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Luck Quotes

"No one has as much luck around the greens as one who practices a lot."

Chi Chi Rodriguez, Puerto Rican Athlete

Luck, Puertorican

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"A lot of it just has to do with luck, serendipity."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

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"Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will - with luck - come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise."

V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian Novelist

Luck, Will, Writing

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"Projects like this don't come along very often and I feel amazingly luck to be a part of it."

Sam Wood, American Director

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"Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck."

Iris Murdoch, Irish Author

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"You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities."

Barbara Bush, American First Lady

"With my luck, if I ever invested in General Motors, they'd bust it to Corporal!"

Robert Orben, American Entertainer

"Frankly - and believe me, I say this without any pretense - when I see the road I've taken, I have to say that thanks to good luck, because without good luck one can do nothing, I've come out pretty well."

James MacArthur, American Actor

Luck, Nothing, Pretty, Road

"The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

"Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right."

William Feather, American Author

Luck, Betrayal, Right

"I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not."

Fran Lebowitz, American Journalist

Luck, Winning, Chance, Play

"The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck."

Tony Robbins, American Author

Luck, Opportunity, Meeting, Preparation

"A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck."

James A. Garfield, American President

"It's luck that one thing works out and one doesn't, it's sort of happenstance."

Richard Linklater, American Director

"How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?"

William Dean Howells, American Author

"Luck always favors those who are bold."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Luck, Boldness, Favor, Success

"I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck."

Arthur Golden, American Writer

"She was chronologically in luck. She corresponded to necessity."

Lincoln Kirstein, American Dancer

Luck, Necessity

"Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way."

Aaron Allston, American Novelist

"With luck on your side, you can do without brains."

Giordano Bruno, Italian Philosopher

"What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us."

Robertson Davies, Canadian Novelist

"Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny."

Don Sutton, American Athlete

"Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Luck, Fish, Will

"Luck is believing you're lucky."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

"And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that."

Ed Bradley, American Journalist

"Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes."

Josephine Baker, French Dancer

Luck, Question, Rest

"Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid."

John Dewey, American Philosopher

"Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence."

James Cash Penney, American Businessman

Luck, Incompetence, Laziness

"To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill."

Patrick MacGill, Irish Journalist

Luck, Skill, Word

"Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving."

Steve Winwood, English Musician

"Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves."

Larry King, American Entertainer

"I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

"Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented."

Whoopi Goldberg, American Actress

"I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

Luck, Respect, Running

"Sheer luck. I was lucky to have been born with cheekbones."

Suzy Parker, American Model

"I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop. Including luck."

Al Alvarez, English Poet

"Hopefully it'll give us a bit of luck on the night, but I'm not really a superstitious person."

Steven Gerrard, English Athlete

"Good luck is a residue of preparation."

Jack Youngblood, American Athlete

Luck, Preparation

"You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities."

Barbara Bush, American First Lady

"Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck."

George Sanders, American Actor

"It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it."

Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Philosopher

Luck, Skill, Waiting

"Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get."

Ray Kroc, American Businessman

"With a little bit of luck, you'll never work!"

Alan Jay Lerner, American Dramatist

"The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

"Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Luck, Men, Cause, Effect

"'Press Your Luck' was probably the most exciting because of the unpredictability of the game and how I won on one of the three days on the very last spin against all odds. It was one of those great unpredictable game show moments."

Randy West, American Entertainer

"I got a call this morning, and it was from Nancy Kerrigan, wishing me luck. She wished me luck and sent me all her good wishes."

Michelle Kwan, American Athlete

Luck, Wishes, Wishing

"There are a lot better musicians than me out there that just haven't had the luck to fall into everything like I have."

Glenn Tipton, English Musician

Luck, Musicians

"Make your own luck, and then share it with others."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Luck, Sharing, Fortune, Opportunity

"Luck is a dance of possibilities and opportunities."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Luck, Possibilities, Opportunities, Dance

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