69 Movie Quotes about Bad Luck (+ Sound Clips) - page 5

Updated: Apr 18, 2026

Black cat holding a large bad luck placard

Memorable quotes on bad luck, selected from famous and lesser-known movies and more, with short audio samples available in mp3 and wav.

41 Well, I was mauled by a cougar, learned nothing about driving, and my Crystal Gayle shirt was ruined. But other than that, it went fine.

Quote from Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

42 Dear, it's unlucky to have someone spit at you unless you spit first.

Jennifer Jones as Mrs. Gwendolen Chelm in Beat the Devil (1953)

43 If I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck.

Quote from Casino (1995)

44 I just ran into a streak of bad luck, that's all. I'll be up there on top again. I just got to figure a new angle.

James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett in The Roaring Twenties (1939)

45 That is bad luck. But grandfather say: It never rain every day.

Quote from The Fifth Element

46 No! It's very unlucky having a girl on your back.

Quote from The 14 Amazons

47 Didn't I just tell ya, don't touch me on the shoulder when I'm gambling? It's bad luck. Now I've lost everything.

Quote from Mysterious Footworks of Kung Fu

48 Fell in the sea! Holy mackerel! Just my luck to be a stowaway on a boat run by two land lubbers who manage to drop the engine in the ocean! The ocean! Argh!

Quote from Utopia (1951)

49 Perhaps you'd like to try a little roulette. It's probably less than wise of me to tell you, but the house is having a streak of bad luck this evening.

Quote from Dead Reckoning (1947)

50 You too, sir? -I'll just watch. Roulette wheels have a way of running over me.

Humphrey Bogart as Capt. Warren "Rip" Murdock in Dead Reckoning (1947)