Luck Quote by Susanna Clarke

Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest elevation by way of a joke.

— Juvenal

“Farmers aren't rich. They have land but no money." Actually, my father didn't even have that much land. He had once stood on the…

— Lorrie Moore

“I sat up a little taller in my seat. No way would any of my brothers bring home anyone that could top that.”

— Jamie McGuire

“Tall men are the most romantically successful group on earth, bar none: more successful than rich people, accomplished people and educated people.”

— Arianne Cohen

“Where’s my uncle?” she asked. “I don’t know who your uncle is, but if it as the guy who owned this place before I…

— Max Nowaz

I met a man of two feet tall. This man was quite ambitious.

— Nevershoutnever

“Somebody said that to become very rich you have to be helped by a combination of remarkable circumstances and an unbroken run of luck.”

— Ian Fleming

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

— Anonymous

It's really easy, once somebody passes away, for the tales about them to become taller, the good ones and the bad ones.

— Ashton Kutcher

“...Now did you ever hear of a young feller's having such hard luck, Mrs. Burden?" Grandma told him she was sure the Lord had…

— Willa Cather

“Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family.”

— J. S. Bryan

“I’m people wealthy. My grandchildren have grandchildren, some of whom are even older than me.”

— Jarod Kintz