“I'm lucky to have my dad in my life. He's very brilliant, I think he's really a smart man, and he's a kind guy.” ThinkingMenKindGuyDadLuckySmartMy DadBrilliantSmart Man Author:Cody Horn
“I do not think everyone is created equal. In fact, I know they're not. [The Constitution] means that everyone should have the same laws as everyone else. It doesn't mean that everyone's as smart or as cute or as lucky as everyone else.” ThinkingKnowsShouldMeanFactsLawLuckyEqualSmartShould HaveConstitutionEqualityCute Author:Fran Lebowitz
“it's smarter to be lucky than it's lucky to be smart.” LuckySmartLuckSmarterBeing Smart Book:The Last Place Source: The Last Place
“As an actor it's easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself: "Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?" Yet here I am, so I'm lucky.” SelfEnoughActorsEasyLuckySmartCriticalGood EnoughLooking GoodHere I Am Author:Chris Pine
“I have always believed that most large fortunes are made by men...who tumbled into a lucky opportunity. Hard work and attention to business are necessary, but they rarely result in achieving a large fortune. Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich, he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.” MenBelieveMadeHardOpportunityResultsAttentionRichAchieveHard WorkLuckySmartFortuneProofContraryAlways BelieveFooled Author:Julius Rosenwald
“You start at the stupid end of the book, and if you're lucky you finish at the smart end.” IfsBookEndsStupidLuckySmartLucky You Author:Salman Rushdie
“I've been pretty lucky - or slothful - in that I've never been a "career builder," I take the jobs that come along that feel right, and that's left me fairly open to all genres, really. But with "Caprica," the complex, dark and very smart script was the draw.” FeelsJobsLeftDarkCareersLuckySmartDrawsComplexesScriptsGenreBuilderFeels RightVery Smart Author:Eric Stoltz
“I'm lucky to have worked in theater all over the world, but there's something magical about Broadway. The audiences are smart, they're educated. They go in ready and they're up for it, they're up for the party. It's a whole different atmosphere.” WorldDifferentWholePartyAudienceReadyLuckySmartTheaterEducatedAtmosphereBroadway Author:Hugh Jackman
“Politicians are enormously smart and rational. They don't have the same interests as businessmen ... But a man rises to the top of the United States. He's clawed his way out of 330 million people. OK. He didn't do that because he was dumb, or lucky, or something like that. He understands power. And he understands how to take it. And he understands how to keep it.” PeopleMenWayStatesInterestUnitedMillionsUnited StatesPoliticianLuckySmartRationalDumbBusinessman Author:George Friedman
“Navigating with a partner makes it half as difficult. We keep each other in check. It's not like she [Angie Marr] was ever a quiet little wifey wife behind the scenes. She's exactly like me. She's very smart. We're very lucky that we've always wanted the same things. She loves guitar music, she loves important records, and our lives are about records and shows and great bands.” LittlesImportantShowsWantedDifficultBehindsHalfRecordsOur LivesWifeSceneLuckyQuietBandSmartGuitarPartnersChecksLike MeBehind The ScenesVery SmartGuitar Music Author:Johnny Marr
“My teaching exists in a different part of my brain. However, I am lucky enough to teach very smart graduate students.” DifferentEnoughBrainTeachTeachingStudentsLuckySmartGraduatesVery SmartGraduate Students Author:Dana Spiotta
“I honestly don't even really want to think about it; I'd rather focus on how wonderful she is. Hillary Clinton is such a formidable candidate. I think we're lucky to have someone as smart and capable and strong as she is wanting to be our president.” ThinkingWantStrongPresidentFocusWonderfulLuckyCapableSmartClintonHonestlyCandidatesFormidable Author:Natalie Portman
“I think we knew that this would be just like raising the kids together, this would be a fun thing to do in partnership. And you know, we're so lucky because we get to hire in very smart people. We get to partner with governments like the Canadian Development Organization - CIDA, USAID - tonnes of scientists doing this work. This is fascinating.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGovernmentWould BeKidsTogetherFunDevelopmentLuckySmartOrganizationScientistPartnersThings To DoFascinatingPartnershipSmart PeopleSo LuckyVery SmartFun ThingsUsaid Author:Bill Gates
“If you make money back from your record, you're doing it smart. It's an expensive hobby. I'm lucky enough to still make a living as a musician through live work and odd bits of royalties.” IfsStillsEnoughBitsRecordsLuckyMusicianSmartMaking MoneyOddExpensiveHobbiesRoyalty Author:Robyn Hitchcock
“If Putin and those around him had been smart enough to go in a different direction... The country was ready. The conditions were extremely favorable - with oil prices as high as they were, it was possible to do anything. It was possible to solidify democracy. After the Yeltsin years people began to think that democracy is a disaster, that democracy equals misery. Putin got a lucky break - and he used it the KGB way. He turned out to be a wily KGB man, not a wise statesman.” PeopleThinkingMenDifferentCountryEnoughBreakDemocracyWiseLuckySmartMiseryDisaster Author:Vladimir Voinovich
“Well, I was lucky enough to be involved in about 19 failures at an early age, so I'm realistic about the success I'm having and how quickly it can go away. What's important is to be smart about it.” WellsImportantEnoughAgeInvolvedLuckySmartGoing AwayRealisticWhat's ImportantBeing Smart Author:Matthew Perry