“Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.”

“Nothing happens by chance, my friend… No such thing as luck.”

“There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.”

“the best people have the rottenest luck”

“I trust to luck and do nothing but work, hoping that all will end well.”

“The trouble is people leave too much to luck. They get married and then trust to luck. They should be sure in the first place.”

“Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work - and realizing what opportunity is and what isn’t.”

“There's nothing more boring than a rock'n'roll star, someone who has been on the road for 10 years, expecting attention wherever he goes, drinking himself stupid, who is obnoxious, incoherent, uncreative and has a massive ego. There's nothing more pointless.”

“In practice, a good deal of the outcomes produced by the market reflect nothing more than luck - good or bad.”

“The best luck always happens to people who don't need it.”