Accidents Quotes · Page 32

I envision a future without traffic accidents or congestion. A future where everyone can use a car.

— Sebastian Thrun

Guys like Henry and his buddies were an accident waiting to happen; the little kids' version of floods or tornadoes or gallstones.

— Stephen King

We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us, like the…

— Henry David Thoreau

In our everyday garden grow the rosemary, juniper, ferns and plane trees, perfectly tangible and visible. For these plants that have an…

— Leo Lionni

And yet," said Poirot, "suppose an accident-" "Ah, no, my friend-" "From your point of view it would be regrettable, I agree.…

— Agatha Christie

I was born a human but this was an accident of fate…since childhood I’ve been captivated by the study of robots and…

— Kevin Warwick

It was a pity that movies and live TV left New York for Hollywood. London theater, movies, television - until (Britain's) money…

— Gore Vidal

It is no accident that the Victorian age, the heyday of conventionalism, was the cultural bloom of economic liberalism.

— Gunnar Myrdal

You must walk that tightrope between accident and discipline. Accident by itself…so what? Discipline by itself is boring. By walking that tightrope…

— Fritz Scholder

Everyday, day & night, we hear the lies that September 11th is the worst tragedy, worst accident, and worst crime to ever…

— Malik Zulu Shabazz

emotion is first of all and in principle an accident

— Jean-Paul Sartre

I called the world of phenomena an illusion, I called my eyes and my tongue an accident, valueless phenomena. No, that is…

— Hermann Hesse

We are driven by the results of the Big Bang, billions of years ago, which eventually produced life, which eventually produced human…

— James Hillman

We call the fates of the Titanic and the Concordia - as well as those of the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia…

— Henry Petroski

Silence allows you to watch your mind and become aware of the thoughts that you may be acting on unconsciously. When you…

— Sivananda Radha Saraswati

It is no accident that I mention our American friends, as they are always influencing our relations with our neighbors either directly…

— Vladimir Putin

For when down on the knees The man (or god) stretches the arms In giving, It is no accident the hands Are…

— Anonymous

[The publication of his first poem] was wonderful ... but it taught me early on that the only thing that really matters…

— Dan Beachy-Quick

This so gnawed at him on some nights that he lay awake wondering just how many unknown and similarly inconsequential accidents and…

— Louise Erdrich

I am not an afterthought I am not an accident.

— Desmond Tutu

The dog [in Pavlov's experiments] does not continue to salivate whenever it hears a bell unless sometimes at least an edible offering…

— Gordon Allport

Let's face it.., our current [immigration control] system is like a busy intersection without a traffic cop: sure there are laws on…

— Ronald Reagan

You are loved. You are valuable. You are crafted with beauty and purpose. I treasure you and this world needs you. There…

— Curt Mega

The most striking characters are sometimes the product of an infinity of little accidents.

— Georges Danton

Borders had lousy management and made bad corporate decisions, so its fate is less like a terrible accident than a slow-motion slide…

— Susan Orlean