Idries Shah Quotes

Luck or tragedy, some people get runs. Then of course there are those who divide it even, good and bad, but we never hear of them. Such a life doesn't demand attention. Only the people who get the good or bad runs.

I'm definitely one of the more fortunate ones when it comes to being in the right place at the right time.

I happened to be in the right place at the right time.

I'd be unbelievably wrong to say there isn't such a thing as the right place, right time-luck.

I've been blessed to be at the right place at the right time.

Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.

I've come to learn that you can be very, very talented, but if you're not at the right place at the right time... It's a lot of luck.

Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.

Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.

Certain projects find you at the right time.

I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've got to have a measure of good luck, you really have, being in the right place at the right time.

Timing has always been a key element in my life. I have been blessed to have been in the right place at the right time.

You have to be talented. You have to work hard; you have to get the right pieces flowin' for you at the right time. And that's just what happened to me. I can't explain what happened.

You often hear people say 'Luck is self made.' I think it is, to a certain extent; if you work hard on something, you are more likely to be lucky than if you don't. That having been said, I do believe during in my career I have been at the right place at the right time with the right people.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

There are times when everything seems to go right, and times when everything seems to go wrong.

Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.

Everybody has ways in which they've been lucky in life, and everybody also has ways in which they've definitely rolled snake eyes.

There are time when, in effect, you can do no wrong, and there are other periods of time when you can do no right, no matter what you do.

Sometimes it's about finding the right situation at the right time in this league.

I think confidence is a big part of it. Also luck - the ball has got to fall for you in the right time and the right place.

I've had close chances of success, and sometimes politics and people don't work out.

I do feel I have all the qualities of a film star but then why didn't I make it that big? I blame it on my destiny. I was not there at the right place at the right time.

When you win the Cup, you need everything to line up. You need to get lucky, you need guys to stay healthy, you need guys to play well at the right time.