Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
Luck marches with those who give their very best.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck.
It felt like a series of coincidences and luck that I ended up getting the part in 'Trainspotting,' but it's been an incredible journey since then. Every now and then, I sit and really think about it, and it blows my mind. I have to stop because I don't want my brain to implode.
One time, I gave Chris Martin a My Little Pony for good luck. He said, 'Oh, you should keep it,' but I was like, 'You guys probably need it a lot more than I do.' I said that to Coldplay!
I saw 'Joy Luck Club' when it came out, so that was early mid-'90s, and I remember seeing it with my long-time collaborator, Mina Shum. We'd just done 'Double Happiness,' and we saw this movie, and we were weeping. Like, shuddering weeping. Weeping more than really the film deserved.
Building a successful business requires a combination of human capital, financial resources, market opportunity, persistence, community support, and even luck.
I nearly failed when Virgin was in its infancy; I nearly failed in the early 1980s, and, of course, I have nearly died more than once trying to achieve a world record for boating or ballooning. But through a combination of luck and planning, both Virgin and I are still here.
To win competitions you need a bit of luck and some talent. I think we have some talent on our bus.
Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
Excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again. You can hit a half-court shot once. That's just the luck of the draw. If you consistently do it... that's excellence.
She was chronologically in luck. She corresponded to necessity.
Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.
When I've least expected it, an enormous opportunity or stroke of luck has crossed right under my nose. So I tell everybody, if you're passionate about what you do and you love it, do it. But do your homework. Because you'll never know when the opportunity is going to happen.
In 1817, Czar Alexander I personally founded the Society of Israelite Christians but had less luck defeating Judaism than he'd had defeating Napoleon; gentile serfs and merchants in areas bordering the Pale even showed disturbing new signs of 'Judaizing.'
I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side.
I know I've been lucky. But it's what you do with that luck afterwards that really defines whether you stick around.
It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned.