Michael Bloomberg Quotes

I've come to learn that you can be very, very talented, but if you're not at the right place at the right time... It's a lot of luck.

Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

You have to be talented. You have to work hard; you have to get the right pieces flowin' for you at the right time. And that's just what happened to me. I can't explain what happened.

You often hear people say 'Luck is self made.' I think it is, to a certain extent; if you work hard on something, you are more likely to be lucky than if you don't. That having been said, I do believe during in my career I have been at the right place at the right time with the right people.

A lot of it, as it is in any job in life, is being in the right place at the right time.

There is never just one thing that leads to success for anyone. I feel it always a combination of passion, dedication, hard work, and being in the right place at the right time.

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.

There's more to life than passing exams, and paper qualifications can only take you so far. A lot depends on luck, and on being in the right place at the right time, which was certainly true in my case.

I've worked hard, for sure, but like anything, it takes a lot of luck and being in the right place at the right time, and then making the most of the opportunity.

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.

Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.

I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.

There is a saying that every nice piece of work needs the right person in the right place at the right time.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.

Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are your ready?'

I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've got to have a measure of good luck, you really have, being in the right place at the right time.

Success is not an accident. When you put yourself in the right place at the right time, then you're likely to be more successful because of how you prepare yourself on a daily basis.

I started off as a model and struggled for some time until I got a break as an actress. I was too stubborn to let go and was sure I was in the right place at the right time. I just fought and I think that's how I am where I am today.

Timing has always been a key element in my life. I have been blessed to have been in the right place at the right time.

There is no 'master plan' on the road to the Nobel Prize. It represents a lot of hard work, a passion for that work and... being in the right place at the right time. For me, that place was Caltech.

I think you have to be in the right place at the right time. And understand that and know when it is your time and how you react to it and how you respond to it.

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.