Quotes with fortunate

  • At Sir-Tech I went through the ranks, almost like an apprenticeship. I was very fortunate. The industry was smaller then, and I was able to work alongside some amazing game designers.
  • American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot.
  • Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.
  • Well, I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.
  • It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
  • All love is sweet, Given or returned. Common as light is love, And its familiar voice wearies not ever. They who inspire is most are fortunate, As I am now: but those who feel it most Are happier still.
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  • Bertrand Russell Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Aeschylus Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Plutarch Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Adolf Hitler How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think.
    Adolf Hitler
    German politician (1889 - 1945)
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  • Carl Lewis 'm so fortunate to have done what I love to do for so long, but the day I retired was one of the best days of my life. Not because I was happy to get away from the sport, but because it was clear in my mind that I had done all I possibly could, and that it was time to go.
    Carl Lewis
    American athlete (1961 - )
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  • Percy Bysshe Shelley All love is sweet, Given or returned. Common as light is love, And its familiar voice wearies not ever. They who inspire is most are fortunate, As I am now: but those who feel it most Are happier still.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    English poet (1792 - 1822)
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  • Norman Mailer America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredibly stupid and smug White Protestants who live in the center, in the serene eye of the big wind.
    Norman Mailer
    American writer (1923 - 2007)
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  • Bryan Burrough American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot.
    Bryan Burrough
    American author and correspondent (1961 - )
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  • Birch Bayh And Title IX coming along there. I don't think Evan would have done any different than I did. I was fortunate to be there at a time when that was right.
    Birch Bayh
    American politician (1928 - 2019)
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  • Brenda Brathwaite At Sir-Tech I went through the ranks, almost like an apprenticeship. I was very fortunate. The industry was smaller then, and I was able to work alongside some amazing game designers.
    Brenda Brathwaite
    American game designer
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  • Bryan Cogman Coming out of Juilliard, I had a big head, and a lot of people wouldn't want to be an assistant. But I am so fortunate, and I've learned a ton.
    Bryan Cogman
    American writer and producer (1979 - )
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  • Baltasar Gracian Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.
    The Art of Worldly Wisdom
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • William James Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. which give happiness. Thomas Jefferson We never enjoy perfect happiness; our most fortunate successes are mingled with sadness; some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satisfaction.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Bernard Cornwell I'm fortunate that the books sell, but even more fortunate to live in Chatham, to be very happily married and to have, on the whole, a fairly clear conscience.
    Bernard Cornwell
    British author of historical novels (1944 - )
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  • Barbara Windsor I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.
    Barbara Windsor
    English actress (1937 - )
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  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.
    The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans (1908)
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    British author (1859 - 1930)
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  • Charles Dudley Warner It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.
    Charles Dudley Warner
    American writer (1829 - 1900)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Louis de Bernieres Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.
    Kapitein Corelli's mandoline (1994)
    Louis de Bernieres
    British novelist (1954 - )
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  • Alfred Hitchcock Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.
    Alfred Hitchcock
    English moviedirector (1899 - 1980)
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