[after buying his used car, Burt says he needs some wheels to build a trailer for the motorcycle] Fernando: Well, I got a couple wheels in the shop I could let you have, but first you got to do me a favor. Burt Munro: Oh, well just say the word. [cut...
Whoever gossips about his relatives has no luck and no blessing.
Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it.
Luck sometimes visits a fool, but never sits down with him.
Luck is like having a rice dumpling fly into your mouth.
Those of us who have the luck to enjoy good health forget about this vast parallel universe of the unwell-their daily miseries, their banal ordeals. Only when you cross that frontier into the world of ill-health do you recognize its quiet, massive pr...
Rufus T. Firefly: [trying to decide if Chicolini, Firefly, Pinky, or Bob Roland will make a suicidal run into no-mans-land to get help] One of us has got to go get word to General Cooper and his men. One of us has got to go and risk his life for his ...
Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention.
Auntie Yang is not hard of hearing. She is hard of listening.
I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't.
We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.
The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.
Bad luck is when opportunity is in parallel lines with your preparation and action.
Luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared Bond saw luck as a woman, to be softly wooed or brutally ravaged, never pandered to or pursued. But he was honest enough to admit that he had never yet been made to suffer by cards or by women. One...
MURRY: I believe in a lot of things. Santa Claus, magic, vampires, and even ghosts but I don't believe in luck. Good or bad.
She shrugged. "You can be happy for someone else's good fortune, but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck.
So doesn't that make the universe a giant lottery, then? You purchase a ticket when you're born. And it's all just random whether you get a good ticket or a bad ticket. It's all just luck.
I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as a...
Philomena: Oh... that's for good luck. Martin Sixsmith: I always thought that St. Christopher was a bit of a Mickey Mouse saint. I used to be an altar boy.
