A Texas wildcatter went to his dentist one morning.
After a thorough examination, the Dentist said, “Your teeth are in great shape. I can’t think of a thing to do.”
The Texan said, “Drill anyway - I feel lucky today!”
Luck is loaned, not owned. - Norway
Luck never gives; it only lends. - Swedish Proverb
Luck is being ready for the chance. - James Frank Dobie
It's bad luck to be superstitious. - Andrew W. Mathis
Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind. - Ogden Nash
What makes a winner as much as anything: luck. - Red Auerbach
What luck for the rulers that men do not think. - Adolf Hitler
The tongue is ever turning to the aching tooth. - Thomas Fuller
We break bones and we lose teeth. We play rugby. - Martin Johnson
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. - Oprah Winfrey
The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. - Harry Golden
Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth. - William R. Alger
Luck is like having a rice dumpling fly into your mouth. - Japanese Proverb
If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky? - Stanislaw J. Lec
We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up. - Christopher Morley
You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from. - Cormac McCarthy
A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth. - George D. Prentice
Be kind to your dentist because he has "fillings" too. - Unknown
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. - Ray Kroc
Now Bart, since you broke Grandpa's teeth, he gets to break yours. - Homer Simpson
My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying. - Rodney Dangerfield
If a patient cannot clean his teeth, no dentist can clean them for him. - Martin H. Fischer
A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last. - Helen Rowland
Matt would be fantastic for New York if the Jets were lucky enough to get him. - Donald Trump
When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam,
May luck be yours on Halloween. - Unknown
I still have my teeth. I don't want to lose them at age 61 in some hockey game. - Jim Flaherty
Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy. - Unknown
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. - Thomas Jefferson
For there was never yet a philosopher
That could endure the toothache patiently. - William Shakespeare
Logic is the hygiene the mathematician practices to keep his ideas healthy and strong. - Hermann Weyl
Adam and Eve had many advantages but the principal one was that they escaped teething. - Mark Twain
If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas. - Mason Cooley
The world is getting to be such a dangerous place... a man is lucky to get out of it alive. - WC Fields
I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't. - Patrick Murray
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records. - Unknown
At 20 a man thinks he can save the world. At 40 he's lucky if he can save part of his salary. - Unknown
I live at the dentist's. I'm on my third set of teeth that they put in with nails and screws. - Charles N. Reilly
Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill. - Johnny Carson
The more we believe in ourselves, the luckier we get. The more we believe in luck, the unluckier we get. - Unknown
All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire. - Theodor Adorno
Physics is about questioning, studying, probing nature. You probe, and, if you're lucky, you get strange clues. - Lene Hau
That's the kind of luck poor Mr. Lincoln had the night he went to the movies, and he sat in John Wilkes' booth. - Archie Bunker
Nothing soothes me more after a long and maddening course of pianoforte recitals than to sit and have my teeth drilled. - George Bernard Shaw
Tooth decay was a perennial problem that meant a mouthful of silver for patients, and for dentists a pocketful of gold. - Claudia Wallis
To the person with a toothache, even if the world is tottering, there is nothing more important than a visit to a dentist. - George Bernard Shaw
Babies are bits of stardust, blown from the hand of God. Lucky the woman who knows the pangs of birth, for she has held a star. - Larry Barratto
What do you do with all your pennies? I give them away. It's good to spread your luck around and it always come back to you. - Fannie Flagg
It's a funny relationship that makeup artists have. I always feel kind of like a dentist. People look at me and think of pain. - Rick Baker
The only thing that I have done that is not mitigated by luck, diminished by good fortune, is that I persisted, and other people gave up. - Harrison Ford
Luck never gives; it only lends. - Swedish Proverb
Luck is being ready for the chance. - James Frank Dobie
It's bad luck to be superstitious. - Andrew W. Mathis
Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind. - Ogden Nash
What makes a winner as much as anything: luck. - Red Auerbach
What luck for the rulers that men do not think. - Adolf Hitler
The tongue is ever turning to the aching tooth. - Thomas Fuller
We break bones and we lose teeth. We play rugby. - Martin Johnson
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. - Oprah Winfrey
The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. - Harry Golden
Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth. - William R. Alger
Luck is like having a rice dumpling fly into your mouth. - Japanese Proverb
If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky? - Stanislaw J. Lec
We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up. - Christopher Morley
You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from. - Cormac McCarthy
A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth. - George D. Prentice
Be kind to your dentist because he has "fillings" too. - Unknown
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. - Ray Kroc
Now Bart, since you broke Grandpa's teeth, he gets to break yours. - Homer Simpson
My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying. - Rodney Dangerfield
If a patient cannot clean his teeth, no dentist can clean them for him. - Martin H. Fischer
A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last. - Helen Rowland
Matt would be fantastic for New York if the Jets were lucky enough to get him. - Donald Trump
When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam,
May luck be yours on Halloween. - Unknown
I still have my teeth. I don't want to lose them at age 61 in some hockey game. - Jim Flaherty
Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy. - Unknown
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. - Thomas Jefferson
For there was never yet a philosopher
That could endure the toothache patiently. - William Shakespeare
Logic is the hygiene the mathematician practices to keep his ideas healthy and strong. - Hermann Weyl
Adam and Eve had many advantages but the principal one was that they escaped teething. - Mark Twain
If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas. - Mason Cooley
The world is getting to be such a dangerous place... a man is lucky to get out of it alive. - WC Fields
I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't. - Patrick Murray
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records. - Unknown
At 20 a man thinks he can save the world. At 40 he's lucky if he can save part of his salary. - Unknown
I live at the dentist's. I'm on my third set of teeth that they put in with nails and screws. - Charles N. Reilly
Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill. - Johnny Carson
The more we believe in ourselves, the luckier we get. The more we believe in luck, the unluckier we get. - Unknown
All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire. - Theodor Adorno
Physics is about questioning, studying, probing nature. You probe, and, if you're lucky, you get strange clues. - Lene Hau
That's the kind of luck poor Mr. Lincoln had the night he went to the movies, and he sat in John Wilkes' booth. - Archie Bunker
Nothing soothes me more after a long and maddening course of pianoforte recitals than to sit and have my teeth drilled. - George Bernard Shaw
Tooth decay was a perennial problem that meant a mouthful of silver for patients, and for dentists a pocketful of gold. - Claudia Wallis
To the person with a toothache, even if the world is tottering, there is nothing more important than a visit to a dentist. - George Bernard Shaw
Babies are bits of stardust, blown from the hand of God. Lucky the woman who knows the pangs of birth, for she has held a star. - Larry Barratto
What do you do with all your pennies? I give them away. It's good to spread your luck around and it always come back to you. - Fannie Flagg
It's a funny relationship that makeup artists have. I always feel kind of like a dentist. People look at me and think of pain. - Rick Baker
The only thing that I have done that is not mitigated by luck, diminished by good fortune, is that I persisted, and other people gave up. - Harrison Ford
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