Benoit Mandelbrot Quotes

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.

It's being in the right place at the right time and taking advantage of your opportunities.

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.

With writing, timing is everything. Being in the right place at the right time.

A lot of it, as it is in any job in life, is being in the right place at the right time.

There's more to life than passing exams, and paper qualifications can only take you so far. A lot depends on luck, and on being in the right place at the right time, which was certainly true in my case.

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

Know that everything will happen at just the right time, at just the right place, with just the right people.

If you happen to be in the right place at the right time, the capitalist system is a beautiful thing.

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

I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.

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.

I started off as a model and struggled for some time until I got a break as an actress. I was too stubborn to let go and was sure I was in the right place at the right time. I just fought and I think that's how I am where I am today.

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.

There is no 'master plan' on the road to the Nobel Prize. It represents a lot of hard work, a passion for that work and... being in the right place at the right time. For me, that place was Caltech.

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.

I think you have to be in the right place at the right time. And understand that and know when it is your time and how you react to it and how you respond to it.

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.

There is never just one thing that leads to success for anyone. I feel it always a combination of passion, dedication, hard work, and being in the right place at the right time.

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

The time was ripe for Flower. The vibe was right.

It's no good being talented and not being in the right place at the right time.