Yo-Yo Ma Quotes

Every day a piano doesn't fall on my head is good luck.

It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen.

I have had a lot of good things happen, but I've also had a lot of terrible things happen.

My life has been a series of slightly happy accidents.

Sometimes, things just fall into your lap, and that's pretty incredible.

No matter what I do, it somehow comes out right - even if it was a mistake!

Good luck needs no explanation.

I have no plan. I will leave it to the good things and good times to find me.

I try not to get too low. I fight adversity as hard as I can fight it, not to get too low. When good things happen, I don't really embrace it. I just say it's a lucky day.

It's ridiculous. My life's been a series of happy accidents.

Good things just keep happening.

I think good things happen to good people.

A lot of times, really wonderful things that have come my way have come basically out of the blue.

I never know what kind of people I'll meet just by stopping to take a photo.

One event makes another: what we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens; and time can only prove which is most for our advantage

I have never had a plan. Things happen to me, and, of course, I make friends who later say, 'Hey, you know who would be good for this? McKean would be good for this.' And they hire me, and if they like me, they hire me again, or the word gets out.

Who could have imagined that life would have taken such marvelous twists and turns or that I would often be so fortunate to be in the right place at the right time?

Obviously, when you win, good things happen.

I am somebody who is very lucky. 'Kaanta Laga' just fell into my lap and even 'Baby Come Naa.'

I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!

And sometimes in life, I imagine, good things do happen. Most of the time, it's the opposite, obviously. But I don't think you should rule out the possibility that just occasionally chance might deal you a good card.

There are chance meetings with strangers that interest us from the first moment, before a word is spoken.

Perhaps it seems odd that a casual meeting on the street could have brought about such change. But sometimes life is like that isn't it

When something works for you, all you can do is cross your fingers and hope that it will work for someone else.

Chance encounters are what keep us going.