I never had a job. I bought my first house within a year of getting out of school, and I built a… — Richard MacDonald Copy Share Image
I had the fortune to spend some time, mostly during the summers, with Jackie Kennedy's and her sister Lee Radziwill's families and… — Jonas Mekas Copy Share Image
To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend and lift… — Proverb Copy Share Image
All gambling is the telling of a fortune, but of a monstrously depleted fortune, empty of everything save one numerical circumstance, shorn… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
After 'Born to Run,' I had a reaction to my good fortune. With success, it felt like a lot of people who'd… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Middle class people, the bourgeoisie, they are also feeling frightened at the moment. Some fear losing their fortunes; some go bankrupt; some… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
I sold my soul to the devil. I'm going to hell. I'm headed to hell. I want the money, the women, the… — Eminem Copy Share Image
We do things on an exchange basis in the music business - it keeps the wheels turning. That's how I can get… — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
When I came into television, the serials were all women-centric, while the men had to stand around like furniture. I wasn't willing… — Ashish Sharma Copy Share Image
I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can't make any money.… — Jimmy Dean Copy Share Image
In omni adversitate fortunæ, infelicissimum genus est infortunii fuisse felicem In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most… — Boethius Copy Share Image
I have had the good fortune of being able to sing with many of the finest voices in the world, and for… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where the skies, the disasters, the diamonds, the… — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
First of all, for me the secret is in the ingredients. You don't need to start spending fortunes on organic foods and… — Gordon Ramsay Copy Share Image
When Philip had news brought him of divers and eminent successes in one day, "O Fortune!" said he, "for all these so… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I never really got into game shows. The easiest one is 'Wheel Of Fortune' because you just have to know words, and… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I walked away exhilarated by my success, because there's nothing like making a difference in someone's life, even if that difference is… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
I feel happy that twenty-five years of vicissitudes in my fortune, and firmness in my principles, warrant me in repeating here that… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught… — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
Birds sing in vain to the ear, flowers bloom in vain to the eye, of mortified vanity and galled ambition. He who… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
There are people who want me to do a cologne. They want to call it 'Patrick.' I was offered a fortune to… — Patrick Swayze Copy Share Image
I've had the fortune of meeting most of the 'Kids in the Hall.' One meeting was special in particular because this was… — Thomas Middleditch Copy Share Image
Though I may not be able to leave my children a fortune when I die...may I leave them a legacy of truth,… — Kevin Messick Copy Share Image
There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it; the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
People should remain unaffected by what others may say. A true man is one who overcomes the ups and downs of life… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Our condition as men is risky and ticklish enough. One can not be sure of himself and his fortune an hour, but… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Some say ravens point travelers in the right direction, some say a single raven is a sight of good fortune to come,… — Lucas Scott Copy Share Image
What drives intellectuals and professors crazy is somebody with a high school diploma who made a fortune in business. They agree with… — James Cook Copy Share Image
Writers are always envious, mean-minded, filled with rage and envyat other's good fortune. There is nothing like the failure of a close… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
Must, bid the Morn awake! Sad Winter now declines, Each bird doth choose a mate; This day's Saint Valentine's. For that good… — Michael Drayton Copy Share Image
You are the makers of your own fortunes. You make yourselves suffer, you make good and evil, and it is you who… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The changes in the human condition are uncertain and frequent. Many, on whom fortune has bestowed her favours, may trace their family… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
A man passes for that he is worth. What he is engraves itself on his face, on his form, on his fortunes,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Ordinary fortune-tellers tell you what you want to happen; witches tell you what’s going to happen whether you want it to or… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The secret of fortune is joy in our hands. Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Blessed with fortune is the only way to describe my life. It’s like a big jigsaw puzzle, and I’m constantly looking for… — Ron McElroy Copy Share Image
Moderation is represented as a virtue in order to restrain the ambition of great men, and to console those of a meaner… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Allow me, whom Fortune always desires to bury, lay down my life in these final trivialities. Many have freely died in longlasting… — Propertius Copy Share Image
My back is full of metal; so are my hands and legs. I'll have to decide who will get all that in… — Guy Martin Copy Share Image
