“In war, luck is half in everything.”
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“In war, luck is half in everything.”
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“I guess the kid had everything but the luck.”
Aristotle Onassis (1906–1975) Greek shipping magnate
Quoted in Peter Evans, Ari: Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis, (1978) (p. 217 in the 1986 Summit Books edition)
About Bobby Kennedy's death
“Just my luck, on top of everything else I had to take baboon medicine.”
Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid
Source: The Red Pyramid
Jean Chrétien (1934) 20th Prime Minister of Canada
Source: Straight From The Heart (1985), Chapter Four, The Politics Of Business, p. 91
Context: I learned early that business is business and politics is politics. The proof is how few important businessmen have made good politicians. They may think that they are very smart about everything because they made millions of dollars by digging a hole in the ground and finding oil, but the talent and luck needed to become rich are not the same talent and luck needed to succeed on Parliament Hill.
Joan Lowery Nixon (1927–2003) American children's writer and journalist
Source: In The Face of Danger
Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“What luck I had to meet Morell. He has saved my life.”
Theodor Morell (1886–1948) Personal physician to Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler.
“Luck? Good luck? GM, the last time I checked, luck is for losers.”
Phil Brooks (1978) American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
Extreme Championship Wrestling. September 4, 2007.
To Armando Estrada when he wished CM Punk good luck in his "Last Chance" match with John Morrison.
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Fyodor Dostoyevsky book Notes from Underground
Part 2, Chapter 6 (page 86)
Notes from Underground (1864)
“Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination.”
Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986) English novelist