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title: "297 Thing Happened Quotes by 271 authors"
description: "Browse 297 Thing Happened quotes by 271 authors. Discover the best Thing Happened sayings and thoughts."
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> [A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-election-i-got-to-the-senate/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

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> ['Maya Nadhi' is the best thing that has happened to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aishwarya-lekshmi/maya-nadhi-is-the-best-thing-that-has-happened-to-me/)

[Aishwarya Lekshmi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aishwarya-lekshmi/)

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> [Crack was the best thing that happened to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/styles-p/crack-was-the-best-thing-that-happened-to-me/)

[Styles P](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/styles-p/)

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> [Somehow you are the best and the worst thing that has happened to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alyssa/somehow-you-are-the-best-and-the-worst-thing-that-has-happened-to-me/)

[ALYSSA](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alyssa/)

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> [You're the best thing that ever happened to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-re-the-best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-me/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [A terrible thing happened to me last night again—nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-diller/a-terrible-thing-happened-to-me-last-night-again-nothing/)

[Phyllis Diller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-diller/)

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> [“Finding you was the best thing that happened to me, Ren.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priya-kanaparti/finding-you-was-the-best-thing-that-happened-to-me-ren/)

[Priya Kanaparti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priya-kanaparti/)

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> [Do you know, a horrible thing has happened to me. I have begun to doubt Tennyson.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-manley-hopkins/do-you-know-a-horrible-thing-has-happened-to-me-i-have-begun-to-doubt/)

[Gerard Manley Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-manley-hopkins/)

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> [The next thing that happened to me was that I, we, were living in Paris where I then grew up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kitty-carlisle/the-next-thing-that-happened-to-me-was-that-i-we-were-living-in-paris/)

[Kitty Carlisle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kitty-carlisle/)

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> [I want to know why this is such a part of me. I want to know why this thing that happened to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-want-to-know-why-this-is-such-a-part-of-me-i-want-to-know-why-this/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [When the punk rock thing happened, I thought, 'Right, I have one chance here to be seen as part of some wider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cooper-clarke/when-the-punk-rock-thing-happened-i-thought-right-i-have-one-chance/)

[John Cooper Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cooper-clarke/)

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> [“Funny thing happened on the way to the moon: not much,” wrote Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan. “Should have brought some crossword puzzles.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-moon-not-much-wrote-apollo-17/)

[Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/)

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> [I think the basic thing that happened is we have lost our story. Humans think in stories, and we try to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/i-think-the-basic-thing-that-happened-is-we-have-lost-our-story/)

[Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/)

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> [To have to introduce a new product at the worst economic time in the last 50 years probably wasn't the greatest thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mechanic/to-have-to-introduce-a-new-product-at-the-worst-economic-time-in-the/)

Bill Mechanic

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> [The stardom thing happened and now I'm trying to make a comeback, if you want to call it that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-garrett/the-stardom-thing-happened-and-now-i-m-trying-to-make-a-comeback-if/)

[Leif Garrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-garrett/)

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> [“Until you two came along, she was the best thing that happened to me in my whole goddamned life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-ashley/until-you-two-came-along-she-was-the-best-thing-that-happened-to-me/)

[Kristen Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-ashley/)

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> [A funny thing happened to the First Amendment on its way to the public forum. According to the Supreme Court, money is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reich/a-funny-thing-happened-to-the-first-amendment-on-its-way-to-the/)

[Robert Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reich/)

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> [I am not a pacifist, however I do believe that the U.S. tends to resort to force too quickly. I am not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scar-arias/i-am-not-a-pacifist-however-i-do-believe-that-the-u-s-tends-to-resort/)

[Oscar Arias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scar-arias/)

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> [The school plays needed kids that were big and bold and weren't afraid to be on stage, and I fit that bill,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-johnson/the-school-plays-needed-kids-that-were-big-and-bold-and-weren-t/)

[Jesse Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-johnson/)

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> [I was standing right behind Marilyn, completely invisible, when she sang 'Happy birthday, Mr. President.' And indeed, the corny thing happened: Her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-nichols/i-was-standing-right-behind-marilyn-completely-invisible-when-she/)

[Mike Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-nichols/)

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> [“Sometimes at night, when the nightmare clung to me, I wondered if Peter’s assurances that I would never grow up were only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-henry/sometimes-at-night-when-the-nightmare-clung-to-me-i-wondered-if-peter/)

[Christina Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-henry/)

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> [An unusual thing happened after that great first vision. The Prophet Joseph received no additional communication for three years. However, he did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyd-k-packer/an-unusual-thing-happened-after-that-great-first-vision-the-prophet/)

[Boyd K. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyd-k-packer/)

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> [Zach found himself remembering something he'd heard Soledad and Leo saying the previous night, about healing. That it was mysterious. That it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-werlin/zach-found-himself-remembering-something-he-d-heard-soledad-and-leo/)

[Nancy Werlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-werlin/)

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> [You know Kim Jong Un, the evil dictator of North Korea? Apparently, a guy in his inner circle used his ashtray while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-letterman/you-know-kim-jong-un-the-evil-dictator-of-north-korea-apparently-a/)

[David Letterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-letterman/)

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> [“He did not himself believe in the supernatural, but the thing happened, and he proposed to tell it as simply as possible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/he-did-not-himself-believe-in-the-supernatural-but-the-thing-happened/)

[T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/)

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> [Long ago, there was a noble word, liberal, which derives from the word free. Now a strange thing happened to that word.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-roosevelt/long-ago-there-was-a-noble-word-liberal-which-derives-from-the-word/)

[Eleanor Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-roosevelt/)

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> [A funny thing happened on the way to utopia: We've turned into this surveillance society and become a race of spies, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-eggers/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-utopia-we-ve-turned-into-this/)

[Dave Eggers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-eggers/)

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> [“You know, the most amazing thing happened to me tonight. I was coming here, on the way to the lecture, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/you-know-the-most-amazing-thing-happened-to-me-tonight-i-was-coming/)

[Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/)

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> [Traditional murder mysteries are interesting because they're ostensibly about a horrible thing - murder - but underneath that, they're about restoring order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malinda-lo/traditional-murder-mysteries-are-interesting-because-they-re/)

[Malinda Lo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malinda-lo/)

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> [Somhow those Ten Men -- at the time they were called Recruiters, of course -- discovered that Constance had been at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trenton-lee-stewart/somhow-those-ten-men-at-the-time-they-were-called-recruiters-of/)

[Trenton Lee Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trenton-lee-stewart/)

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> [“You know, the most amazing thing happened to me tonight," he would say. “I saw a car with the license plate ARW…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/you-know-the-most-amazing-thing-happened-to-me-tonight-he-would-say-i/)

[Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/)

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> [Love's the only thing I've thought of or read about since I was knee-high. That's what I always dreamed of, of meeting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hecht/love-s-the-only-thing-i-ve-thought-of-or-read-about-since-i-was-knee/)

[Ben Hecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hecht/)

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> [“A strange thing happened to me in my dream. I was rapt into the Seventh Heaven. There sat all the gods assembled.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/a-strange-thing-happened-to-me-in-my-dream-i-was-rapt-into-the/)

[Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/)

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> [“To Tree’s surprise, e could still feel the blade of Univervia that was on the deer’s tongue. And the feelings that came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-sempill-watts/to-tree-s-surprise-e-could-still-feel-the-blade-of-univervia-that-was/)

Melina Sempill Watts

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> [“We were already in school by then. Your friends had made fun of me. I was twelve. My higher brain functions weren’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-echols/we-were-already-in-school-by-then-your-friends-had-made-fun-of-me-i/)

[Jennifer Echols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-echols/)

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> [“A strange thing happened then. The Speaker agreed with her that she had made a mistake that night, and she knew when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/a-strange-thing-happened-then-the-speaker-agreed-with-her-that-she/)

[Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/)

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> [“We couldn’t stop following the news. Every ten seconds we refreshed our browsers and gawked at the headlines. Dully we read blogs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristopher-jansma/we-couldn-t-stop-following-the-news-every-ten-seconds-we-refreshed/)

[Kristopher Jansma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristopher-jansma/)

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> [“You know how much Annie loved pearls. She owned some incomparable specimens…the most marvelous, I believe, that ever existed. You also remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octave-mirbeau/you-know-how-much-annie-loved-pearls-she-owned-some-incomparable/)

[Octave Mirbeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octave-mirbeau/)

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> [“His body and his soul appeared to have the strange ability to repel the hours, just as, inversely, a magnet attracts metal.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-rio-de-s-carneiro/his-body-and-his-soul-appeared-to-have-the-strange-ability-to-repel/)

[Mario De Sa-carneiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-rio-de-s-carneiro/)

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> [“I was just turning away to leave when I noticed a slight distortion in the air in the shape of a hole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-swartzwelder/i-was-just-turning-away-to-leave-when-i-noticed-a-slight-distortion/)

[John Swartzwelder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-swartzwelder/)

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                        "text": "A funny thing happened on the way to utopia: We've turned into this surveillance society and become a race of spies, where we track our kids and we track our spouses and we track our friends. I think very soon there will be an obsolescence of trust, because it's much easier to access a person's location than it is to ask - or to trust.",
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                        "text": "Somhow those Ten Men -- at the time they were called Recruiters, of course -- discovered that Constance had been at the library. Most likely one of their informants saw her come out, because it was on that very day that the brutes showed up and threatened the librarians. Who told them nothing, incidentally.' 'The same thing happened in Holland,' Kate reflected. 'You'd think these guys would learn their lesson -- librarians know how to keep quiet.' 'It helps to ask politely,' said Mr. Benedict",
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                        "text": "Love's the only thing I've thought of or read about since I was knee-high. That's what I always dreamed of, of meeting somebody and falling in love. And when that remarkable thing happened, I was going to recite poetry to her for hours about how her heart's an angel's wing and her hair the strings of a heavenly harp. Instead I got drunk and hollered at her and called her a harpy.",
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