People make decisions that may have one intent and yet are somehow perverted into something else. And sometimes it's because of design.… — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
Serendipity is nice, but hoping for luck and the magic of happenstance shouldn't be an excuse for a lack of proactivity. I… — Karen Finerman Copy Share Image
“If something or someone is presented to us once, we will often dismiss it as being nothing more than happenstance. If that… — Scott Hildreth Copy Share Image
Somewhat by historical happenstance the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - United States, Britain, France, Russia, and China -… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
“If we are merely a chance product of ‘random happenstance’ and nothing more, doesn’t it strike you as a bit odd that… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
There's so much happenstance, so many accidents - stumbling into something and finding it interesting and living with it over time and… — Ellen Gallagher Copy Share Image
I am placed in situations with opportunities in those situations that others are not. I don't believe that that is happenstance. I… — Ronald Perelman Copy Share Image
As my father wrote, one's courage, hope, and spirit can be severely tried by the happenstance of life. But as I learned… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Sometimes events that lead us bereft of anything but grief just happen for no reason other than happenstance--a car turns left instead… — Neil Abramson Copy Share Image
No one really can have any idea if it's luck or happenstance or timing or fate or the universe or just smart… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
**New business concepts are always, always the product of lucky foresight.** That's right - the essential insight doesn't come out of any… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
There are moments that define a person's whole life. Moments in which everything they are and everything they may possibly become balance… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
I’m always intrigued by my nonsensical concern with picking out a bunch of things that look exactly alike the ones that somehow… — Vincent Price Copy Share Image
We can't afford to stand pat while the world races by. The United States of America did not become the most prosperous… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“But then again, chance has nothing to do with it. Your two fates did not cross through mere happenstance. The two of… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
"Events," I say to the Captain, "events control our lives, although we have no understanding of them nor do they have any… — Barry N. Malzberg Copy Share Image
Not only is it not remarkable to be a single woman, there's no stigma attached. You see more and more women choosing… — Pepper Schwartz Copy Share Image
This so gnawed at him on some nights that he lay awake wondering just how many unknown and similarly inconsequential accidents and… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
I went to really good New York City public schools that had arts programs. So in junior high, I got into the… — Merritt Wever Copy Share Image
If an essay has a 'motive,' it is linked more to happenstance and opportunity than to the driven will. A genuine essay… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
Try to be happy within the context of the life we are actually living. Happiness is not a situation to be longed… — Wayne Coyne Copy Share Image
Anger at happenstance for its absurd timing. Anger at myself for being so angry. I hate being angry and every time I… — David Bowick Copy Share Image
