Bianca Balti Quotes

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

My mother watched the skies at evening for a portent of the morrow. A cloud that went over and then turned around and came back was an especially bad sign.

There is something in omens.

Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared.

One of my biggest superstitions is to never speak about the future out loud. Let's just say I got a lot out there and I hope to keep on going.

My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.

The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.

I had a great grandmother who believed in so many strange superstitions. She used to tell the future from the things that catch on to the hem of your skirt when you've been sewing, and different colored threads would mean different things... Of course, all that influenced me quite a lot as a child.

I believe in superstitions. You don't talk about a child who hasn't been born.

My family was very loving but also very superstitious. My mother was always telling us, 'Don't walk under a ladder or you'll have bad luck,' or, 'If you spill salt, be sure and toss a pinch over your shoulder, or you're in trouble.'

When I moved to New York to start my acting career, I was always very, very careful to walk way around ladders, and black cats could ruin my day. There were many silly things that brought fear into my life.

I don't have superstitions because I think sometimes they work against you because, if something happens to disturb them, you feel nervous.

I'm very superstitious, and I think it's bad luck. You don't have to show your love by tattooing it.

Omens are everywhere in this world you just have to find the one that fits.

The only thing you have to worry about is bad luck. I never had bad luck.

My,' she said. 'We're lucky that you found the place.' We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood. There was wood everywhere in that apartment to knock on too.

As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.

I'd never believed in luck. Never had any cause to. Never relied on it, because I never could.

Never look at other people's bad fortune,' my mother said. 'If you do, it will come back to find you instead of its rightful owner.

I prefer unlucky things. Luck is vulgar. Who wants what luck would bring? I don't.

This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. Away; go. They say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death.

Many things would be changed for Americans if they would only admit that there is ill-luck in this world and that misfortune is not a priori a crime.

It's awful bad luck to bring a woman aboard the ship." "It's awful worse luck not to.

As they who make Good luck a god count all unlucky men.