E. B. White Quotes

In New York you've got to have all the luck.

New York has been a blessing for me and my family.

You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.

It's difficult because nothing's preordained by plan and you can't control it. That's one of those joys and thrills and nerve-racking realities of being an actor. A lot has to do with luck, no matter what your talent or contribution can be.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.

The reality is that luck does play a part of it. It does. Ultimately it's a make or miss league.

You always need a bit of fortune in life.

Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.

I think luck is a big part of people who are successful in L.A.

Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet.

I believe things are meant to be. It's the only way I can explain it because I had auditioned before to get on 'The X Factor' and 'Britain's Got Talent,' and I didn't get through - it was literally, 'No!'

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don't miss opportunities.

When it comes to luck, you make your own.

I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.

Acting is a mix of luck and choice. I got lucky.

I believe destiny and hard work go hand in hand. I was studying to be an engineer when my mom and my brother sent my pictures for the Miss India contest. I didn't even know about it. If that isn't destiny, what is?

Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Certain projects find you at the right time.

Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.

There's certainly a huge element of luck in me ending up where I've ended up.

You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't.

Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented.