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Luck

«Somewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bight side rather than the dark side all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am.»
«See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got a chance to be a star. Now that fella over there, he's 20 years old, too. In 10 years he's got a chance to be 30.»
Author: Casey Stengel (Baseball Player, Manager) | About: Chance, Fate, Luck | Keywords: fella, fellas
«Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.»
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald (Writer) | About: Luck | Keywords: obnoxious
«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.»
Author: Frank Sinatra (Actor, Singer) | About: Luck, Talent | Keywords: in so far, lucky, remark, sell
«Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.»
Author: Garrison Keillor | About: Luck | Keywords: have got, luck, smart, wanted
«Our luck? You noticed anything in particular about our luck these past few days? Any kind of pattern? You depend on luck, end up on the drift, no fuel, no prospects, begging for alliance make-work and towed out to the scrap belt. Well, that ain't us. Not ever.»
«Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long.»
«Some folk want their luck buttered.»
Author: Thomas Hardy (Novelist, Poet) | About: Luck | Keywords: buttered, folk
«Reverence, humility, contentment, gratitude and hearing the good Dhamma, this is the best good luck»
«Now for good luck, cast an old shoe after me»
Author: Proverb | About: Luck | Keywords: for good, good luck, shoe

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