It wasn’t like I felt I was on a wave. It was just so easy. It is only afterwards that I thought I really had a bit of good luck going on there with Yazoo. – Alison Moyet
Luck, I never looked to make difficult movies on purpose. You make the films you can make. – Alain Resnais
The visa lottery system poses a national security threat. Under the program, each successful applicant is chosen at random and given the status of permanent resident based on pure luck. – Bob Goodlatte
A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next. – Amber Tamblyn
Rather than engage in the sort of selective retention that so many investors tend to do and pretend mistakes never happened, I prefer to ‘own’ them. This allows me to learn from them and, with any luck, avoid making the same errors again. – Barry Ritholtz
My teeth have never been touched. Why did I tell you that? Knock on wood. I’ve got a few scars over the eyes, a couple on the chin, a few on the beak and one across the cheek. But my luck is running out. – Brett Hull
It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it. – Baltasar Gracian
You cannot underestimate the value of luck in success in life. And I’ve really learned to appreciate that. – Azim Premji
I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love, just those who’ve had luck with it and those who haven’t. – Bill Cosby
Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth of any aspect of the universe, I will not realise my luck and instead will spend my life trying to find flaws in this understanding – such is the role of a scientist. – Brian Schmidt
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. – Barbara Bush
There is a lot of luck in football. Following England is like following Wycombe Wanders or Leyton Orient. You hope for the best and hope you are lucky. – Alan Sugar
I felt really sorry for Oliver Kahn. Up to that point he had made lots of saves for the German team. Of course he could have caught the ball but it just happened. It was bad luck. In that situation, you need to be very strong psychologically to carry on. – Angela Merkel
Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I’d follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I’ve been very lucky. – Anthony Hopkins
This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form or other, we pay for her favors; or we go empty away. – Amelia Barr
I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often. – Brian Tracy
Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you’re good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well. – Bill Gates
We are very luck to be women, so even if we’re wearing trousers, I always wear them with some lace underwear or a very feminine bra – I like that. – Carine Roitfeld
I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck. – Arthur Golden
When moms and dads put their kids in acting class, good luck. Because you’re just filling them with stuff they don’t need yet. – Anna Chlumsky
I don’t know if that’s a year’s bad luck, or if that’s how it works. But stealing a Christmas tree – that can’t be a good thing, karma-wise. – Adrian McKinty
It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree. – Charles Baudelaire
I’ve had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I’ve often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my head. – Brian Eno
Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career. – Bryan Cranston