Patrick deWitt Quotes

Nothing about my life is lucky. Nothing. A lot of grace, a lot of blessings, a lot of divine order, but I don't believe in luck. For me, luck is preparation meeting the moment of opportunity. There is no luck without you being prepared to handle that moment of opportunity. Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for the moment that is to come.

Luck always plays a part for everyone, whether they want to admit it or not. I was very lucky, and I know it.

It's better to be lucky than good.

It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned.

I was unbelievably lucky.

Somebody up there likes me. It ain't like I've followed a well trodden trajectory.

If there's one thing on this planet you don't look like it's a bunch of good luck walkin around.

I'm not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast.

Luck: when your burst of energy doesn't run afoul of someone else's.

Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognize her?

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

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

My aspiration now is to get by luck what I could not get by merit.

No luck was dumb because luck was just another name for miracle.

Sometimes in life, things just fall in to my lap. I'm very blessed that way.

Fate has blessed me.

I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.

Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.

How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?

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

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

Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

Few people realize that luck is created.

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.