Adrian Anthony Gill Quotes

I think there were times when, if circumstances had developed, I might have been tempted into politics. I am a fan of Tony Blair. I think Gordon Brown is a fine man, but I think he's headed for one hell of a bloody struggle.

I think luck falls on not just the brave but also the ones who believe they belong there.

That I am today the face of Louis Vuitton almost seems like a twist of fate. You dream back to front, wanting the rewards before putting the work in. And then you work, get on with life, and just sometimes these childhood dreams have a way of catching up with you. This is a true privilege for which I am eternally grateful.

I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is 6 to 5 against.

Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don't miss opportunities.

I believe destiny and hard work go hand in hand. I was studying to be an engineer when my mom and my brother sent my pictures for the Miss India contest. I didn't even know about it. If that isn't destiny, what is?

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.

Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.

You can be great only if it is your destiny.

I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side.

I'm not a big believer in a thing called luck. I believe it has a lot to do with fate and just really having a vision of the way you would see your life.

The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

In the West, it was believed that attitude and ambition saved you. In Africa, we had learned that no one was immune to capricious tragedy.

The sudden death of the leading man will cause change, making another man leader. Soon, but too late, the young man will attain high office. By land and sea, he will be feared.

I won't talk of bad luck. I don't believe in it.

Luck plays an important role in Bollywood. We all work really hard to earn success but our luck has to be on the right side, especially from where I come from.

I want everything, but I can say I have a lot of goals and I have a lot of wishes, but it doesn't depend on me. If everything depends on me, I am doing it. Sometimes it just depends on how everything is going to go.

I do feel I have all the qualities of a film star but then why didn't I make it that big? I blame it on my destiny. I was not there at the right place at the right time.

I believe a lot in destiny, and if destiny has it, then I will be seen in films.

Destiny plays an important part, but talent and hard work is also important.

Are some people destined for a great fate, or to do great things? Or is it only that they're born somehow with that great passion - and if they find themselves in the right circumstances, then things happen? It's the sort of thing you wonder.

Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.