The man who said ‘I'd rather be lucky than good’ saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net, and for a split second, it can eith…
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Love isn't about grand gestures, or the moon and the stars. It's just dumb luck.
Never ever refer to yourself as 'lucky' to be exactly where you’re meant to be. You worked for this. Take the credit. Absorb the praise. Dance in the light. This was ALL you.
In my experience, there's no such thing as luck.
— George Lucas, Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi, Alec Guinness, imdb.com
People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance.…
— M. Night Shyamalan, Rev. Graham Hess, Mel Gibson, imdb.com
With any luck, you’ll find a good pack that will protect you, howl with you, and toss you a scrap of dead possum meat from the side of the road.
If I were dead and could come back to life, I wouldn't go around trying to kill people. I'd be saying, 'Wow! I'm the luckiest guy in the world. Isn't this terrific? Hello, you wonderful person. Let's go out and have fun.'
You ever heard the expression 'The best things in life are free’? Well that expression is true.' Every once in a while, people step up they rise above themselves sometimes they surprise you and sometimes they fall short. Life is funny sometimes. It can push pretty hard but if you look close enough,…
Alec Trevelyan: Half of everything is luck, James. James Bond: And the other half? [an alarm sounds] Alec Trevelyan: Fate.
[James Bond's first scene, winning a game of chemin-de-fer] James Bond: I admire your courage, Miss ...? Sylvia Trench: Trench. Sylvia Trench. I admire your luck, Mr. ...? James Bond: Bond. James Bond.
— Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, Berkely Mather, James Bond, Sean Connery, imdb.com
Unfortunately I misjudged you, you are just a stupid policeman ...[metal door opens and guards enter] ...whose luck has run out.
— Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, Berkely Mather, Dr. No, Joseph Wiseman, imdb.com
Luck is an offensive, abhorrent concept. The idea that there is a force in the universe tilting events in your favor or against it is ridiculous.
Sometimes fate just steps in and deals you a good hand.
— Quinton Peeples, Bridget Carpenter, Jake Epping, James Franco, imdb.com
You either some kind of genius, Mr. Holden, or you the luckiest dipshit in the solar system.
— Hawk Ostby, Mark Fergus, Col. Frederick Lucius Johnson, Chad L. Coleman, imdb.com
Fortune drops something valuable into your lap, you don’t just dump it on the bank of the cut.
She's one of these people where, like, everything has gone her way. You know, and she thinks she did it. But, it was luck.
Spock: Captain, you almost make me believe in luck. Captain James T. Kirk: Why, Mr. Spock, you almost make me believe in miracles.
— Robert Hamner, Gene L. Coon, Spock, Leonard Nimoy, imdb.com
People who win keep winning because they play safe, while people who lose can keep losing because they're risking too much.
A little bit of luck helps, yes, but the key element, which too many in our affluent society have forgotten, is still hard work—grinding it out.
We want to win the trophy, at all cost, of course. But anything can happen in semifinal or a final. You can be at your best and still lose. Or you can win with a bit of luck. The difference between the teams is so small.