Keyword: Luck

Man blames fate for other accidents but feels personally responsible for a hole-in-one.

Golf Situations Sports

I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Law Things

I’m not a believer in luck… but I do believe you need it.

Beliefs Misspokements Situations

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(1885 – 1962) Danish physicist
Situations

It's bad luck to be superstititious.

Beliefs Murphy’s Laws

It is bad luck to be superstitious.

Beliefs

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.

(1902 – 1983) Australian novelist & short-story writer
Education Success

The more I practice, the luckier I get.

(1935 – ) South African professional golfer
Golf Sports

Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember, it didn’t work for the rabbit.

American humorist
Situations

I’d rather be lucky than good.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Characteristics

We must believe in luck; for how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like.

(1889 – 1963) French poet, novelist, playwright, artist & filmmaker
Situations Success

Luck: An explanation for the other fellows’ success.

Definitions

Even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then.

Miscellaneous

Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.

(1859 – 1927) English writer
Death

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor
Characteristics Death People Self

Personally, I think that if a woman hasn’t met the right man by the time she’s twenty-four, she may be lucky.

(1921 – 2007) Scottish-born actress
Men People Relationships Women

It's bad luck to be superstitious.

Situations

The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor
Characteristics Government Honesty Politicians

My luck is getting worse and worse.. last night, for instance, I was mugged by a Quaker.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
Conflict Crime

For every set of horseshoes human beings use for luck, somewhere in this world there’s a barefoot horse.

(1924 – 1973) American comic
Situations

Horses have four bits of lucky nailed to their feet; they should be the luckiest animals in the world.

(1962 – ) English stand-up comedian & actor
Animals