Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886Quotes
We do not suffer by accident.
—Jane Austen, 1813Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.
—Joan Didion, 2005Luck, in the great game of war, is undoubtedly lord of all.
—Arthur Griffiths, 1899Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.
—Charlotte Brontë, 1847Casting lots causes contentions to cease, and keeps the mighty apart.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCIt is so difficult not to become vain about one’s own good luck.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1963Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?
—Thomas Browne, 1642There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it, and when he can.
—Mark Twain, 1897