One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895Quotes
Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
—E.B. White, 1944There 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, 1897Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1938Survivors look back and see omens, messages they missed.
—Joan Didion, 2005Luck is believing you’re lucky.
—William Carlos Williams, 1947To put one’s trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1610When the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.
—Martin Luther, c. 1540Luck takes the step that no one sees.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC’Tis not a ridiculous devotion to say a prayer before a game at tables?
—Thomas Browne, 1642A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938