I have taken to living by my wits.

I took a chance, I took a shot
And you may think I’m bullet-proof, but I’m not. You took a swing, I took it hard. And down here from the ground I see who you are

I have ever been prone to seek adventure and to investigate and experiment where wiser men would have left well enough alone.

For now I know that whatever bent this world around us, whether it was God or whether it was blind
Chance as blind as my father,
Is perfectly good, we're given a dollar of life to gamble against a dollar's worth of desire
And if we win we have both but losers lose nothing,

Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.

Freedom is always associated with risk taking, whether it leads to it or comes from it.

No fact in human nature is more characteristic than its willingness to live on a chance. The existence of the chance makes the difference… between a life of which the keynote is resignation and a life of which the keynote is hope.

Taking one’s chances is like taking a bath, because sometimes you end up feeling comfortable and warm, and sometimes there is something terrible lurking around that you cannot see until it is too late and you can do nothing else but scream and cling to a plastic duck.

And it’s not because I’m tortured
Or by some delirium swayed
That I conjure up misfortune:
It is just my trade.

I leave my human nature to unfold according to its destiny. I remain as I AM

It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous.
Resign yourself to be the fool you are...
...We must always take risks. That is our destiny...

I harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard,
Nature without check with original energy.

You must take your chance boy. The choice has been all yours.

You can work as hard as you like, and plan as carefully as you want, but there are moments when it’s just about a hunch, about trusting your instincts, or about fate.