Top 40 Bad Luck Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Bad Luck Quotes from famous people such as Michy Batshuayi, Henry Spencer, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Patrick Murray, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

It sounds strange to say, but someone's bad luck is som

It sounds strange to say, but someone’s bad luck is sometimes the happiness of the other.
Michy Batshuayi
SpaceX does seem to have had a run of bad luck, with its first three launches all failing.
Henry Spencer
The misfortune to be born when I was, where I was. That was a piece of bad luck.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The economic recession in America wasn’t caused by bad luck; it was caused by bad Republican policies. But the Republican candidates are doubling down on the same flawed policies that led to the loss of 3.6 million jobs in the final months of 2008 and gravely affected middle class families across America.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
I’ve had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn’t.
Patrick Murray
My mother believed in curses, karma, good luck, bad luck, feng shui. Her amorphous set of beliefs showed me you can pick and choose the qualities of your philosophy, based on what works for you.
Amy Tan
My family was very loving but also very superstitious. My mother was always telling us, ‘Don’t walk under a ladder or you’ll have bad luck,’ or, ‘If you spill salt, be sure and toss a pinch over your shoulder, or you’re in trouble.’
Charlotte Rae
Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation, while bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality.
Eliyahu Goldratt
I never had problems with injuries as a kid or in the youth team. My injuries started at Chelsea, when I broke my foot during a pre-season game. That was just pure bad luck, but after that, I had some muscular injuries, too, so I had to get to know my body better.
Arjen Robben
I had such a run of bad luck that you lose faith that good things are going to happen any more. I still don’t answer the door because I went through so long expecting it to be a bailiff.
Jack Monroe
I wouldn’t wish my worst enemy bad luck.
Rob Cross
Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
Rachel Nichols
I won’t talk of bad luck. I don’t believe in it.
Sergio Marchionne
Not many people have had as much bad luck as I have, but not many people have had as much good luck, either.
Tig Notaro
I think I’m bad luck for Tiger because he missed the cut in Charlotte with me. But yeah, those are two of the best players of all time. Tiger’s the best player of all time in my opinion, so when he’s not in the field, it’s a relief because he’s such a great player.
Webb Simpson
‘Jurassic Park’ isn’t about the bad luck of three people who keep getting thrown into the same situation.
Colin Trevorrow
In a stage race, you can have bad luck or make a mistake, and it’s not the end of the race. You have more opportunities.
Geraint Thomas
Look, I haven’t had hardly any bad luck. I never look at it that way.
Rick Majerus
There is no such thing as bad luck in tennis. Just bad technique.
Mats Wilander
In Portugal, seeing a black cat is a bad sign; it’s bad luck. But they tell me if it crosses from left to right, it’s good luck. But I don’t like black cats!
Nuno Espirito Santo
Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
Orson Welles
I have very little faith that I’ll ever find someone. I’ve had some bad luck and I’ve made some bad choices – not in men, but in how I’ve chosen to deal with relationships.
Selma Blair
Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.
Don Shula
I don’t know if that’s a year’s bad luck, or if that’s how it works. But stealing a Christmas tree – that can’t be a good thing, karma-wise.
Adrian McKinty
Destiny is a good thing to accept when it’s going your way. When it isn’t, don’t call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.
Joseph Heller
For my part, I am not a great believer in bad luck on the cricket field, in business – in fact, in any walk of life.
AB de Villiers
Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it’s not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it’s not your fault.
Werner Herzog
Fess up, ‘Hunger Games’ fans: Does anyone care about Peeta or find him attractive? He’s the Ron Weasley of the series: he gets points for callow valor and sympathy for his run of bad luck, but he remains a pasty, earnest bore.
Richard Corliss
We’ve had bad luck with our kids – they’ve all grown up.
Christopher Morley
Poor decisions and bad luck are contingencies of most horror films.
Wesley Morris
What our generation hopefully is doing is not believing in that so-called bad luck that Canada has with figure skating at the Olympics.
Scott Moir
I have really bad luck with my thumbs. It plagues me, a

I have really bad luck with my thumbs. It plagues me, actually. It drives me crazy! Both of them are very oddly shaped.
Kristen Stewart
Your karma should be good, and everything else will follow. Your good karma will always win over your bad luck.
Rohit Shetty
If you were to ask me if I’d ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I’d have to say that I doubt it; where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead.
Luis Bunuel
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
Channing Pollock
Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.
William Feather
Only bad golfers are lucky. They’re the ones bouncing balls off trees, curbs, turtles and cars. Good golfers have bad luck. When you hit the ball straight, a funny bounce is bound to be unlucky.
Lee Trevino
My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong.
A. J. Foyt
A lot of people work extremely hard and through no fault of their own – bad luck, the wrong environment, unfortunate circumstances – struggle to survive.
Justine Musk
The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting.
Gertrude Stein