Fortune Quotes

1539 Fortune quotes by 990 unique authors

So, fortune cookies: invented by the Japanese, popularized by the Chinese, but ultimately consumed by Americans. They are more American than anything else. — Jennifer Lee
My grandfather was a faith healer and medium, and he always encouraged faith in the unseen. I believe in fortune tellers. — Luke Goss
Fiction that responds to recent world events is a hostage to fortune, because all momentous events look very different a year, two years, three years… — Mark Haddon
There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not animal; second, man and not woman;… — Thales
I came from nothing and achieved humungous fame and fortune. But I worked hard. I had discipline and determination. I had that ice in me. — Sugar Ray Leonard
To live as an artist requires hard work or some extraordinary good fortune to come your way. — William Boyd
Nigeria has had the misfortune - no, the fortune - of seeing the worst face of capitalism anywhere in Africa. The masses have seen it,… — Wole Soyinka
I come from a large family, but I was not raised with a fortune. Something more was left me, and that was family values. — Dikembe Mutombo
Fortune has played me a sad trick by letting me live on and on. — Belle Boyd
I always thought the point of life was something richer than that. Something full of great tragedy or comedy, reversal of fortune, ecstasy, that kind… — Jonathan Raymond
Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet. — Zig Ziglar
In Los Angeles, I had the good fortune of anchoring the news right before Johnny Carson came on, so to see him, the Hollywood stars… — Tom Brokaw
The opportunity to completely become someone else and inhabit them is something that has always fascinated me greatly as an actor. With a bit of… — Adhir Kalyan
See how fortune deludes us, and that which we put carefully into her hands, she either breaks or lets it fall from her hands, or… — Giordano Bruno
Beauty - what is beauty, forsooth? Form and color; that is, surface only. Fortune - what is fortune? Nothing is ever a pleasure or a… — Richard Jefferies
Sure, nobody will make a fortune if we figure out why the Big Bang happened. But just about everyone would like to know. — Seth Shostak
My movies make a profit, but obviously not a fortune. — Nicole Holofcener
People often ask me why I persisted in doing research on a subject that was so controversial. I frequently respond by telling them that only… — Stanley B. Prusiner
Every person - with his or her own skills, abilities and uniqueness - can contribute to others and bring great joy to those that fortune… — Shari Arison
The Manhattan district attorney has closed the well-publicized investigation of the handling of the $300 million fortune of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark - without charging… — Bill Dedman
In Montana, where Sen. William Andrews Clark made his fortune and lost his reputation, people had assumed that all his children were long dead. After… — Bill Dedman
During my many years in international business and public life, I have had the good fortune of sitting down for lunch with people with whom… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
My goal has always been longevity. Not fame and fortune, just get a job and keep it. — James Garner
Giving only 50% of your fortune is not enough. — Xavier Niel
Anyone with the right mix of parental paranoia and entrepreneurial moxie can make a fortune by selling parents the equipment we think will keep us… — Nancy Gibbs

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