That's the way it is: you have to show your initiative, you have to show talent and availability, and still have an awful lot of luck.
There is luck in chess. My opponent was lucky that he was playing against an idiot.
As good luck would have it.
You have to take chances - working in film is a mixture of luck, talent, and ability to take the risk. You have to be optimistic. You can't be a pessimistic person.
Bad luck for both of us, we are both boulder-pushers.
I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had.
Luck is a combination of confidence and getting the breaks.
Farewell, good Salisbury, and good luck go with thee!
It’s a race between your foolishness and your allotted days. Good luck.
I pick good women, but I haven't had any luck with my men.
There's potential for it being soon. The reality is that there are only 'X' positions available, so it's a matter of luck or timing. They are people positions, and Kim is incredibly qualified.
I've had so much good luck happen to me that I can't handle bad luck.
Believing there's no such thing as luck is very unlucky. Like, the worst. Beyond stealing someone's lucky four-leaf clover.
For an actor to have a role that they're recognized and remembered for over the years, it's unusual. It's very lucky if it happens once - and it's luck that it's happened to me a couple of times.
The outcome of successful planning always looks like luck to saps.
Don't confuse luck with skill when judging others, and especially when judging yourself.
I thought I'd take style to its limit. . . My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.
Talent alone is helpless today. Any success requires both talent and luck. And the 'luck' has to be helped along and provided by someone.
Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.
There is only one way in which you can "change your luck" and that is by altering your thoughts.