Keyword: Luck (Page 2)

We haven't had the rub of the dice.

English football player & manager
Misspokements Sports

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

You've got to think lucky; if you fall into a mud hole, check your back pocket – you might have caught a fish.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach
Football Situations Sports

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

Golf Situations Sports

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

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?

(1921 – 2006) Polish science fiction author
Situations

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

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

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

Even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then.

Miscellaneous

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

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

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

(1890 – 1957) author & journalist
Age Children People

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

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

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

Murphy’s Laws

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 superstitious.

Situations

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(1885 – 1962) Danish physicist
Situations

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

Murphy’s Laws

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