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Luck Quotes
"No one has as much luck around the greens as one who practices a lot."
112
"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."
98
"Luck marches with those who give their very best."
51
"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."
Luck,
49
"I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five."
47
"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."
Luck,
46
"I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm."
Luck,
46
"To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill."
43
"I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often."
42
"I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not."
41
"Hopefully it'll give us a bit of luck on the night, but I'm not really a superstitious person."
41
"It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it."
41
"So it's probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill."
39
"The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck."
38
"My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by a quaker."
36
"The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest."
34
"Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence."
34
"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."
33
"I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck."
Luck,
32
"In this sport luck and tragedy are only a few hundredths of seconds apart from each other."
32
"Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck."
32
"She was chronologically in luck. She corresponded to necessity."
31
"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."
31
"'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."
31
"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."
31
"What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us."
30
"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."
Luck,
30
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