Homage to plain dumb luck.
Cricket is a game of the most terrifying stresses with more luck about it than any other game I know. They call it a team game, but in fact it is the loneliest game of all.
The deil cam fiddlin thro'the town, And danc'd awa wi' th' Exciseman; And ilka wife cries, auld Mahoun, I wish you luck o'the prize, man!
Just don't get too complicated Eddie.When a guy gets too complicated he's unhappy. And when he's unhappyhis luck runs out.
I have never accepted what many people have kindly saidthat I inspired the nation. It was the nation and the race living around theglobe that had the lion heart.I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.
This island rock in space turns flowering endlessly To peaks of cloud still mounting where you took Your last high passage and your faltering luck.
Whena manisdownonhisluck heseemsto consumeall he can get of coffee and doughnuts.
Watch out w'en you'er gittin all you want. Fattenin' hogs ain't in luck.
He was just a coward and that was the worst luck any man could have.
But Oedipus he had the luck For when he hit the ground He bounced up like a jackinabox And knocked his Daddy down.
Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
There issuch a thing as luck.There issuch a thing as a run of luck. This is an instructive insight I have gained from pokerthat all things have a rhythm, even the most seemingly inanimate of statistics.
The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.
Why is it no one ever sent me yet One perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it's always just my luck to get One perfect rose.
Wish me luck, as you wave me goodbye Cheerio, here I go, on my way.
Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat dangerous Dan McGrew, And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou.
The only thing you have to worry about is bad luck. I never had bad luck.
John Bull has gone to India And all must pay him heed For histories are there to prove That none of another breed Has had a like inheritance, Or sucked such milk as he, And there's no luck about a house If it lacks honesty. The ghost of Roger Casement Is beating on the door.
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