No matter the barbs of fate that frustrate you, no matter how stacked against you the cards of fortune. . . .… — Uell Stanley Andersen Copy Share Image
Those lucky enough to qualify as "intellectuals" have their own special responsibilities, deriving from their good fortune. Among these is the task… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“AIDAN: The concept of fortune is nonsensical, but Kady is insisting I wish you both good luck anyway. AIDAN: So good luck,… — Amie Kaufman Copy Share Image
France, freed from that monster, Bonaparte, must again become the most agreeable country on earth. It would be the second choice of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The amount of poverty and suffering required for a Rockefeller to emerge, and the amount of depravity entailed in the accumulation of… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
I've been a regular customer at CVS Pharmacy, the country's second-largest drugstore chain, for 20 years. I've spent a small fortune there… — Walt Mossberg Copy Share Image
It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A… — Adam Baldwin Copy Share Image
“Fortune does us neither good nor hurt; she only presents us the matter and the seed, which our soul, more powerful than… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The Gauls were endowed with all the advantages of art and nature; but as they wanted courage to defend them, they were… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I'd sort of acquired somewhat more mature perspective on what my career is and I don't...not anymore...consider fame and fortune my career.… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
I've had the good fortune of having a long and varied career. Looking back, some might think things have been plain sailing… — Vera Lynn Copy Share Image
Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of… — Anzia Yezierska Copy Share Image
The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must… — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
The most beautiful fate, the most wonderful good fortune that can happen to any human being, is to be paid for doing… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
The heavens do not send good haps in handfuls; but let us pick out our good by little, and with care, from… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
Private fortunes, in the present state of our circulation, are at the mercy of those self-created money lenders, and are prostrated by… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
No radiant pearl which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's ears, Not the bright stars which Night's blue… — Erasmus Darwin Copy Share Image
I had the great good fortune to have Chuck Jones as a mentor and one of my first questions to him, was… — Rob Minkoff Copy Share Image
When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
All this [Paul's writing] is nothing better than the jargon of a conjurer who picks up phrases he does not understand to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Scratch any fortune and you'll find blood only a generation or two back...child labor in mines or mills...Slavery. Drugs. Stock swindles. Wasting… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendships, even lie, cheat, and steal,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This one sits shivering in Fortune's smile, taking his joy with bated, doubtful breath. This other, gnawed by hunger, all the while… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
“They do everything in their power to make fortune favor them in this life, but nevertheless they think so little of it,… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding; better those who push forward, who… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
“...good fortune is not only good fortune, and over the years things happened in that family that caused some terrible regret. Still,… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The greatest good fortune of my return to Cambridge in 1946 was that there, in the spring, I met Elizabeth Fay Ringo.… — James Tobin Copy Share Image
Cast away care, he that loves sorrow Lengthens not a day, nor can buy tomorrow; Money is trash, and he that will… — Thomas Dekker Copy Share Image
I've had the good fortune of teaching and preaching across much of the globe, while also struggling to make sense of my… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Health is the working man's fortune, and he ought to watch over it more than the capitalist over his largest investments. Health… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
People tend to believe that good fortune consists of equal parts talent, hard work, and sheer luck. It's hard to deny the… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, among sensible persons, it would seem that a rich man deems that friend a sincere one who does not want… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Can wealth give happiness? look around and see, what gay distress! what splendid misery! Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour, the mind annihilates… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
Receive, dear friend, the truths I teach, So shalt thou live beyond the reach Of adverse Fortune's pow'r; Not always tempt the… — Horace Copy Share Image
Good fortune opens the hand as well as the heart wonderfully; and to give somewhat when we have largely received, but to… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Over many generations, fortunes in the business world were made through buying and selling products in physical stores. Internet fortunes have been… — Marc Ostrofsky Copy Share Image
Seeking those elusive individuals is like mining for rare gems. It will take hard work, patience, and a persistent attitude. To find… — Chris Murray Copy Share Image
![“Those lucky enough to qualify as "intellectuals" have their own special responsibilities, deriving from their good fortune. Among these is the task that [Edward] Said describes, surely an important one.” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/220/noam-chomsky-42_enough_those-lucky-enough-to-qualify-as-intelle_2561405.jpg)
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