Dumb luck brought on the move from business to acting. I had moved to New York when I was 23, in the year 2000. On a lark, I went to audition for a soap opera. – Teddy Sears
I agree with Sophocles: the greatest luck is not to have been born – but, as the joke goes on, very few people succeed in it. – Slavoj Zizek
Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right. – William Feather
To win competitions you need a bit of luck and some talent. I think we have some talent on our bus. – Sonny Bill Williams
It’s Obama’s bad luck that he got elected just as the mayhem of the foreclosures, the banking collapse, and the General Motors disaster was accelerating the surge in unemployment to warp speed. – Tina Brown
I have mad luck. I’m super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice. – Zoe Kazan
The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle. – Victoria Abril
It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion’s heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar. – Winston Churchill
People who are successful should never forget that it’s 90 per cent luck. You’ve got to be an eejit to be an egomaniac. I had my glory years – ‘Blankety Blank,’ the talk show, when I was winning every award going. – Terry Wogan
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.’ – Tom Reiss
Not many people have had as much bad luck as I have, but not many people have had as much good luck, either. – Tig Notaro
The reason why people are huge stars is nothing to do with acting. It’s the magic. Charisma is a word that’s used too often; it’s something special, and it’s what makes stars. It’s luck, and basically, it’s genes. – Shirley Eaton
I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years. – Steve Waugh
This industry isn’t fair. It doesn’t owe anybody a career. It’s just about luck, determination, and showing up and being professional. The rest is out of your hands. – Samuel Barnett
As far as the timing, well, I’d write that off to luck as much as anything – I happened to be out looking for a development deal, and Disney happened to think my team and I might be the right people to make a Mickey Mouse game. – Warren Spector
I had luck, but I worked hard and I suffered. It’s not just photography I’m talking about. It’s about whatever dream you want it to be. – Sam Abell
Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it’s not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it’s not your fault. – Werner Herzog
There’s more to life than passing exams, and paper qualifications can only take you so far. A lot depends on luck, and on being in the right place at the right time, which was certainly true in my case. – Terry Wogan
People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don’t. – William Hurt
It’s hard to tell with these Internet startups if they’re really interested in building companies or if they’re just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don’t really want to build a company, they won’t luck into it. That’s because it’s so hard that if you don’t have a passion, you’ll give up. – Steve Jobs
I’ve found all of my apartments on Craigslist. I’ve got good Craigslist luck. I just sit on my couch and really focus on it, and I’ve gotten really lucky that way. – Zoe Kravitz
