You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
I've had extraordinary good luck with my health, other than a broken elbow.
Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
You've come to know the fortunate and the inauspicious stars, but you don't know whether you yourself are fortunate or lucky.
Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.
If you're down, it's curse; if you're up, it's a blessing.
In doing the screenplay for 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' the most important thing for me was to constantly go back to wherever the opposition would argue. So I had to keep reading all the books and articles about why McCarthy is such a good guy.
I touched an Oscar once. Friend of mine has one, for writing. As soon as I touched it, he said, Now you'll never win one.
I was lucky; I got so many opportunities.
Every once in a while, it seems like the cosmos part, and something great plops into your lap.
I'm very lucky. I'm the most fortunate guy that I know.
There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
I cannot improve on those spoken for many years by a true legend who preceded me at CBS News. He would say, simply, 'good night, and good luck.'
Someone up there likes me.
Never expect justice in this world. That is not part of God's plan. Everybody thinks that if they don't get it, they're some kind of odd man out. And it's not true. Nobody gets justice - people just get good luck or bad luck.
I'd always rather be lucky than smart.
When things go wrong, you'll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go on getting better and better.
Things worthwhile generally don’t just happen. Luck is a fact, but should not be a factor. Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Negligence or indifference are usually reviewed from an unlucky seat. The law of cause and effect and causality both work the same with inexorable exactitudes. Luck is the residue of design.
I've been pretty lucky in the leading men department.
How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.
