Keyword: Luck (Page 2)

A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents' luck.

Golf Situations Sports

I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Law Things

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.

(1902 – 1983) Australian novelist & short-story writer
Education Success

My luck is getting worse and worse.. last night, for instance, I was mugged by a Quaker.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
Conflict Crime

It's bad luck to be superstitious.

Situations

We haven't had the rub of the dice.

English football player & manager
Misspokements Sports

When you need to knock on wood is when you realize that the world is composed of vinyl, naugahyde and aluminum.

Murphy’s Laws

Man blames fate for other accidents but feels personally responsible for a hole-in-one.

Golf Situations Sports

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor
Characteristics Death People Self

I used to carry a rabbit’s foot for luck… then it was a monkey’s paw.. now it’s a camel’s toe.

(1978 – ) American actress, writer & comedian
Miscellaneous

Luck: An explanation for the other fellows’ success.

Definitions

You've got to think lucky; if you fall into a mud hole, check your back pocket – you might have caught a fish.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach
Football Situations Sports

Even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then.

Miscellaneous

Never bet on a loser because you think his luck is bound to change.

Murphy’s Laws

I get enough exercise just pushing my luck.

Activities Characteristics Exercise

The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor
Characteristics Government Honesty Politicians

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(1885 – 1962) Danish physicist
Situations

My only feeling about superstition is that it’s unlucky to be behind at the end of the game.

(1915 – 1987) American football player and coach
Sports

Horses have four bits of lucky nailed to their feet; they should be the luckiest animals in the world.

(1962 – ) English stand-up comedian & actor
Animals

If he fell into a pile of horse shit, he’d start looking for a pony.

Characteristics Expressions

Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.

(1859 – 1927) English writer
Death