Luck Quotes

I'm not a political thinker, but I've just always thought of myself as a Labour supporter. I was a great fan of Tony Blair. He sent me a letter before I swam the Channel to wish me luck.

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.

So it's probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill.

Everything about it worked, and I don't mean just the movie, but in our experience, we realized there's also a component of luck involved in this business. We had absolutely the most competent people in the studio working on the release and ad campaign.

I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.

When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.

I can't speak for them, of course, but I believe that most economists would accept the view that, while you sometimes can make a score by sheer luck, you can't do it constantly, unless you're willing to put the resources in.

Good luck needs no explanation.

In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.

A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next.

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.

I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage.

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.

Luck relies on chance, labor on character.

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

I think I'm bad luck for Tiger because he missed the cut in Charlotte with me. But yeah, those are two of the best players of all time. Tiger's the best player of all time in my opinion, so when he's not in the field, it's a relief because he's such a great player.

I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.

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.

Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments.

Luck's always to blame.

I think luck gets you on to the stage. But it has nothing to do with keeping you there.

In this sport luck and tragedy are only a few hundredths of seconds apart from each other.

Whoever has the luck to be born a character can laugh even at death. Because a character will never die! A man will die, a writer, the instrument of creation: but what he has created will never die!

It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned.

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.

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.

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