# Quotes about bad luck - Quotes: 12 - Authors: 11 - Broader topic: [Quotes about fate](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/fate.md) - Topic page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/bad-luck - JSON version (same data): https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/bad-luck.json ## Quotes > In short, luck's always to blame. [Jean de La Fontaine](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-de-la-fontaine.md) · [Fables](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-de-la-fontaine/fables.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-de-la-fontaine/fables/in-short-lucks.md) Topics: [bad luck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/bad-luck.md) > Luck comes but once, but trouble comes in droves. [Shī Nàiān](https://www.leafyquotes.com/shi-naian.md) · [The Water Margin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/shi-naian/the-water-margin.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/shi-naian/the-water-margin/luck-comes-but.md) Topics: [bad luck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/bad-luck.md) > He could never have put it into words, but we may say that he was unspeakably afflicted by the thought of having been a tool in the hands of misfortune. [Joseph Roth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-roth.md) · [The Radetzky March](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-roth/the-radetzky-march.md) · p. 114 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-roth/the-radetzky-march/he-could-never.md) Topics: [bad luck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/bad-luck.md) > Failure was startling, really. So startling that I hardly noticed it at all. [Jane Smiley](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-smiley.md) · [A Year at the Races](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-smiley/a-year-at-the-races.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-smiley/a-year-at-the-races/failure-was-startling.md) Topics: [bad luck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/bad-luck.md) > We all stand on the dart board and very few of us catch the darts. Do not think it is unfair. It is fair but you are unlucky. [Randy Pausch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/randy-pausch.md) · [The Last Lecture](https://www.leafyquotes.com/randy-pausch/the-last-lecture.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/randy-pausch/the-last-lecture/we-all-stand.md) Topics: [bad luck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/bad-luck.md) > “It was just good luck, last minute luck.” > > “Your ‘luck’ was mostly sweat and intuition.” [Gregory Benford](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford.md) · [The Martian Race](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/the-martian-race.md) · p. 159 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/the-martian-race/it-was-just.md) Topics: [bad luck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/bad-luck.md), [effort](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/effort.md) > You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from. [Cormac McCarthy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cormac-mccarthy.md) · [No Country for Old Men](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cormac-mccarthy/no-country-for-old-men.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cormac-mccarthy/no-country-for-old-men/you-never-know.md) Topics: [fate](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/fate.md), [bad luck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/bad-luck.md) > Normally I despise luck, but at the moment I find myself in singular need of it. [Douglas Preston](https://www.leafyquotes.com/douglas-preston.md) · [Dance of Death](https://www.leafyquotes.com/douglas-preston/dance-of-death.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/douglas-preston/dance-of-death/normally-i-despise.md) Topics: [bad luck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/bad-luck.md) > Bad luck is usually transmitted by close proximity to habitual sufferers. [Irvine Welsh](https://www.leafyquotes.com/irvine-welsh.md) · [The Acid House](https://www.leafyquotes.com/irvine-welsh/the-acid-house.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/irvine-welsh/the-acid-house/bad-luck-is-usually.md) Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [bad luck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/bad-luck.md) > All gates are shut against the unfortunate. [Edward Gibbon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-gibbon.md) · [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-gibbon/the-history-of-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-gibbon/the-history-of-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire/all-gates-are.md) Topics: [bad luck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/bad-luck.md) > The Perversity of the Universe Tends Toward a Maximum. [Larry Niven](https://www.leafyquotes.com/larry-niven.md) · [Protector](https://www.leafyquotes.com/larry-niven/protector.md) · p. 23 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/larry-niven/protector/the-perversity-of-the.md) Topics: [pessimism](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/pessimism.md), [bad luck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/bad-luck.md) > The perversity of the universe tends towards a maximum. The universe is hostile. [Larry Niven](https://www.leafyquotes.com/larry-niven.md) · [Ringworld](https://www.leafyquotes.com/larry-niven/ringworld.md) · p. 142 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/larry-niven/ringworld/the-perversity-of-the.md) Topics: [pessimism](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/pessimism.md), [bad luck](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/bad-luck.md)