#luc

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#according #been #between #expect #get

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#being #comes #duty #fancy #good

Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#few #friends #his #indeed #life

Perhaps people, and kids especially, are spoiled today, because all the kids today have cars, it seems. When I was young you were lucky to have a bike. ↗

— James Cagney

#because #bike #cars #especially #i

I was very lucky, I was part of the post-war period when everything had to be redone. ↗

— Pierre Cardin

#had #i #lucky #part #period

I work hard and I will always work hard. But I feel very lucky with the way that it has all come together. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#come #feel #hard #i #i feel

Biologically, I'm lucky - an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera. ↗

— Robert Carlyle

#biologically #camera #dark #face #i

With the number of people I ignore, I'm lucky I work at all in this town. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#ignore #lucky #number #people #town

I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State. ↗

— Dana Carvey

#competition #francisco #got #i #lucky

I had no interest in being your basic vanilla girl. I've been lucky enough that I haven't had to play that. ↗

— Emma Caulfield

#been #being #enough #girl #had