Famous Quotes & Sayings

Well, I was fortunate enough to be able to self-fund to start, but I had no intention of self-funding forever, and so I needed a model that would be sustainable.

Sam Zell

We made fortunes off of leverage (before going public), and you're not going to make fortunes in the public market off of leverage.

Joe Girardi

Pokey obviously has the experience. But you look at Hanley and Robert -- two up-and-coming shortstops that can play defensively right now. We'll see how they progress offensively now and during the season. We're pretty fortunate to have two guys like that.

Lucan

Pompey lives after his battles, but his fortune has perished.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune is always here.

Only the misfortune understands what fortune is.And knows how to treasure it.

One of the reasons I wanted to move him was that he wasn't pitching enough. We played 10 games in Fort Wayne or whatever it was, and he's been on the mound (four) times. We have to find ways to get him out there.

Pippa Middleton

I just feel really fortunate to build a career as a writer.

Oscar Isaac

I've been fortunate to be working mostly right out of school. Every year, there was a little something, and it kept the confidence going. It's about confidence and the belief.

Carly Fiorina

Well, first, if I am fortunate enough to be elected to the U.S. Senate, it won't be a party that will have elected me. It will be the people of California.

We were just open and it was going in the hole for us. Our player movement got us some good open shots, so we were fortunate to knock them down.

We were just fortunate to get away with a win.

We are receiving plenty of offers. In a fortnight we will have decided.

Andy Roddick

I think everyone in this room would say that you're an incredibly loyal guy, a good friend and so forth ...

Tony Dungy

Our guys worked hard in the off-season program. They trained well, and we were fortunate to have guys who didn't miss practice and games. That helped our continuity.

Our intensity was a lot better the second half. We were fortunate to win.

William Carman

Thank God for povertyThat makes and keeps us free,That lets us go our unobtrusive way,Glad of the sun and rain,Upright, serene, humane,Contented with the fortune of a day.

Dolly Parton

I've been very fortunate.

Chuck Zito

See, I'm fortunate that I get around a lot because of my movie business.

Andriy Shevchenko

I still follow Chelsea's fortunes.

Scott Skiles

We feel fortunate that Shaq played 24 minutes.

We were very fortunate to win the game tonight. We have spent a lot of time talking about adversity. We had four games go to the end and we've lost all four. ... We just didn't win, but we kept digging.

Pat Riley

We were very fortunate to win. I think we understand that. But you have to win some games like this.

Steve Alford

We were very fortunate to grind out a win. We got it the way we won a lot of games this year, with our defense.

Jay Wright

We were very fortunate the last game. You don't want to get down to them here.

We were able to get in touch with him and talk to him and get to him to turn himself in. We are fortunate that he turned himself in within 24 hours.

We are a well-balanced team. We have been fortunate this year that we have matched up well with a lot of the teams we have faced.

We've got to turn it into a positive, but the way we've been going we'd like to be playing. They are all huge ballgames. If you are fortunate to win on the road it's a huge breakthrough for you and puts you a leg up on the competition.

We are fortunate to have outstanding men and women in our department, and Lt. Gibson is the right person to lead them in this time of transition, ... I am grateful for him for taking on this important assignment.

We are fortunate to have had her talents for as long as we've had them.

We are fortunate to have depth. Most teams have one or two top players. We have six or seven.

We are fortunate to be 4-1 and we were fortunate to win.

Erin Morgenstern

I go back and forth between input phases where I'm reading a lot or trying to get out and explore the world a bit and soak up inspirations and then I'll get back into output mode and write and write and write.