Good Luck Quotes - Page 3

• Don't believe in miracles - depend on them.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Believe, Expectations, Miracle

  Carl Sagan, Jerald F. TerHorst, Allan J. Mayer, Sharon S. McKern, Laurence J. Peter (1980). “Broca's brain: reflections on the romance of science”

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• Good luck lies in odd numbers.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Numbers, Odd

  'The Merry Wives of Windsor' (1597) act 5, sc. 1, l. 2

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• Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.

  Democritus

  Men, Gambling, Idols

  "Source Book in Ancient Philosophy". Book by Charles Montague Bakewell, 1907.

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• What's important is to be able to see yourself, I think, as having commonality with other people and not determine, because of your good luck, that everybody is less significant, less interesting, less important than you are.

  Harrison Ford

  Thinking, People, Interesting

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. January 20, 2010.

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• Good luck befriend thee, Son; for at thy birth The fairy ladies danced upon the hearth.

  John Milton

  Heart, Son, Birth

  John Milton (2004). “The Complete Poems”, p.145, Penguin UK

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• To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck.

  Gautama Buddha

  Strong, Evil, Drink

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• O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need never hunger more. But while the loitering idler waits. Good luck beside his fire, The bold heart storms at fortune's gates, And conquers its desire.

  John L. Bates

  Heart, Men, Doors

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• Here's the thing about luck...you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective.

  Alice Hoffman

  Perspective, Knows, Ifs

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• Now for good lucke, cast an old shooe after mee.

  John Heywood

  Luck, Casts

  John Heywood, Julian Sharman (1972). “The Proverbs of John Heywood: Being the "Proverbes" of that Author Printed 1546”

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• Luck?" Drizzt replied. "Perhaps. But more often, I dare to say, luck is simply the advantage a true warrior gains in excuting the correct course of action.

  R. A. Salvatore

  Warrior, Gains, Action

  R.A. Salvatore (2009). “The Halfling's Gem: The Legend of Drizzt”, p.62, Wizards of the Coast

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• I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia.

  Marat Safin

  Russia, Bottles, Washing

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• No one sat me down with a piece of paper and said, This is what is expected of you. But... I'm lucky enough in the fact that I have found my role... I love being with people.

  Princess Diana

  Love Is, People, Lucky

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• Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.

  Terry Pratchett

  Science, Magic, Nine

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• As they who make Good luck a god count all unlucky men.

  George Eliot

  Men, Unlucky, Lucky Man

  George Eliot (1839). “Theophrastus Such, Jubal and other poems and The Spanish gypsy”, p.374

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• It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.

  Michael Eisner

  Selfless, Lucky, Once In A Lifetime

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• Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet.

  Pierre Trudeau

  Opportunity, Fda, Preparation

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• Much of what we do in life has a huge component of luck.

  Thomas Perry

  Luck, Components, Huge

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• It's hard to have any kind of luck in this business.

  Leighton Meester

  Luck, Kind, Hard

  "Leighton Meester is named Obsession of the Year" by 3am, www.mirror.co.uk. February 04, 2012.

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• I made 50 million bucks yesterday. That's a flameout I could get used to.

  Conrad Black

  Yesterday, Bucks, Lucky

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• Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.

  Ed Bradley

  Hard Work, Littles, Might

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• Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.

  Eubie Blake

  Hate, Grateful, Bird

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• I recognize that I had a good deal of good luck in my life. I came along at a time when it was pretty easy to get a job in journalism. I went to work at CBS News when I was about 22, and within a year or so was reporting on the air.

  Charles Kuralt

  Jobs, Years, Air

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• Good luck is a residue of preparation.

  Jack Youngblood

  Inspirational, Motivational, Football

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• 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

  Suicide, Sweet, Long

  "Oscars: The Sad Stories of 9 Acting Nominees Who Committed Suicide" by Scott Feinberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 26, 2014.

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• Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Hero, Coward, Suspense

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