“And things are never okay. It does get better I guess, in that you grow to love yourself if you're lucky. But it doesn't get better because life is hard, and people aren't always nice.” PeopleIfsDoeHardLife IsGrowsNiceLove YouLuckyOkayGet BetterLove YourselfLife Is Hard Author:Justin Vivian Bond
“Don't be confused by what looks like luck to you. Lucky people don't make successful people; people who completely commit themselves to success seem to get lucky in life.” PeopleLooksSeemsSuccessfulLuckyLuckCommitConfusedSuccessful People Author:Grant Cardone
“Other people want a career or success because they think that will help them find their personal life somewhere. I've done it the other way around. What I have is what everybody else is looking for. I know I've got it made. I know I'm a very lucky man. That came first. Then the music and the career just kind of took care of themselves.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenWayWantFirstsKindMadeDoneHelpingCareCareersLuckyPersonal LifeLucky Man Author:John Fogerty
“The unlucky hand dealt to clear and precise writers is that people assume they are superficial and so do not go to any trouble inreading them: and the lucky hand dealt to unclear ones is that the reader does go to some trouble and then attributes the pleasure he experiences in his own zeal to them.” PeopleDoeHandsReadingPleasureClearTroubleReaderLuckyAssumingAttributesSuperficialPreciseZealUnluckyUnclear Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“The most accurate representation of how I feel is that I'm incredibly lucky to be working in this structure where people get paid millions to read the news on TV. And, yes, it is insane. And there is nothing I can say beyond acknowledging my immense good fortune, and being aware that I'm blessed, and aware that it isn't going to last forever.” PeopleFeelsI CanLastsMillionsForeverTvsLuckyNewsPaidBlessedStructureFortuneInsaneAccurateImmenseRepresentationGood Fortune Author:Tom Hanks
“I'm in a really lucky position where people will be interested in whatever I do, but what I do is sing.” PeoplePositionLucky Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I think that I am among the few lucky ones who are exploiting complexity. Most people are unhappy with the emergence of complexity, they would prefer it if the world were very simple, but then it would be a doom for a cryptographer like myself.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWould BeScienceSimpleLuckyMathematicsUnhappyComplexityDoomEmergence Author:Adi Shamir
“You never know when someone is videotaping you or trying to capture your image. I see how it makes some people crazy. But I am really lucky. I don't understand it. I really, honestly, am much more focused on my personal life.” PeopleKnowsTryingCrazyLuckyFocusedHonestlyCapturePersonal Life Author:Megan Fox
“I'm really lucky that I've had a little gang of people who I've been involved with for a long time... I've been really lucky to have a gang of people who have always been there to encourage me to get on with it. Styles come and go, but I try not to take any notice of that.” PeopleTryingLittlesLongStyleInvolvedLuckyLong TimeGangComes And Goes Author:Nick Lowe
“You don't try any less hard on the ones that don't. I've gotten lucky to work with some amazingly talented people that have helped the ones that have worked work. I think you just have to keep doing the stories you love and the characters that you love and are drawn to.” PeopleThinkingTryingHardCharacterStoriesLucky Author:Channing Tatum
“I was lucky with my parents, for my mom and my dad particularly, much more than my mom, who was very compassionate and loving to everyone. And then, as I got into my career, I started and other people started to realize that I was good at it.” PeopleParentRealizingCareersMomDadLuckyMy DadMy MomCompassionate Author:Shep Gordon
“It's a business of relationships. I mean that's exactly what Hollywood is to me, and I'm lucky enough to work with the same people over and over again.” PeopleMeanEnoughLuckyHollywood Author:Graham King
“My self-image it still isn't that alright. No matter how famous I am, no matter how many people go to see my movies, I still have the idea that I'm that pale no-hoper that I used to be. A pale no-hoper that happens to be a little lucky now. Tomorrow it'll be all over, then I'll have to go back to selling pens again.” PeopleLittlesStillsIdeasSelfMatterHappensUsedTomorrowLuckySellingUsed To BePensPaleAlright Author:Johnny Depp
“There are so many people with all kinds of lucky things happening to them, and they don't know how to use it.” PeopleKnowsKindUseKnow HowLuckyHappeningsThings HappenAll Kinds Author:Hiroaki Aoki
“People would be a lot more skeptical if they understood that there is an incredible amount of chance in the results that you observe for active managers. So the distribution of outcomes is enormously wide - but that's exactly what you'd expect by chance with lots of active managers who hold imperfectly diversified portfolios. The really good portfolios contain a lot of really lucky picks, and the really bad portfolios contain a lot of really unlucky picks as well as some really bad ones.” PeopleIfsWellsWould BeChanceResultsAmountLuckyPicksUnderstoodIncrediblesInvestingActiveWideManagersOutcomesDistributionSkepticalUnluckyPortfolios Author:Eugene Fama
“I have been very lucky because I have had the opportunity to see what it's like to have little or no money and what it's like to have a lot of it. I'm lucky because people make such a big deal of it and, if I didn't experience both, I wouldn't be able to know how important it really is for me. I can't comment on what having a lot of money means to others, but I do know that for me, having a lot more money isn't a lot better than having enough to cover the basics.” PeopleIfsKnowsLifeMeanLittlesHas BeensI CanImportantEnoughBigsAbleOpportunityGrowthDealsKnow HowLuckyPersonal GrowthInvestingCommentMore MoneyLots Of MoneyBig DealNo MoneyBasics Author:Ray Dalio
“I have no complaints. I think I'm especially lucky. As you said, I've come from outside and I'm not even anywhere closely connected. But I have absolutely no problem here. People have been more than welcoming, even before I was ready.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensSaidProblemReadyLuckyConnectedWelcomeComplaintsNo Problem Author:Katrina Kaif
“It's a creative enterprise, just like art, just like painting, music. Creating something can be done in different categories, so to do it in film is just another expression, which is great. Because it translates so well because so many people see the work, if you're lucky.” PeopleIfsWellsArtDifferentDoneFilmMusicCreativePaintingExpressionLuckyCreatingEnterpriseCategoriesTranslateCreating Something Author:Robert Redford
“When I go outside of L.A., no matter where it is, really anywhere I go, people will be stopping me or taking pictures or whatever it is. And it's great. It's amazing. I'm just lucky.” PeopleMatterLuckyStoppingTaking Pictures Author:Michael Welch
“When I was doing drugs and alcohol, I thought I'll have a drink and a line of this and I'll smoke this. I didn't go, 'Then I'm going to go out and get drunk, come back strangle my wife and wake up in jail on charges of attempted murder,' but that's what happened. I'm not telling people what to do. If they can enjoy doing it and they get on with it and they can handle it fine, but don't involve me. I'm lucky to be alive; you're playing with Russian roulette.” PeopleIfsEnjoyLinesAliveWifeHappenedFineDrinkDrugLuckyMurderWake UpMy WifeAlcoholHandleDrunkSmokeJailDrugs And AlcoholRouletteRussian RouletteLucky To Be Alive Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“I can do what I want to do, lucky me. But when these people are coming at me and asking these things, they don't really care about me. And I have felt like there were all these people who just wanted to use me.” PeopleWantI CanUseCareWantedFeltCan DoLuckyAskingUsing Me Author:Alicia Keys
“I'm one of those people who does a lot of things. I'm lucky. I get up and I have a lot of energy. I have a great work ethic.” PeopleDoeEnergyLuckyEthicsGet UpWork EthicGreat WorkGreat Work Ethic Author:Jamie Lee Curtis
“I'm one of those people who knows how lucky she is. And every day, I look around the house, and I count my blessings. They're all there under that roof.” PeopleKnowsLooksHouseKnow HowBlessingLuckyRoofMy Blessing Author:Sandra Bullock
“I've always been lucky in casting. The trick in casting is to hire great people, and let them do what they do, don't interfere with them too much. And then when they're great, take credit for it in the end.” PeopleEndsToo MuchLuckyCreditTricksInterfereCastingGreat People Author:Woody Allen
“I don't think of myself as a legend. I just love what I do. I love playing with my band, I love going to beautiful places and give people good music. I love what I do, I`m very lucky man.” PeopleThinkingMenGivingBeautifulLuckyBandLegendsBeautiful PlacesLucky Man Author:Paul McCartney
“Whenever I write about my family, I start by getting my parent`s approval. I like to think I write about them with obvious affection. When it comes to the people I'm related to, I consider myself to be very lucky.” PeopleThinkingWritingParentLuckyMy FamilyAffectionObviousRelatedApproval Author:David Sedaris
“People come up to me in supermarkets and demand humour. And the less amusing I am, the more they piss themselves. So I say, "I'm doing my shopping, mate, OK?" and the guy will be on the floor in hysterics. Quite odd. Eventually I do have to say something funny so I usually go for something pathetic like, "It's a nice place to shop but I wouldn't like to live here!" and they roar again. Wet themselves. I'm lucky though that I am not massively famous, I can get the Tube without much bother. Must be awful being the Beckhams.” PeopleI CanGuyNiceHumourLuckyDemandCome UpAwfulBotherOddShopsMatesShoppingWetPatheticAmusingTubesSupermarketsBeckham Author:Steve Coogan
“Sometimes you miss friends, and it's hard for them, as well, when you're just gone for a long time. I can't just go and see them any time I want because when I'm free, they may not be free, but I definitely wouldn't change it, ever. But, when you find really great friends, that doesn't matter, and I'm lucky to have some people who really, really look after me and look out for me. I definitely wouldn't ever change it.” PeopleWantWellsLooksMayLongI CanSometimesMatterHardGoneMissingLuckyLong TimeReally GreatGreat Friend Author:Maisie Williams
“Thank you, God, because I am lucky. Also let's face it, it turns out I'm black. And I'm having a career quite different from lots of people, so I feel doubly lucky.” PeopleFeelsDifferentFacesTurnsBlackCareersLuckyThank You God Author:Whoopi Goldberg
“I've been lucky with the circle of people I'm playing with. We've played enough that there's a language we talk with each other when we play.” PeopleEnoughPlayLanguageLuckyCircles Author:Bill Frisell
“I've been very lucky with the people I've met over the years. Way back in the early '70s I went to [Phil] Seuling's conventions for something like three years in a row from '70 to '72 and I remember at the '72 luncheon with the Academy of Comic Book Artists and talking with John Romita about the kind of brushes he used. Pros ask pros the same questions that fans do. "What kind of pens do you use? What kind of brushes do you use?" I was so amazed that the wonderful work John Romita was doing was accomplished with a Windsor-Newton series 7 Number 4. Not a 2 or a 3, but a 4.” PeopleWayYearsKindBookUseRememberUsedArtistThreeAsksNumbersTalkingWonderfulFansMetsLuckySeriesComicAccomplishedPensThree YearsConventionsComic BookAmazedBrushesAcademyNewtonWindsorNumber 4 Author:Mike Royer
“I do the best I can - I know my way around [Russian method acting pioneer] Stanislavski, but I can't take myself seriously like that. I respect people who do it, of course. I just think I'm lucky to still be working at 73. You reach a point in life where you just think, "Show up, do your job, make sure the cheque's on the way," and that's it. I'm not hungry to do anything more, really.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayStillsI CanShowsJobsCoursesActingLuckyMethodHungryMy WayDo The BestPioneersRespect PeopleChequesMethod ActingPoints In LifeStanislavski Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I've been lucky to work with some of the most creative people and it's true that I enjoy filmmaking and I'm an enthusiast.” PeopleEnjoyCreativeLuckyFilmmakingCreative People Author:Nicolas Cage
“The only thing that does change, to some degree, is [that] you have some life experiences, you suffer a certain amount and you incorporate that into your work. Not in the content of your work, but in the sensibility of your work. It's nothing that you try and do; it just happens. And if you're lucky, people buy tickets to see it, and if you're not lucky, [then] they don't like it. But that's all.” PeopleIfsTryingDoeHappensCertainSufferingAmountLuckyDegreesWorking ItLife ExperienceTicketsSensibility Author:Woody Allen
“I feel very lucky and very blessed. I just hope that I can keep doing my job and that people keep liking what I do and that the opportunities continue. That's the best that I can hope for.” PeopleFeelsI CanJobsOpportunityLuckyBlessed Author:Luke Mitchell
“The biggest piece of advice that I give young comedians is: If it's your goal to get where I'm at, go do something else. Because you'll never get here. Never. The odds are so bad. Because not only do you have to be a really, really strong comedian but you also have to be lucky. And most people don't get that combination.” PeopleIfsGivingYoungStrongGoalPiecesAdviceLuckyCombinationComedianOdds Author:Ron White
“I am very lucky to have people who care about me and care about my music. I think it would be irresponsible to not show them as much love back as they show me.” PeopleThinkingShowsWould BeCareLuckyShow MeWho CaresIrresponsibleMuch Love Author:Hoodie Allen
“I think just having a gift and being able to do something creative and having people like it and enjoy it... I'm in a really, really cool place here. A lot of people try to do this and might get a little bit of success, but we've been lucky. We're going to take that and try and go as far as we can with it and just do the best that we can.” PeopleThinkingTryingLittlesMightAbleBitsEnjoyCreativeLuckyLittle BitDo The BestReally CoolCool Places Author:Mitch Lucker
“I was on drugs when I wrote some of my songs. It was a rough time for me, but I'm lucky enough to be one of the people who learned from that experience and moved on, where other people just got addicted and more addicted and more addicted until it killed them.” PeopleEnoughSongDrugLuckyMovedRoughRough TimesMoved On Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“I want to keep making movies, hopefully with some nominations, if I'm lucky! Movies that make people feel something, where they walk away and say, "Gosh, she's different."” PeopleIfsWantFeelsDifferentWalksLuckyHopefullyNominations Author:Bella Thorne
“I've been really lucky to have a lot of cool people and to be around a lot of cool celebrities that I've got to learn from.” PeopleLuckyCool People Author:Tyler Hilton
“Most startups are not just built for the person who is using them. When you do that, every now and then you get really lucky and... are representative of some huge class of people who all want the same thing you do... but very often that just turns into a side project that doesn't go anywhere.” PeopleWantPersonsTurnsSidesClassHugeLuckyProjectsBuiltNow And ThenRepresentativesGet Real Author:Emmett Shear
“If there's a big problem and you've got the right people with you, usually the answer emerges and you do what's the obvious thing to do. I don't think of myself as some great manager or great leader. I've been very lucky to be in the positions that I've been in. I meet a lot of people and I've grown a lot of companies, and I meet a lot of CEOs at big enterprises. I'm always so surprised at how much they seem to know. It doesn't always seem to be correlated to how well they actually do.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWellsProblemBigsSeemsAnswersBusinessCompanyLeaderPositionLuckyObviousManagersThings To DoGreat MenEnterpriseCeoGreat LeaderBig ProblemsObvious ThingsGreat Managers Author:Larry Brilliant
“I'm lucky that I got to start acting when I was so young, and people put me in these movies. A lot of people don't get to play these parts because they start a little older.” PeopleLittlesPlayYoungActingLucky Author:Nat Wolff
“You can't work at a relationship; you can't control it. You have to be lucky and go through your life. If you are not lucky you have to be prepared for some degree of suffering. That's why most relationships are very difficult and have some degree of pain. People stay together because of inertia, they don't have the energy. Because they are frightened of being lonely, or they have children.” PeopleIfsChildrenPainTogetherSufferingEnergyDifficultLuckyDegreesLonelyPreparedFrightenedBe PreparedInertiaBeing LonelyLucky You Author:Woody Allen
“I would like people to see me as someone who is genuine and sincere and cares about the people who support me, and who doesn't forget how lucky I am to be doing what I love.” PeopleCareForgetSupportLuckyGenuineSincereSupport Me Author:Steve Grand
“People say I am lucky. I am lucky indeed because what can be better luck than to have the blessings of 125 crore Indians.” PeopleBlessingLuckyEmpowermentIndiaLuck Author:Narendra Modi
“I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky.” PeopleThinkingArtWomenWonderInvolvedLuckyLuck Book:Me: Stories of My Life Source: Me: Stories of My Life
“I've really actually grown with my girlfriends and the people that they've introduced me to and the way that I've been welcomed in by their families. I'm a very, very lucky man.” PeopleMenWayLuckyGirlfriendMy GirlfriendLucky Man Author:Alex Pettyfer
“If you ask people, as I often do, how they make decisions, 'lucky' people will talk about tuning in to information and instincts, while 'unlucky' people often mention pushing away the uncomfortable feeling they were headed for trouble.” PeopleIfsFeelingsAsksDecisionTroubleInformationLuckyLuckInstinctUncomfortablePushingUnluckyTuningUncomfortable FeelingPushing Away Author:Martha Beck