With uncertainty in one scale, courage and self-confidence should be thrown into the other to correct the balance. The greater they are,… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
History presents the pleasantest features of poetry and fiction,--the majesty of the epic, the moving accidents of the drama, the surprises and… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
If you are the body, you are in terrible trouble! One small microbe will destroy it one day, if not an accident.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Good writing is formed partly through plan and partly through accident. — Ken Macrorie Copy Share Image
Every event, or appearance, or accident, which seems to deviate from the ordinary course of nature has been rashly ascribed to the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
We're not mere spectators, or a cosmic accident, or some sideshow, or the Greek chorus to the main event. The human experience… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
What’s the likelihood? That the one girl who makes my heart race is the one girl who wants me in return? That… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
There are no accidents, only nature throwing her weight around. Even the bomb merely releases energy that nature has put there. Nuclear… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
And I saw that truly nothing happens by accident or luck, but everything by God's wise providence. If it seems to be… — Julian of Norwich Copy Share Image
The Democrats are not seeking reelection on anything good. And everything bad that's happening is the result of Democrats having won elections… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
So it is not an accident that the Nazi lads vent a particular fury against (Einstein). He does truly stand for what… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Since long workdays lead to more errors, shorter workdays could reduce accidents. Overtime is deadly. Tired surgeons have been found to be… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
Some people say that suicide is a sin, but I have never believed that. I say it's God's way of calling certain… — Faith Sullivan Copy Share Image
People need to be insured so when you have an accident out there, or when something catastrophic happens to you, that you're… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
Some friends of theirs had rented their house for several months to an interior decorator. When they returned, they discovered that their… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
I've reached the age where bruises are formed from failures within rather than accidents without. — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Revolution? Unscrew the flag-staff, wrap the bunting in the oil covers, and put the thing in the clothes-chest. Let the old lady… — Alfred Doblin Copy Share Image
In live action movies, you just hope that everything works. Because the actor may had a bad morning and doesn't play good,… — John Hench Copy Share Image
Now between the meanings of words and their sounds there is ordinarily no discoverable relation except one of accident; and it is… — John Crowe Ransom Copy Share Image
Shouldn’t you be working instead of fraternizing with customers?” I choked. He smiled. “What are you doing Sunday night?” I snorted. By… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
If to enjoy even an enjoyable present we must have the assurance of a happy future, we are “crying for the moon.”… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Unpredictability. Accidents. Not good when you’re engaging in, say, brain surgery, but when lighting...wonderful! — Joe McNally Copy Share Image
I'm telling you, if aliens landed on earth today and took a good hard look at why babies get born, they'd conclude… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
