Luck Quotes - page 3

If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say that I doubt it; where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead. (Luis Buñuel)
When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck. View quote
E. W. Howe
Art depends on luck and talent. View quote
Francis Ford Coppola
Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure. View quote
Edmund Wilson
People think that creativity is largely a matter of talent, experience, or luck. They are wrong. Talent, experience, and luck are all key elements, but there is something more fundamental, accessible, and powerful that you can use to multiply your creative effect. View quote
Richard Koch
Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck. View quote
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone. View quote
Orison Swett Marden
I've found that what most people call luck is often little more than raw talent combined with the ability to make the most of opportunities. (Talon Karrde) View quote
Timothy Zahn
Luck is merely an illusion, trusted by the ignorant and chased by the foolish. View quote
Timothy Zahn
If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck. You have to have two out of the three. Any two will probably do. View quote
Fred Saberhagen
In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck -- and, of course, courage. (Bill Cosby)
I wondered if sometimes the difference between a psychopath in Broadmoor and a psychopath on Wall Street was the luck of being born into a stable, rich family. View quote
Jon Ronson
No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing. View quote
Patty Duke
To be an actor you need four things: energy, concentration, a lot of luck and, of course, good roles. View quote
Charlton Heston
Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress. View quote
Olivia De Havilland
I recognize that I had a good deal of good luck in my life. I came along at a time when it was pretty easy to get a job in journalism. I went to work at CBS News when I was about 22, and within a year or so was reporting on the air. View quote
Charles Kuralt
You can't just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you. View quote
Estelle Parsons
The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. View quote
Harry Golden
Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work. View quote
Kevin Eubanks
Much of what we do in life has a huge component of luck. View quote
Thomas Perry
The recent market run-up that appreciated run-of-the- mill shares also chanced to send up those token gold holdings. Pure luck, undeserved and unlikely to reoccur. Good questions outrank easy answers. (Paul Samuelson)
The number 7 shirt is an honor and a responsibility. I hope it brings me a lot of luck. View quote
Cristiano Ronaldo
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it. View quote
Thomas Jefferson
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. View quote
Thomas Jefferson
I feel that, you know, the enormous luck I've had in being able to make a living, and to never have had to have written one word that I didn't want to write, to be able to have satisfied that dictum I set for myself, which was not to work for pay, but to be paid for my work - just to be able to satisfy those standards that I set for myself has been an enormous privilege. View quote
Leonard Cohen