The humblest observer who goes to the mines sees and says that gold-digging is of the character of a lottery; the gold… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
No, no, it's not all random, if it really was all random, the universe would abandon us completely. and the universe doesn't.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we conducted focus group interviews in the first municipality in Brazil before initiating the pilot project, a woman commented: Getting an… — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
You've won the evolutionary lottery: You're a vampire. Let's go to Disneyland! — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Being hungover is like winning the lottery, only they pay you in regret. — Ryan North Copy Share Image
Professionally, I feel like I won the lottery and I am the luckiest person in the entire world. — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
Getting a role in 'Harry Potter' was like winning the lottery. But no one deserves an acting job. — Jessie Cave Copy Share Image
This is a robbery, boy, gimme them dollars. We hit the lottery, boy, it's in ya wallets! — RZA Copy Share Image
“People who buy lottery tickets are not people who are going to send their kids to college.” — Kathy B. Steele Copy Share Image
The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a perfectly fair lottery. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'? — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Heres something to think about: How come you never see a headline like Psychic Wins Lottery? — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
“Uzima wa milele si mchezo wa kubahatisha! Kila mtu atalipwa kulingana na matendo yake, mema au mabaya, na huo uzima wa milele… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
Who doubting tyranny, and fainting under Fortune's false lottery, desperately run To death, for dread of death; that soul's most stout, That,… — Francis Beaumont Copy Share Image
I have won this lottery. It's a gigantic lottery, and it's called Amazon.com. And I'm using my lottery winnings to push us… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I don't like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of… — Bear Grylls Copy Share Image
I'm still in the Dixie Chicks; we haven't broken up... I love the Dixie Chicks; it's the most fun I've ever had… — Natalie Maines Copy Share Image
They say getting a show on the air and having it be a success, literally, the odds are like winning the lottery.… — Annie Potts Copy Share Image
The universe will throw somebody a bone every now and then, and you win the lottery. But for the most part, you… — Arian Foster Copy Share Image
Most charter schools admit students by random lottery, making it impossible for them to pick only the best. — Rachel Campos-Duffy Copy Share Image
It is commonly observed that a sudden wealth, like a prize drawn in a lottery or a large bequest to a poor… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think I do regret leaving Kentucky because I took over a team with 15 wins banking everything on the Tim Duncan… — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
There are, it is true, at present no great prizes in literature such as are offered by the learned professions, but there… — James Payn Copy Share Image
It is a very curious thing about superstition. One would expect that the man who had once seen his morbid dreams were… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
If we find it hard to believe that winning millions might not be so lucky after all, we just don't have a… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
For people who don't know, the fundraiser works like this: people donate to Worldbuilders and they're automatically entered to win geeky swag… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Like the rest of the genetic lottery, beauty is unfair. Everyone falls short of perfection, but some are luckier than others. Real… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
I always hate people that complain about showbiz after they've had a good run. To me there are so many great bands… — Miles Zuniga Copy Share Image
“Find what you love to do, what you're good at and passionate about and then dedicate your entire life to working hard… — Amy Mowafi Copy Share Image
The real way I became a model is I won a genetic lottery, and I became the recipient of a legacy. — Cameron Russell Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you feel like you've sold your soul. But if I win the lottery, I'm going to buy it back. — Mark Addy Copy Share Image
Being an actor is like winning the lottery. It's not really about your talent, it's right time, right place, right face. — Vincent Kartheiser Copy Share Image
Like every poor person, I used to dream about winning the lottery. I didn't just get money, though. I got fame. And… — Amber Rose Copy Share Image
Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“You know you are capitalism’s ideal puppet (and that education betrayed you) when winning the lottery is your only chance to realizing… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
As late as my junior year, I was taking Italian at Duke because I thought I was going to have to go… — J. J. Redick Copy Share Image
I've always said that it's like being the winner of three separate lottery tickets - getting a pilot, getting the pilot picked… — Rick Hoffman Copy Share Image
