Fortune Quotes

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.

Plutarch

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Fortune is either with you or it's not.

Tom Araya

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I've had the pretty good fortune of working with some decent guys and gals.

Ryan Reynolds

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I watch 'Jeopardy!' every night and 'Wheel of Fortune' follows. And every time I'm like, 'Whoa, it's still on! This is still happening!'

Martha MacIsaac

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A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

Horace

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Fortune befriends the bold.

Emily Dickinson

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I couldn't lie to get myself fame and fortune.

Dave Pelzer

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I had the good fortune and the gift to be one of the 12 men to walk on the moon.

Alan Bean

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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

Samuel Johnson

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Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

Isaac D'Israeli

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The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

Benjamin Franklin

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When I was young, it wasn't about the money, it wasn't about the fame and fortune, it was about playing football.

Victor Cruz

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Fortune and love favor the brave.

Ovid

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Don't be surprised at Fortune's turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before.

Hafez

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The whole fame and fortune thing is addictive.

Jimmy Nail

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Nobody wants campaign finance reform more than me. It would save me a fortune.

Andrew Tobias

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I don't want to get married, and I don't want to work after I'm 30, so I must manage my fortune somehow in the next seven years.

Anna Held

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Since I became CEO, 87 percent of the companies in the Fortune 500 are off the list. What that says is that companies that don't reinvent themselves will be left behind. I also think that's true of people. And I think it's true of countries.

John T. Chambers

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Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.

Sophocles

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When I did 'Bremner, Bird and Fortune' I think it was accepted that comedians can contest the arguments just as well as journalists.

Rory Bremner

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I've spent my fortune, tarnished my public view and made myself the brunt of punch line after punch line.

Mindy McCready

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Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.

Livy

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Fortune favors the audacious.

Desiderius Erasmus

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