Luck Quotes - page 26

I want to do some fiction writing, I've had some pretty good luck with short stories, I'd like to do a couple of larger things. (Janis Ian)
If people want to simulate a godly lifestyle - great. If they don't - good luck with that. View quote
Jase Robertson
It's far too much to say that effective hoping is the only - or even the biggest - part of what it takes to succeed. If 14% of business productivity can be attributed to hope, that means 86% is dependent on raw talent, fickle business cycles, the quality of the product you're selling, and often pure, dumb luck. View quote
Jeffrey Kluger
We've always been here and we'll always be here. We are a specific arrangement of particles and this instant is infinite. Did we luck out, or didn't we? The odds against this sentence having ever being typed, much less the odds against you reading it were inconceivable. Smile, because the fact that you're able to is almost impossible to comprehend. View quote
Jeffrey Rowland
When you first start singing something after you've written it, it has this sort of sparkle to it. And if you capture that, that's luck. View quote
Jesse Harris
I hope that by modeling feminism in my own life, work and relationships that it will haut become an organic part of my daughter's life. But I'm also fully prepared for her to become a Republican as a way to rebel as a teenager - that would be just my luck! View quote
Jessica Valenti
I think there's a million talented people out there, it's just a matter of luck a lot of the time. View quote
Joan Cusack
Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life. View quote
Joan Lowery Nixon
The greatest luck that I've had has been the ability to find men and women who came into my administration who worked with me and brought extraordinary talents that we were able to take full advantage of. View quote
John Engler
So much luck! I'm not putting myself down, I'm not saying I don't have talent - I must have, to have got this far - but I honestly believe that some of the greatest actors in America are tending bar and waiting tables and driving taxis, and it will never happen for them. View quote
John Mahoney
I've had the odd good luck of starting slowly and building gradually, something few writers are allowed anymore. As a result I've seen each of my books called the breakthrough. And each was, in its way. (Jonathan Lethem)
I'm really proud of Blair Witch Project as a film, but as far as the cultural phenomenon of it - that was just weird luck. View quote
Joshua Leonard
I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw. View quote
Judith Guest
It's only through sheer force and luck that she's yet to take over the world. View quote
Julia Quinn
When you look at Darling and the Oscars, it has to be luck. It was a black and white film and it was the last time that there was a black and white Oscar. View quote
Julie Harris
Serendipity is nice, but hoping for luck and the magic of happenstance shouldn't be an excuse for a lack of proactivity. I had to learn for myself that waiting isn't a life plan. View quote
Karen Finerman
There is an element of luck, there is an element of trial and error, sometimes you fail, sometimes you succeed. It's not as beautifully simple as it may seem when we are talking about it. View quote
Lakhdar Brahimi
She was chronologically in luck. She corresponded to necessity. View quote
Lincoln Kirstein
That was luck: I should not then have been a conscientious objector; but I am quite sure that the abominations of war would have made me one, as soon as I got to the front. View quote
Laurence Housman
Only bad golfers are lucky. They're the ones bouncing balls off trees, curbs, turtles and cars. Good golfers have bad luck. When you hit the ball straight, a funny bounce is bound to be unlucky. View quote
Lee Trevino
I now believe that there's only a certain amount of good luck in the world, and so if something good happens to me, that means something bad has to happen to somebody, somewhere. (Marshall Brickman)
I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia. View quote
Marat Safin
My story is really an affirmation of my strength and my luck. To live with a great artist like Ted Hughes or Mick Jagger is a very, very destructive role for a woman trying to be herself. In fact, it can't be done. View quote
Marianne Faithfull
My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong. View quote
A. J. Foyt
'Good Luck Charlie' is different from all the other Disney Channel shows because it's so relatable. Everything that happens on the show can happen to you and your family. View quote
Bradley Steven Perry