Talk:Luck

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There are too many quotes without any attributions. And for me, it is not clear their notability as quote. How do you think to remove those anonymous quotes? --Aphaia 20:35, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Removed. --Aphaia 10:41, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Merge from fortune

As tagged, I think it better to merge fortune it into luck.

• Fortune is originally a Latin word meaning luck, and in my understanding quotes now listed on that article seem to refer to this notion. The English Wikipedia w:Fortune is a disambiguation, and the notion that article covers seems to be described under the name of w:luck.

So how about merging that article into this, luck? How do you think, folks? --Aphaia 10:46, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Merged. --Aphaia 08:26, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Other?

Shouldn't there be more?

For example, there are quotes about the Master Chief from Halo, about how he's so lucky.

--Heero Kirashami 02:30, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Ships called enterprise

There's a Star Trek quote in here that I'm almost positive is wrong. The quote should be "fate protects fools, small children, and ships named Enterprise," not luck. --Mukkakukaku 14:54, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Unsourced

• The universe runs on a strict mathematical equation of cause and effect, luck is being the right number
  • David Belcher.

• Luck favors the prepared
  • Louis Pasteur.

• ...Do I feel lucky?
  • Dirty Harry.

• I have a lot of luck, it's just not always good luck.
  • Carter Terry.

• It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled by prudence.
  • John Dryden.

• It's smarter to be lucky than it's lucky to be smart.
  • King Charles in Pippin.

• Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
  • Alexander Pope.

• Luck be a lady tonight.
  • Guys and Dolls, as song of Sky Masterson.

• Luck favors the prepared, darling.
  • Edna Mode in The Incredibles, originally adapted from Louis Pasteur.

Luck 's no lady...luck is a bitch.

• • Anonymous. Toilet wall, Paddy Power bookmakers, High Street Harlesden, London 2012

• Luck... protects fools, small children and ships named Enterprise.
  • William Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

• Men live at the mercy of forces they cannot control. Belief in fortune and luck, good and evil, is one of the most widespread and persistent of human beliefs.
  • John Dewey.

• The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; and the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
  • Saadi.

• The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
  • Molière.

• The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
  • Plautus.

• I make my own luck.
  • Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight.

• I think Luck is what we describe as a chance that was beneficial to us.
  • FongHu Enterprise.

• My socks and shoes always match. Is it luck?
  • Les Claypool of Primus.