“I had the good luck a few years ago to visit the archeological site of Zippori in Israel ... I could see here displayed the Greek culture that Jesus decisively rejected, the same Greek culture that infiltrated the Christian religion soon after his death and has dominated Christianity ever since.” YearsChristianCultureJesusChristianityYears AgoLuckIsraelGreekRejectedSiteGood LuckGreek Culture Author:Freeman Dyson
“When I started 70 odd years ago I was told that to be a success you've got to have talent, personality and luck. I've had 99.9 percent luck and the other miniscule percentage would be having had the luck to have a little bit of talent, being able to stand upright and that's it. It's all luck.” YearsLittlesWould BeAbleBitsTalentPersonalityLittle BitPercentYears AgoLuckOddPercentages Author:Roger Moore
“Used to think that luck wuz luck and nuthin' else but luck-- It made no diff'rence how or when or where or why it struck; But sev'ral years ago I changt my mind, an' now proclaim That luck's a kind uv science--same as any other game.” ThinkingYearsMindKindMadeUsedGamesYears AgoLuck Book:Songs and Other Verse Source: Songs and Other Verse
“About thirty years ago, Miss Maria Ward of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet's lady, with all the comforts and consequences of an handsome house and large income.” YearsBookHouseMissingComfortThousandConsequenceYears AgoLuckRaisedSevenIncomeThirtyParksPoundsHandsomeGood LuckCountyThirty YearsMansfield Park Book:Mansfield Park Volume I [Easyread Comfort Edition] Source: Mansfield Park Volume I [Easyread Comfort Edition]
“There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck... I was having a hard time a couple of years ago... I'm a good driver, I just had bad luck.” YearsHardCoupleYears AgoLuckAccidentsHard TimesDriversBad LuckBoozeHaving A Hard Time Author:Billy Joel
“I tell [medical students] that they are the luckiest persons on earth to be in medical school, and to forget all this worry about H.M.O.'s and keep your eye on helping the patient. It's the best time ever to be a doctor because you can heal and treat conditions that were untreatable even a couple of years ago.” YearsPersonsHelpingEyeSchoolEarthScienceForgetWorryConditionsStudentsCoupleYears AgoDoctorsTreatsLuckPatientMedicalHealBest TimesMedical School Author:Joseph Murray