Lottery Quotes

I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid. (Brian May)
... you are an Englishman, and have subsequently drawn the greatest prize in the lottery of life. View quote
Cecil Rhodes
Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true. View quote
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery. View quote
Bianca Jagger
Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery. View quote
Bill Watterson
Okay, look at it this way: if the evening news has a very high probability of being accurate, then it's highly improbable that they would inaccurately report the numbers chosen in the lottery. That counterbalances any improbability in the choosing of those numbers, so you're quite rational to believe in this highly improbable event. View quote
William Lane Craig
It has appeared that from the inevitable laws of our nature, some human beings must suffer from want. These are the unhappy persons who, in the great lottery of life, have drawn a blank. View quote
Thomas Malthus
Something he knew he had missed: the flower of life. But he thought of it now as a thing so unattainable and improbable that to have repined would have been like despairing because one had not drawn the first prize in a lottery. View quote
Edith Wharton
I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not. View quote
Fran Lebowitz
The center will not hold if it has been spot-welded by an operator whose deepest concern is not with the weld but with his lottery ticket. View quote
Donald Barthelme
Writing is all a lottery -- I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age. (Tobias Smollett)
War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts. View quote
Napoleon Bonaparte
I'd rather be working for a paycheck, than waiting to win the lottery. Besides, maybe this time it's different, I mean, I really think you like me. View quote
Conor Oberst
The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a perfectly fair lottery. View quote
Adam Smith
Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers. View quote
Matt Groening
There was Tyson moving into the Poseidon cabin, giggling to himself every fifteen seconds and saying, "Percy is my brother?" like he'd just won the lottery. Aw, Tyson," I'd say. "It's not that simple. View quote
Rick Riordan
You've won the evolutionary lottery: You're a vampire. Let's go to Disneyland! View quote
J.R. Ward
My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove. View quote
Poppy Z. Brite
Reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature – all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them and you'll find out how big a prize you've won. View quote
Twyla Tharp
The visa lottery system poses a national security threat. Under the program, each successful applicant is chosen at random and given the status of permanent resident based on pure luck. View quote
Bob Goodlatte
My wife said to me: 'If you won the lottery, would you still love me?' I said: 'Of course I would. I'd miss you, but I'd still love you.' (Frank Carson)
Getting a role in Harry Potter was like winning the lottery. But no one deserves an acting job. View quote
Jessie Cave
Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life and are getting Lottery funding, earning money as an athlete. View quote
Linford Christie
I think the reason I love "Antiques Roadshow" is that it is sort of like the lottery. There's the chance a regular Joe could walk in with anything and come out close to a millionaire. There's the thrill of the find. View quote
Lara Spencer
You need a lot of luck to find people with whom you want to spend the rest of your life. Some people manage to find their soul mate. Others don't. I think love is like a lottery. View quote
Kylie Minogue