Keyword: Luck

A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents' luck.

Golf Situations Sports

We haven't had the rub of the dice.

English football player & manager
Misspokements Sports

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

I used to carry a rabbit’s foot for luck… then it was a monkey’s paw.. now it’s a camel’s toe.

(1978 – ) American actress, writer & comedian
Miscellaneous

We've had bad luck with our kids… they've all grown up.

(1890 – 1957) author & journalist
Age Children People

As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.

(1818 – 1885) humorist
God Intelligence Wisdom

Thirteen at a table is unlucky only when the hostess has only twelve chops.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host
Situations

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

American humorist
Situations

When you need to knock on wood is when you realize that the world is composed of vinyl, naugahyde and aluminum.

Murphy’s Laws

They say Yogi Berra is funny; well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires… what's funny about that?

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Beliefs Opinion

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

Never bet on a loser because you think his luck is bound to change.

Murphy’s Laws

Success is made up of courage, brains, and luck and since the first two are a function of the third, it’s pretty much all luck.

(1957 – 2007) American stand-up comedian & actor
Success

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

Luck: An explanation for the other fellows’ success.

Definitions

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

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

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

Sure, luck means a lot in football; not having a good quarterback is bad luck.

(1930 – ) American football player & coach
Football Sports

It's bad luck to be superstititious.

Beliefs Murphy’s Laws

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

(1924 – 1973) American comic
Situations

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