Annaleigh Ashford Quotes

I collect lucky pennies that I find on the ground. I keep them in a Ziploc bag.

Whenever I drive under a yellow light, I always kiss my finger and tap it on the roof of the car.

I don't believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It's on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it's supposed to give you a parking space. It's worked so far.

I have a collection of lucky pennies, and I like to carry some of them with me. So far, they seem to be working!

I used to have this lucky rock and I used to always have to rub it three times before I competed.

I used to believe that the number eight is unlucky for me and would even avoid anything that would add up to 8 - like 17, 26 and so on. I would religiously visit astrologers and wear different stones to bring in good luck.

I have no superstitions. I don't have to have a Sunday outfit. I don't have socks or underwear I have to wear.

Bugs have always loved me.

I always wear my evil eye necklace to ward off bad karma. I always wear one to protect me.

I have lucky boots for military embeds, a lucky scarf for road trips, a lucky handbag, and lucky days of the week. I tap into my gut for 'right' or 'wrong' feelings about such simple things as whether I should go grocery shopping.

I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years.

On my keychain, I have a citrine crystal in a tiny cage. It's for protection and good vibes.

If there's a black cat that crosses the street in my path, I will turn around and walk 20 minutes out of my way to not cross it. You know how in New York there's a lot of scaffolding? I won't walk under scaffolding or under ladders. I wear things like a baseball player wears things that are supposed to have luck.

I like to wear my dad's shoes to auditions as sort of a lucky thing. I feel like I'm on solid ground.

Organic farming and other earlier methods can be effective, provided they can help us improve soil health and plant health. Plant pesticides like neem and tobacco need to be promoted.

Training of farmers in integrated pest management is exceedingly important to protect them during the use of pesticides.

Gardening is easy. Stick it in the ground the right way up and most plants will grow perfectly well.

I have always known mosquitoes love me, but they really love me in Central Park.

I'm not superstitious. But my mother doesn't allow me to cut my nails after dark. Earlier, I used to wear a scapular from Potta around my neck, given to me by a family member. But during my shoots, it's not possible, so I tie it on my right wrist for protection.

My kitchen witch hangs above the sink in my kitchen. Some people think it's specifically so that you don't burn food when you cook, but I like to think that it's warding off evil spirits and bad things in general.

Gnomes are supposed to be good luck in a garden, protecting against pests and diseases. A mythic gatekeeper, in the way a Kitchen Witch is.

The final principle of natural farming is NO PESTICIDES. Nature is in perfect balance when left alone.

Is it reasonable to suppose that we can apply a broad-spectrum insecticide to kill the burrowing larval stages of a crop-destroying insect ... without also killing the 'good' insects whose function may be the essential one of breaking down organic matter and maintaining healthy soil?

I painted my toenails before Dennis Rodman. One time at training camp, I stubbed my toe and the nail came loose. My mom gave me some toenail hardener, and I painted over it. I scored 40-something points that night, so it became a ritual. Paint my toenails, score 40 points.

To have a cricket on the hearth is the luckiest thing in all the world!