We came by night to the Fortunate Isles, And lay like fish Under the net of our kisses. Votes: 3
Pablo NerudaWe never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. Votes: 2
Pierre CorneilleI'm very fortunate that I have a wonderful family around me and loved ones. Votes: 2
Melissa EtheridgeNothing is so fortunate for mankind as its diversity of opinion ... Votes: 0
Letitia Elizabeth LandonMany exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate. Votes: 0
HerodotusI've been very fortunate to go from interesting chapter to interesting chapter. Votes: 0
Neil Patrick HarrisWe are never either so fortunate or so misfortunate as we imagine. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldOur principal writers have nearly all been fortunate in escaping regular education. Votes: 0
Hugh MacDiarmidI've been very fortunate that I've worked since I left drama school in 1976. Votes: 0
Pierce BrosnanHumanity is fortunate, because no man is unhappy except by his own fault. Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerI sometimes feel like I need to pinch myself. I feel extremely fortunate. Votes: 0
John Britt DanielI am fortunate to have been well paid for an almost pathological honesty. Votes: 0
Elizabeth WurtzelEnvy is but the smoke of low estate, Ascending still against the fortunate. Votes: 0
Sir Fulke GrevilleMaydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they are commonly fortunate. Votes: 0
John LylyI've been fortunate with the changeup. I've been able to throw it for strikes. Votes: 0
Roy HalladayI'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf. Votes: 0
Ian MckellenA person improvising is sometimes very fortunate that just at that second things coincide. Votes: 0
Leo OrnsteinI am the most fortunate self-taught harpist and non-speaking actor who has ever lived. Votes: 0
Harpo MarxAmerica is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations. Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteThe man who is always fortunate cannot easily have a great reverence for virtue. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroI'm fortunate because people can't put a label on me, which I embrace wholeheartedly. Votes: 0
Anthony HeadChemotherapy isn't easy. I felt very fortunate I wouldn't have to go through that. Votes: 0
Jaclyn SmithI was fortunate to find an extraordinary mathematics and applied mathematics program in Toronto. Votes: 0
Walter KohnI love television. Television is a great medium; I'm fortunate enough to direct amazing television. Votes: 0
Michelle MacLarenWhile earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate. Votes: 0
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.I've been fortunate. I've had no residual effects whatsoever. I got out just in time. Votes: 0
Pat LaFontaineI love reading. I'm fortunate enough to have signed books by Faulkner, Steinbeck, Thomas Pynchon. Votes: 0
John LarroquetteYou are incredibly fortunate whatever success falls on you, which is what happened with me, Votes: 0
James Van Der BeekSometimes you're quite fortunate, being on the stage, getting to meet people like Salvador Dali. Votes: 0
Bryan FerryVery few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress. Votes: 0
John George NicolayWhen something good comes your way, you better feel fortunate, because it doesn't last forever. Votes: 0
Dave GrohlIt is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them Votes: 0
Paul ClaudelIt is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them. Votes: 0
Paul ClaudelIt is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.] Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI feel very fortunate to be compared to somebody so incredible. Michael Jackson's an icon. Votes: 0
Justin TimberlakeI feel very fortunate to have been a part of many successful contemporary horror franchises. Votes: 0
Corey FeldmanI'm really fortunate. I grew up in a wonderful household with great Irish Catholic parents. Votes: 0
Tim KaineI've been very fortunate in my art career. It's something I would never have expected. Votes: 0
Marcel DzamaI've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had. Votes: 0
Travis TrittDeath is fortunate for the child, bitter to the youth, too late to the old. Votes: 0
Publilius SyrusI consider myself to be very fortunate in my career, my timing has worked out. Votes: 0
Duane G. CareyI have been so fortunate and I really am appreciative of the success I've had. Votes: 0
George KennedyI've been very fortunate with the scripts I've had and the people I worked with. Votes: 0
Clive Owen[I'm] very fortunate and blessed person who still has a lot of living to do. Votes: 0
Condoleezza RiceI was so fortunate to sing and work with so many amazing performers and artists. Votes: 0
Rayvon OwenMan may his fate foresee, but not prevent. 'Tis better to be fortunate than wise. Votes: 0
John WebsterWe have very smart players and they've been fortunate to play for three very good coaches. Votes: 0
Joe DumarsI'm not ashamed of selling millions of records. I'm very fortunate to be in that position. Votes: 0
Chris DaughtryI have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins. Votes: 0
Suzy BoggussSitting with the poor and less fortunate people removes the ego and pride from your heart. Votes: 0
Ibn Qayyim Al-JawziyyaI was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men. Votes: 0
Gene TierneyI feel very fortunate to go surrounded by love. I'm proud of the life I lived. Votes: 0
Brittany MaynardI've obviously been born fortunate. I love people. I enjoy every single minute of my life. Votes: 0
Richard BransonThe most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries. Votes: 0
Marquis de SadeThe moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldI've been fortunate enough to do pretty well in playoffs. I feel pretty comfortable in them. Votes: 0
Sergio GarciaI've been very fortunate to dodge a nickname throughout my entire career. I've never had one. Votes: 0
Jimmie JohnsonI have an amazing and supportive family. I'm fortunate to have a close relationship with everyone. Votes: 0
Jonathan KeltzPeople who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy. Votes: 0
John Kenneth GalbraithI feel very fortunate to have been sort of a tiny instigator, using technology for good. Votes: 0
Rebecca MooreAt Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory! Votes: 0
Alexander the GreatI've been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around. Votes: 0
Samuel L. JacksonBalance and good fortune can only come to a person who is balanced and feels fortunate. Votes: 0
Stuart WildeNo one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate, that's the way the world is. Votes: 0
Chaim PotokI'm really fortunate. I'm really happy, and I'm really really lucky to be where I am. Votes: 0
Mariah CareyI've been fortunate - I haven't had too many auditions. I slept with the right people. Votes: 0
Pamela AndersonThey who see only what they wish to see in those around them are very fortunate. Votes: 0
Marie BashkirtseffThe piano is like an orchestra - I'm very fortunate that I chose it as my instrument. Votes: 0
McCoy TynerI am fortunate to have the resources to have many methods to do each of my illusions. Votes: 0
David CopperfieldOver the years, I have been fortunate to get to play a lot of really kick-ass girls. Votes: 0
Summer GlauI was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am. Votes: 0
Peter DinklageWe were very fortunate, because we had so many hits, so we'd be singing out all hits. Votes: 0
Patty AndrewsThe fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing. Votes: 0
Oliver GoldsmithI consider myself fortunate that I've been able to find a character that people have responded to. Votes: 0
Dennis FranzWe all have a responsibility in life to do what we can to help those less fortunate. Votes: 0
Roger MooreYou are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped. Votes: 0
Melinda GatesI love a beautiful gown on stage, and luckily I've been fortunate to wear some amazing dresses. Votes: 0
Leona LewisHave but luck, and you will have the rest; be fortunate, and you will be thought great. Votes: 0
Victor HugoI am deeply grateful for the life I do have. In many ways, I am very fortunate. Votes: 0
Merrill MarkoePeople pay me for my thoughts and my dreams. I think in that sense I'm very fortunate. Votes: 0
Storm ThorgersonI count myself fortunate to be able to participate in the life of science in this era. Votes: 0
Polykarp KuschI consider myself to be a very fortunate person and to have led a very fortunate life. Votes: 0
Tom StoppardLove is the grandest thing on God's earth, but fortunate the lover who has plenty of money. Votes: 0
Russell ConwellI feel very fortunate that I was raised in a multicultural family, and it came through food. Votes: 0
Marcus SamuelssonWhat could be better than to hold your hand out to people less fortunate than you are? Votes: 0
Paul NewmanI'm incredibly fortunate and it's important to me to make sure that I give back where I can. Votes: 0
Andy MurrayI just feel that I'm compelled; that I have a responsibility to give back to those less fortunate. Votes: 0
Stewart RahrI'm fortunate that I've been an athlete, my whole life, and I work out like a crazy person. Votes: 0
Julie BenzI feel kind of fortunate that over the last 25 years I've been in almost every Disney/Pixar film. Votes: 0
Bob BergenI've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National. Votes: 0
Jack NicklausI don't consider my life to be boring at all. I consider my life to be massively fortunate. Votes: 0
Eve PlumbHomo sapiens [are] a tiny twig on an improbable branch of a contingent limb on a fortunate tree. Votes: 0
Stephen Jay GouldWe are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy. Votes: 0
Sidney AltmanThe true runner is a very fortunate person. He has found something in him that is just perfect. Votes: 0
George A. SheehanBadly off as the men...were in your day, they were more fortunate than their mothers and wives. Votes: 0
Edward BellamyYou have to fight for your dream, but you also have to feel fortunate for what you have. Votes: 0
Cesc FabregasI'm fortunate that I'm making a living at it now because I'm not equipped to do anything else. Votes: 0
Sonny RollinsWin or lose, I've been fortunate to be able to pitch deep enough into games to get decisions. Votes: 0
Dontrelle WillisI'm fortunate to know a lot of incredibly talented people, and they all want to be a penguin. Votes: 0
Bob SagetYes, we are fortunate because as a band we've always been on the up, always getting more successful. Votes: 0
Glenn TiptonWhen I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded. Votes: 0
Helmut JahnHow fortunate for leaders that men do not think (also, What luck for rulers that men do not think). Votes: 0
Adolf HitlerI feel so fortunate and grateful to be a survivor of breast cancer. I see it as a gift. Votes: 0
Olivia Newton-JohnI feel fortunate about being able to make the music I want to make and getting away with it Votes: 0
Duncan SheikA man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him. Votes: 0
Brendan BehanI was very fortunate to have had a mother and father who loved me in spite of my failings. Votes: 0
George W. BushEvery year of my working life, I have been fortunate enough to earn more money than I have spent. Votes: 0
Giles AndreaeWe're super fortunate in Pearl Jam to have such loyal fans...who really want to come & see us play. Votes: 0
Stone GossardI'm very lucky. I'm very fortunate that my books have never gone out of print - none of them Votes: 0
Paula DanzigerI feel fortunate as a woman to have a husband who loves me and shows me in every way. Votes: 0
Michelle ObamaI was really fortunate that I went to a high school where we actually had a film theory program. Votes: 0
David BrooksI feel as though I've been very fortunate in my career, which is not all that long, so far. Votes: 0
Matt LauriaSome of us are fortunate enough to have known what we wanted to be since the day we were born. Votes: 0
Robert CheekeFor a man to know what he has when he had it, that is what makes him a fortunate man. Votes: 0
Ann PatchettI'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate. Votes: 0
Vince McMahonI feel that I've been very fortunate in the films that I have gotten and that I've chosen to do. Votes: 0
Heather MatarazzoI feel so fortunate and lucky I don't have to be a waitress or a bartender or a personal trainer. Votes: 0
Abbie CobbWe write. How fortunate we are: The world does not close in on us. The world does not grow smaller. Votes: 0
David GrossmanWhat a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this! Votes: 0
Roald DahlI am very fortunate having the job that I do and I want to do it for as long as possible. Votes: 0
Kevin PietersenThe most fortunate of men, Be he a king or commoner, is he Whose welfare is assured in his own home. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe