Pretty straight forward, surely?
Sayings that don't make any sense.
- Thread starter marnie
- Start date
- Status
If you had any control over, and could influence what is going to happen, it wouldn't be luck, surely?
Alanbileysfeathercut
Player Valuation: £80m
Sorry if it's been said before;here goes.
"Hope it's an all Merseyside final"and
"Its good for the city"
"Hope it's an all Merseyside final"and
"Its good for the city"
royalblue66
Player Valuation: £70m
And don't come running to me,if you break your leg.
The Cowboy
Player Valuation: £60m
Maybe that's the point. That there is no such thing as luck (and this saying is dispelling luck as desperate superstition), and that what is perceived as luck is just the outcome of your actions.
I think we have to accept luck for what it's meant to mean.
The Cowboy
Player Valuation: £60m
A pessimistic or optimistic view of events out of your control.
I'm happy with it and it makes it simpler, I think.
royalbalou
Player Valuation: £25m
All roads lead to Rome....mine doesn't
As old as the hills.....some hills are quite young
Beggars can't be choosers.....unless they choose to be
As old as the hills.....some hills are quite young
Beggars can't be choosers.....unless they choose to be
The Cowboy
Player Valuation: £60m
Yes but it's very easy for people to blame 'bad luck' for things that are well within their control.
silent bob
What a guy.
There`s none so blind as those that cannot see. WTF??
Try saying that to the next person you see with a white cane, see how far it gets you.
Try saying that to the next person you see with a white cane, see how far it gets you.
Of course, but people do sometimes have unfortunate things happen to them that are out of their control. It's called bad luck.
dead_soft
Player Valuation: £35m
So, how do you make your own luck
dead_soft
Player Valuation: £35m
Someone says someone was lucky for landing a good job.
The person responds by saying he made his own luck.
What he's in fact saying is that it wasn't luck, it was his hard work and own ability that got him the job. It's a way of pushing for credit to be given rather than having some ascribe it to luck. The same the other way around, people who keep saying unlucky things happen to them - it's often not bad luck, it's the person's own lack of hard work or ability.
- Status