Nina Jacobson Quotes

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.'

My mother always tried to keep a little bit of British culture in our family. We'd drink tea all the time!

When struck by a thunderbolt it is unnecessary to consult the Book of Dates as to the precise meaning of the omen.

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

To solicit the aid of luck is like stirring muddy water to bring objects submerged at the bottom to the top where they can be seen. Every worker would to well to tempt their good luck. Nevertheless, we should not depend on it too much.

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.

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.

When you talk about bad luck and you talk about the things that create those circumstances and you talk about what it takes to overcome those circumstances and naturally to me includes, you know, a faith, a very strong faith. It should because through good times and through bad times there is one thing that relieves.

There were people I know that got upset that I kiss people. I kiss them for luck and love, that's all. That's what my mother did to me.

I still live today with my mom sending me, you know, Hebrew Scriptures or phrases or celebrating.

You can be careful as far as you can, but you never know when you're going to fall over and break your ankle. It's like when you drive a car, you don't think about crashing, do you?

Nothing is going to happen to you if you throw salt on the floor, stand under a ladder, or see eight black cats on the street.

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness?

...there was no such thing as curses. People make and break their own fortunes -they are the masters of their own fate.

I guess I wouldn't believe in anything if it weren't for my lucky astrology mood watch.

Never tempt fate. It plays for keeps.

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 am superstitious about everything.

It's dangerous to start attributing your fortunes to luck and your misfortunes to fate.

To believe in luck ... is skepticism.

Hunchbacks danced at my wedding for luck. It's a thing you don't see nowadays.

I noticed that all the prayers I used to offer to God, and all the prayers I now offer to Joe Pesci, are being answered at about the same 50% rate. Half the time I get what I want, half the time I don't... Same as the four-leaf clover and the horseshoe...same as the Voodoo Lady who tells you your fortune by squeezing the goat's testicles, it's all the same: 50-50. So just pick your superstition, sit back, make a wish, and enjoy yourself.

It was reported that the New York Knicks have won all 12 of the home games attended by magician David Blaine. A spokesman for the Knicks said, 'if this is what it takes to win, it's not worth it.'