Quotes about luck
56 quotes from 47 people
Isaac Asimov1920–1992“The Planet that Wasn’t” originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (May 1975)
Warren Buffettborn 1930To Barack Obama, as quoted in The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (2006), Ch. 5Luck’s just another word for destiny…either you make your own or you’re screwed.
John le Carré1931–2020The Mission Song (2006)The gods throw the dice, and they don’t ask whether we want to be in the game or not.
Paulo Coelhoborn 1947By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.
IDIsaac D'Israeli1766–1848Curiosities of Literature, Poverty of the Learned
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1900–1944Vol de Nuit (1931) (translated into English as Night Flight)Skill is a function of chance. It’s an intuitive best-use of chance situations.
Philip K. Dick1928–1982Solar Lottery (1955), Chapter 5 (p. 60)
