There are things in this universe that we cannot control, and then there are the things we can. . . . Let… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
Fresh wounds," said Angua. "But one of them did shoot one of the other in the leg by accident." "I think you'd… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Accidents on big mountains happen when people's ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct,… — Bear Grylls Copy Share Image
He who remembers the evils he has undergone, and those that have threatened him, and the slight causes that have changed him… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
It's no accident that capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge. Egoism and competition are,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Ecologically speaking, a spilt tanker load is like sticking a safety pin into an elephant's foot. The planet barely notices. After the… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
The rational transparency and beauty of the universe are surely too remarkable to be treated as just happy accidents. — John Polkinghorne Copy Share Image
Have you ever observed somebody go through a religious conversion? The person seems perfectly reasonable to you and has no particular concern… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
Maybe that first, gigantic deficit the Reaganites piled up was an accident, just a combination of deluded 'supply side' tax cuts and… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident. — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
Hold on ... Say your son or daughter has just gotten killed in a car accident and you're plastered out of your… — Rob Ford Copy Share Image
Progress is Providence without God. That is, it is a theory that everything has always perpetually gone right by accident. It is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The thing that most people didn't understand, if they weren't in his line if work, was that a rape victim and a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Life itself must be founded upon the infinite possibility for choice and accident. And if we cannot prove that it is, we… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
We do not suffer by accident. It does not often happen that the interference of friends will persuade a young man of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Intrepidity is an extraordinary strength of soul, which raises it above the troubles, disorders and emotions which the sight of great perils… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts. We should… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When a business or an individual spends more than it makes, it goes bankrupt. When government does it, it sends you the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I didn’t get her cutting at all. She’d done it sporadically, ever since the accident and it scared me each time. She'd… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
The people resemble a wild beast, which, naturally fierce and accustomed to live in the woods, has been brought up, as it… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Either we live by accident and die by accident, or we live by plan and die by plan. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art. — Louis Nizer Copy Share Image
