Accident Quotes

1026 Accident quotes by 833 unique authors

What is your name?" "Again sir, that is no concern of yours." "A mystery," he said. "I shall have to call you Clorinda." ..... "Judith!… — Georgette Heyer
Either we live by accident and die by accident, or we live by plan and die by plan. — Thornton Wilder
Shouldn’t you be working instead of fraternizing with customers?” I choked. He smiled. “What are you doing Sunday night?” I snorted. By accident. “Are you… — Becca Fitzpatrick
Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident. — Christopher Paolini
And if I tried to give you something else, something outside myself, you would not know that the worst of anyone can be, finally, an… — Anne Sexton
accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart. — David Guterson
The sweet accident of coincidence is the best foundation on which to build. — Gregory Maguire
I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget that one day, through accident or under the charge of… — John Steinbeck
That's not precisely what I had in mind." Jamie, I had found out by accident a few days previously, had never mastered the art of… — Diana Gabaldon
I so wanted out of this conversation, but it was like a car accident: Once you started spinning, you could only wait and see what… — Laurell K. Hamilton
He’s bound to have done something,” Nobby repeated. In this he was echoing the Patrician’s view of crime and punishment. If there was a crime,… — Terry Pratchett
People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the… — Daniel Kahneman
Can anyone alter fate? All of us combined... or one great figure... or someone strategically placed, who happens to be in the right spot. Chance.… — Philip K. Dick
It is no accident that the photographer becomes a photographer any more than the lion tamer becomes a lion tamer. — Dorothea Lange
I don't think that anything happens by coincidence... No one is here by accident... Everyone who crosses our path has a message for us. Otherwise… — James Redfield
Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man. This is no accident. The inherent difficulties of the subject would be… — Henry Hazlitt
He's not going to shoot us in the back by accident, is he?" Deputy Coltrain asked. I smiled, not sweetly. "He promised not to. — Laurell K. Hamilton
Hitler: Thank you, whoever you are. I think you just saved my life. The Doctor: Believe me... It was an accident. — Steven Moffat
Any weapon touched by a woman, even by accident, must be cleansed with both water and prayer so that her essence would not linger, diverting… — Alice Hoffman
You might not think a hippo could inspire terror. Screaming “Hippo!” doesn’t have the same impact as screaming “Shark!” But I’m telling you—as the Egyptian… — Rick Riordan
His name was Death. It was pronounced to rhyme with "teeth", but Bitterblue liked to mispronounce it by accident on occassion. — Kristin Cashore
Human stories are practically always about one thing, really, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death. . . . . . (quoting an obituary) 'There… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Geography is the key, the crucial accident of birth. A piece of protein could be a snail, a sea lion, or a systems analyst, but… — Annie Dillard
I'm not going to try and change you mind." "If you're here, you accept it's my choice. This is the first thing I've been in… — Jojo Moyes
Granuaile looked terminally depressed when she emerged from the bathroom with raven hair and, as a result rather Goth by accident. She didn't want to… — Kevin Hearne

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