“Life is about luck and it's about circumstances and socioeconomic conditions and all the rest of it, but you know, you can also make choices. It's about spirit and generosity and all the other things, too.” KnowsLife IsSpiritChoicesConditionsCircumstancesLuckGenerosity Author:Mike Leigh
“I don't believe in luck; it's just dedication to the technique plus good physical condition.” BelieveConditionsLuckDon't BelieveTechniquePlusMmaDedication Author:Rickson Gracie
“There is one common condition for the lot of women in Western civilization and all other civilizations that we know about for certain, and that is, woman as a sex is disliked and persecuted, while as an individual she is liked, loved, and even, with reasonable luck, sometimes worshipped.” KnowsSometimesCertainIndividualSexWomenCommonConditionsCivilizationLuckWesternReasonableWestern CivilizationPersecuted Author:Rebecca West
“Now, if we understand what unlucky persons are, we shall see that they are to be shunned, or that we are to consort with them only out of kindness or from sympathy, but without joining our interests with theirs; for they are persons who are not harmonious with the condition of things around them, and are as much at issue with life as a bird who should try to live in the water, or a fish to float in the air.” IfsShouldTryingPersonsInterestWaterKindnessIssuesAirConditionsBirdLuckFishesFloatsJoiningHarmoniousUnlucky Author:James Vila Blake
“I guess what I always found funny was the human condition. There is a certain comedy and pathos to trouble and accidents. Like, when a driver has parked his car crookedly and then wonders why he has the bad luck of being hit.” HumansCountryCertainFoundWonderComedyTroubleConditionsCarLuckAccidentsDriversHuman ConditionBad LuckPathos Author:John Prine