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Luck

Luck refers to that which happens beyond a person's control. This view incorporates phenomena that are chance happenings, a person's place of birth for example, but where there is no uncertainty involved, or where the uncertainty is irrelevant. Within this framework one can differentiate between three different types of luck:

1. Constitutional luck, that is, luck with factors that cannot be changed. Place of birth and genetic constitution are typical examples.

2. Circumstantial luck, that is, luck with factors that are haphazardly brought on. Accidents and epidemics are typical examples.

3. Ignorance luck, that is, luck with factors one does not know about. Examples can be identified only in hindsight.

What brings good luck

four leaf clover

rabbit foot

horseshoe pointed upwards

crossing your fingers

longer half of a wishbone

What brings bad luck

breaking mirror

spilling salt

hat on bed

black cat crossing path

walking under ladder

thirteen

shoes on a table

bird flying in home

Quotes about luck

"Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered." - William Shakespeare

"We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?" - Jean Cocteau

"If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?" - Stanislaw J. Lec

"The day you decide to do it is your lucky day" - Japanese Proverb

"I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice." - Miguel de Cervantes

"The only sure thing about luck is that it will change." - Wilson Mizner

"Everything in life is luck." - Donald Trump

"Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure." - Earl Wilson

"It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned." - Frank A. Clark

"I've been lucky. I'll be lucky again." - Bette Davis

Songs about good, bad, dumb, hard and tough luck.

JoBoxers: Just Got Lucky - 6MB

Earl Lee Hooker: You Got To Lose - 10MB

Elvis Presley: Good Luck Charm - 4MB

Ray Charles: Born To Lose - 8MB

Lester Williams: I Can't Lose With The Stuff I Use - 2MB

Memphis Minnie: I'm A Bad Luck Woman - 3MB

The Moldy Peaches: Lucky Number Nine - 3MB

Kay Starr: Wheel Of Fortune - 4MB

Lene Lovich: Lucky Number - 4MB

Roosevelt Sykes: You Can't Be Lucky All The Time - 3MB

Frank Sinatra: Luck Be A Lady - 8MB