I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments.
Edmond H. Fischer

I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was with me.
Gene Tierney

I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've got to have a measure of good luck, you really have, being in the right place at the right time.
Patrick Stewart

I wear my Peggy Fleming T-shirt when I go to sleep every night before I compete, and for the past four years, it's brought me incredible good luck.
Sarah Hughes

I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck.
Arthur Golden

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
Thomas Jefferson

I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm so lucky, though my mum always says, "You make your own luck."
Orlando Bloom

I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage.
Halle Berry

I'm lucky. Hard work is the key, but luck plays a part.
Neil Diamond

I'm not a big believer in a thing called luck. I believe it has a lot to do with fate and just really having a vision of the way you would see your life.
Marla Maples

I'm really proud of Blair Witch Project as a film, but as far as the cultural phenomenon of it - that was just weird luck.
Joshua Leonard

I've always thought of myself as being extremely lucky. The idea is to keep that luck going. Headlining the Stanley was a real kick. I think it's the type of thing I could get used to.
Donnie Iris

I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Brian Tracy

I've had a little bad, bad media luck the new year. Well, apparently I'm dating bill Clinton, which makes me nervous. I didn't know, though.
Julie Bowen

I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't.
Patrick Murray

I've had the odd good luck of starting slowly and building gradually, something few writers are allowed anymore. As a result I've seen each of my books called the breakthrough. And each was, in its way.
Jonathan Lethem

If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you're truly blessed. I think that's where we are now.
Edie Brickell

If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck. You have to have two out of the three. Any two will probably do.
Fred Saberhagen

If you can't think of what to write, tough luck; write anyway. If you can think of lots more when you've finished the three pages, don't write it; it'll be that much easier to get going next day.
Philip Pullman

If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say that I doubt it; where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead.
Luis Bunuel