"Luck into" Quotes from Famous Books
... think of a case in which his own design—about which he should know more than any other, and from which, indeed, all his ideas of design are derived—was so complete that there was no chance in any part of it? Who, again, can bring forward a case even of the purest chance or good luck into which no element of design had entered directly or indirectly at any juncture? This, nevertheless, does not involve our being unable ever to ascribe a result baldly either to luck or cunning. In some cases a decided preponderance of the action, whether seen as ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Luck or Cunning? • Samuel Butler
... one, only one, if you please!" said the child, clasping his little thin hands under the big loaf. "They say that crickets bring good luck into houses; and perhaps if we had one at home, mother, who has so much trouble, wouldn't cry ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Ontario Readers - Third Book • Ontario Ministry of Education |