History Quotes / BornLucky

->''"Back when was Series/SportsCenter was good, they ran a big special report on athletes and 'The Zone,' that mystical place athletes (pro and amateur alike) go when they make every shot, or aim every throw with perfect precision, or make five birdies in a row… the strange and all-too-brief hot streak where you can do no wrong and you're not quite sure why. ESPN ran the segment after what is arguably the most famous example of this happening: the 1992 NBA finals, when UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan dropped six three-pointers in one half on the Blazers and gave [[ShrugTake The Shrug]].''

-->-- '''Gordon Freeman''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind''

->''"Sometimes God has favorites! What can I say?"''

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'', "[[Recap/MiloMurphysLawS2E1ThePhineasAndFerbEffect The Phineas And Ferb Effect]]"

'''Phineas:''' We have no frame of reference for that.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'', "The WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Effect"

->''"Oh, I can't stand any more of this, Smart! I have ''four times'' the [[IdiotHero intelligence you have]], yet time after time now for the last ten years you've managed to ruin my most brilliant schemes with your cunning stupidity! You were born under a lucky star, Smart, but this is the [[TemptingFate last time you will ever interfere with me again!]]"''

->''Henry often said, "Alan Northrop has the devil's own luck."\\

The devil did not fail him this time.''

->''"Bond saw luck as a woman, to be softly wooed or brutally ravaged, never pandered to or pursued. But he was honest enough to admit that he had never yet been made to suffer by cards or by women. One day, and he accepted the fact, he would be brought to his knees by love or by luck. When that happened he knew that he too would be branded with the deadly question-mark he recognized so often in others..."''

-->-- '''''Website/{{Cracked}}''''' [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-baffling-career-moves-in-hollywood/#ixzz2dqx0xkfg on]] Brett Ratner

-->-- '''''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''''', [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/1326 page 1326]]

->''Here, we attempt to classify and categorize the various methods used in unsuccessful attempts on the life of seemingly unkillable shrieking machine, Jimmy Savile. He could have been our JFK, if he wasn’t so damned wiley.''\\

''[[{{Beat}} [beat[=]=]]]''\\

->"Oh, I can't stand any more of this, Smart! I have ''four times'' the [[IdiotHero intelligence you have]], yet time after time now for the last ten years you've managed to ruin my most brilliant schemes with your cunning stupidity! You were born under a lucky star, Smart, but this is the [[TemptingFate last time you will ever interfere with me again!]]"

->''Here, we attempt to classify and categorize the various methods used in unsuccessful attempts on the life of seemingly unkillable shrieking machine, Jimmy Savile. He could have been our JFK, if he wasn’t so damned wiley.''
->"At one party, I narrowly escaped being knifed, with a breadknife as it happens."
->[[AC:BLADE]]
->"First, I nearly got shot."
->[[AC:GUN]]
->"My first terror was being set on by three Dobermann dogs on only the second day, but saved by my heavy plastic overgear."
->[[AC:BEAST]]
->"The noble shire beast reared up on its back legs and uttered a shrill cry of fear. The Mayor promptly applied the brakes and near dislocated my two arms and neck simultaneously."
->[[AC:BEAST]]
->"Apparently he feared that it was some sort of preliminary Kung Fu attack for, with a hoarse shout, he stepped back and drew from a Sam Browne holster a hand gun – hay, cannon – with a bore on it like the exhaust of my Rolls Royce."
->[[AC:[[ARareSentence I HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA]]. ELEPHANT HUNTERS? STEAMPUNK NINJAS?]]'''

-->'''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}''', to [[IntrepidReporter Luka Redgrave]]

-->-- '''Leadside''', ''Series/GetSmart''.

-->'''VideoGame/Bayonetta''', to [[IntrepidReporter Luka Redgrave]]

-->--'''[[http://deadspin.com/coming-out-flat-is-the-secret-disease-of-all-sports-1669456834 Drew Magary]]'''

->''"Brett, you talked yourself into a spot at NYU despite being a C-student. And then you somehow convinced enough people to give you enough money to film [[Film/RushHour Chris Tucker screaming]] and Creator/JackieChan punching for ninety minutes--three times--and you somehow made over $800 million at the box office doing it. You then somehow convinced Creator/EddieMurphy to make movies again, and then somehow got hired to produce the Academy Awards, and then somehow convinced Eddie Murphy to host them. You ruined the ''Film/XMen'' franchise and insulted Creator/OliviaMunn and an army of nerds didn't murder you for it.\\\

-->--'''Stuart Millard''' [[http://franticplanet.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/summer-of-savile-day-9-danger-danger/ on]] Jimmy Savile's ''Love is an Uphill Thing'' (memoir)

->''"Back when was [[{{ESPN}} SportsCenter]] was good, they ran a big special report on athletes and 'The Zone,' that mystical place athletes (pro and amateur alike) go when they make every shot, or aim every throw with perfect precision, or make five birdies in a row… the strange and all-too-brief hot streak where you can do no wrong and you're not quite sure why. ESPN ran the segment after what is arguably the most famous example of this happening: the 1992 NBA finals, when UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan dropped six three-pointers in one half on the Blazers and gave [[ShrugTake The Shrug]].''

->''"Brett, you talked yourself into a spot at NYU despite being a C-student. And then you somehow convinced enough people to give you enough money to film [[Film/RushHour Chris Tucker screaming]] and Creator/JackieChan punching for ninety minutes--three times--and you somehow made over $800 million at the box office doing it. You then somehow convinced Creator/EddieMurphy to make movies again, and then somehow got hired to produce the Academy Awards, and then somehow convinced Eddie Murphy to host them. You ruined the ''[[{{Film/X-Men}} X-Men]]'' franchise and insulted Creator/OliviaMunn and an army of nerds didn't murder you for it.\\\

->''"Back when was [[{{ESPN}} SportsCenter]] was good, they ran a big special report on athletes and 'The Zone,' that mystical place athletes (pro and amateur alike) go when they make every shot, or aim every throw with perfect precision, or make five birdies in a row… the strange and all-too-brief hot streak where you can do no wrong and you're not quite sure why. ESPN ran the segment after what is arguably the most famous example of this happening: the 1992 NBA finals, when MichaelJordan dropped six three-pointers in one half on the Blazers and gave [[ShrugTake The Shrug]].''

->"Bond saw luck as a woman, to be softly wooed or brutally ravaged, never pandered to or pursued. But he was honest enough to admit that he had never yet been made to suffer by cards or by women. One day, and he accepted the fact, he would be brought to his knees by love or by luck. When that happened he knew that he too would be branded with the deadly question-mark he recognized so often in others..."

->''"Brett ''[Ratner]'', you talked yourself into a spot at NYU despite being a C-student. And then you somehow convinced enough people to give you enough money to film [[Film/RushHour Chris Tucker screaming]] and Creator/JackieChan punching for ninety minutes--three times--and you somehow made over $800 million at the box office doing it. You then somehow convinced Creator/EddieMurphy to make movies again, and then somehow got hired to produce the Academy Awards, and then somehow convinced Eddie Murphy to host them. You ruined the ''[[{{Film/X-Men}} X-Men]]'' franchise and insulted Creator/OliviaMunn and an army of nerds didn't murder you for it.\\\

-->-- '''''Website/{{Cracked}}''''', "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-baffling-career-moves-in-hollywood/#ixzz2dqx0xkfg The 5 Most Baffling Career Moves in Hollywood]]"

->''Here, we attempt to classify and categorize the various methods used in unsuccessful attempts on the life of seemingly unkillable shrieking machine, Jimmy Savile. He could have been our JFK, if he wasn’t so damned wiley.''\\\
"At one party, I narrowly escaped being knifed, with a breadknife as it happens."\\\
[[AC:BLADE]]\\\
"First, I nearly got shot."\\\
[[AC:GUN]]\\\
"My first terror was being set on by three Dobermann dogs on only the second day, but saved by my heavy plastic overgear."\\\
[[AC:BEAST]]\\\
"The noble shire beast reared up on its back legs and uttered a shrill cry of fear. The Mayor promptly applied the brakes and near dislocated my two arms and neck simultaneously."\\\
[[AC:BEAST]]\\\
"Apparently he feared that it was some sort of preliminary Kung Fu attack for, with a hoarse shout, he stepped back and drew from a Sam Browne holster a hand gun – hay, cannon – with a bore on it like the exhaust of my Rolls Royce."\\\
[[AC:[[ARareSentence I HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA]]. ELEPHANT HUNTERS? STEAMPUNK NINJAS?]]'''

->"My father says she was {{born lucky}}..."

-->--'''{{Ian Fleming}}''', ''Literature/CasinoRoyale''

->"Brett [Ratner], you talked yourself into a spot at NYU despite being a C-student. And then you somehow convinced enough people to give you enough money to film [[Film/RushHour Chris Tucker screaming]] and Creator/JackieChan punching for ninety minutes--three times--and you somehow made over $800 million at the box office doing it. You then somehow convinced Creator/EddieMurphy to make movies again, and then somehow got hired to produce the Academy Awards, and then somehow convinced Eddie Murphy to host them. You ruined the ''[[{{Film/X-Men}} X-Men]]'' franchise and insulted Creator/OliviaMunn and an army of nerds didn't murder you for it.\\
\\
Don't. Touch. Anything."

->"Brett, you talked yourself into a spot at NYU despite being a C-student. And then you somehow convinced enough people to give you enough money to film [[RushHour Chris Tucker screaming]] and Creator/JackieChan punching for ninety minutes--three times--and you somehow made over $800 million at the box office doing it. You then somehow convinced Creator/EddieMurphy to make movies again, and then somehow got hired to produce the Academy Awards, and then somehow convinced Eddie Murphy to host them. You ruined the ''[[{{Film/X-Men}} X-Men]]'' franchise and insulted Creator/OliviaMunn and an army of nerds didn't murder you for it.\\

->''Brett, you talked yourself into a spot at NYU despite being a C-student. And then you somehow convinced enough people to give you enough money to film [[RushHour Chris Tucker screaming and Jackie Chan punching for ninety minutes]]-- three times-- and you somehow made over $800 million at the box office doing it. You then somehow convinced EddieMurphy to make movies again, and then somehow got hired to produce the Academy Awards, and then somehow convinced Eddie Murphy to host them. You ruined the ''[[{{Film/X-Men}} X-Men]]'' franchise and insulted OliviaMunn and an army of nerds didn't murder you for it.\\

Don't. Touch. Anything.''

-->-- '''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''', "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-baffling-career-moves-in-hollywood/#ixzz2dqx0xkfg The 5 Most Baffling Career Moves in Hollywood]]"

-->-- '''Zuko''', on his sister, ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''