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
When you don't have crazy ambitions, you're always happy just kind of getting by. Our expectations were always kept low. And so… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
I am certain that there are two things in life which are dependable: the delights of the flesh and the delights of… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
“But try to remember that loss is an incredible stroke of luck. Yes, luck. For loss carries with it two truths: that… — Camille Pagán Copy Share Image
“Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune. Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing, Done with indoor… — The American Poetry & Literacy Project Copy Share Image
...great difficulties are felt at first and these cannot be overcome except by starting from experiments .. and then be conceiving certain… — Christiaan Huygens Copy Share Image
All alike, you men. You only want the satisfaction of being through with us first, that's all. So far I've had the… — Greta Garbo Copy Share Image
“. . . What a pleasant life could be had in this world by a handsome, sensible old lady of good fortune,… — Stella Gibbons Copy Share Image
My life has been so fortunate. I have had most extraordinary good fortune in my life. I sort of put it into… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
“good things that we have in life are on temporary loan, at best, and can be taken away from us in an… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
I believe in those whom I love and trust. All else is foolishness. This god is as empty as his church. His… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
I have never dreamt of contesting the Church her right to remain faithful to herself, meaning to the commandments that come from… — Indro Montanelli Copy Share Image
We acquire the love of people who, being in our proximity, are presumed to know us; and we receive reputation or celebrity,… — George Augustus Henry Sala Copy Share Image
Fortunes are made, if I the facts may state-- Though poor myself, I know the fortunate: First, there's a knowledge of the… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
Having had the good fortune to serve beside her on both courts, I can attest that her opinions are always thoroughly considered,… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
“Man is at the mercy of events. Life is a perpetual succession of events, and we must submit to it. We never… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about… — Karen Kain Copy Share Image
I never, ever would have imagined the kind of career I've had. It just wouldn't have occurred to me that anything like… — Edith Widder Copy Share Image
Envy is a mistake that just keeps on giving. Obviously we suffer a little when some misfortune befalls us, but envy requires… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
“But fortunate means that a man has assigned to himself a good fortune: and a good fortune is good disposition of the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Power has not corrupted me. I have not become jaded. I wake up every day well aware of my good fortune, loving… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency steal it. This… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that I've had some lovely, surprisingly good fortune with readers, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
God has to let you be there, and then you just have to have good fortune for whatever reason. I'm enjoying every… — Randy Owen Copy Share Image
“My astrologer predicted a year of successful enterprise and good fortune. So what went wrong? Had there been some ghastly beaureaucratic astral… — Tyne O'Connell Copy Share Image
Let every man in mankind's frailtyConsider his last day; and let nonePresume on his good fortune until he findLife, at his death,… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
We must take care to live not merely a long life, but a full one; for living a long life requires only… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Man is a rational animal – so at least I have been told. Throughout a long life, I have looked diligently for… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Nothing can prepare you for the all-consuming nature of motherhood, and I am very aware of my good fortune, as I spent… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
It's sometimes unnerving to think of that, and I wish it were possible for all children in the world to have the… — James MacArthur Copy Share Image
I am the same person as always and I have the good fortune to play in a great team. It was an… — Lionel Messi Copy Share Image
“We have all received our share of good fortune, so that's my definition of much. A single blessing is all the bounty… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I had the good fortune to have Joyce Carol Oates as my writing teacher. She told me… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
“I don't trust good fortune that comes so easily. There is always a price to be paid, Frannie. Always." He gave her… — Lorraine Heath Copy Share Image
“Always having what we want may not be the best good fortune Health seems sweetest after sickness, food in hunger, goodness in… — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
You have a little bit of talent, a certain amount of good fortune and a lot of hard work in pursuit of… — Donald Sutherland Copy Share Image
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure… — Euripides Copy Share Image
I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honor and empire. My ancestors yielded… — Hannibal Copy Share Image
