  P. T. Barnum

  Morning, Men, Gold

  P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.49, Applewood Books

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• Like everyone else, I try to do quality work with great directors. But much of it has to do with luck.

  Dermot Mulroney

  Trying, Quality, Directors

  "Mulroney and Amazing: A Conversation with Dermot Mulroney". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. June 2002.

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• I am knowledgeable enough about the world of prizes to realize that there is a large degree of luck - both for the recognitions that you receive and those that you did not.

  Howard Gardner

  Degrees, World, Recognition

  "Living Legends: An Interview With Howard Gardner". Interview with Matthew Lynch, Ed.D., www.huffingtonpost.com. January 11, 2012.

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• I get to the theatre in plenty of time; I prepare my shoes in advance; I eat and drink the right things at the right time. The rest you have to leave to luck!

  Deborah Bull

  Shoes, Theatre, Drink

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• I still have horrible luck with girls.

  Jonathan Bennett

  Girl, Horrible, Stills

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Talk to people no one else is talking to. Who would have thought that giving a speech at a funeral at age 12 would introduce me to a man who would introduce me to my first business contact who would introduce me to several other important people in my life. That's luck. That's randomness.

  Ben Casnocha

  Men, Talking, Giving

  "My start-up life". Book by en Casnocha, abcnews.go.com. 2007.

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• To reach the goals of your life, you need discipline, you need luck and you need something as important as these two: Vacations!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Vacation, Two, Discipline

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• I paraphrase Aristotle: If you want to be comical, write about people to whom the audience can feel superior; if you want to be tragical, write about at least one person to whom the audience is bound to feel inferior, and no fair having human problems solved by dumb luck or heavenly intervention.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Writing, People, Dumb

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• My teeth have never been touched. Why did I tell you that? Knock on wood. I've got a few scars over the eyes, a couple on the chin, a few on the beak and one across the cheek. But my luck is running out.

  Brett Hull

  Sports, Running, Couple

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• You know what I have noticed? And this is really sad. Flying first class is less scary than flying coach. They speak to you and they're so nice to you and they want to help you and they know you want a drink before the plane takes off. And they bring it to you without asking. If you're sitting in coach and hoping for a drink, good luck.

  Hope Davis

  Nice, Good Luck, Class

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Luck or tragedy, some people get runs. Then of course there are those who divide it even, good and bad, but we never hear of them. Such a life doesn't demand attention. Only the people who get the good or bad runs.

  John Steinbeck

  Running, Fate, People

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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.

  Mike Leigh

  Generosity, Choices, Spirit

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. November 23, 2008.

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• My success has been as full of luck as a crapshooter's dream.

  Adolphe Menjou

  Dream, Has Beens

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Films are really cool because, every couple months, or however many times you can get a job because there's a lot of luck involved in that, you're playing a different character.

  Zachary Levi

  Jobs, Couple, Character

  "Zachary Levi CHUCK Series Finale Set Visit Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 24, 2012.

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• I say the one thing about luck is you can't really count on it.

  Ron Livingston

  One Thing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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