Accidental Quotes

198 Accidental quotes by 162 unique authors

Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success. — Thomas a Kempis
Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear man. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The explosion of a terrorist's single nuclear device in a major metropolitan center would trigger an unparalleled humanitarian and environmental disaster. An accidental military launch… — Alan Cranston
Extensive violations of human rights (torture, forced reduction of living standards for much of the population, police-sponsored death squads, destruction of representative institutions or of… — Noam Chomsky
To me, art almost always speaks more forcefully when it appears in an imperfect, accidental, and fragmentary way, somehow just signaling its presence, allowing one… — Witold Gombrowicz
But I have always - ever since The Accidental Woman - written novels about individuals attempting to make choices in the context of situations over… — Jonathan Coe
The reason it is difficult is that we have been conditioned to laugh at conspiracy theories, and few people will risk public ridicule by advocating… — G. Edward Griffin
All deaths before the age of 100 are accidental, caused by carelessness or thoughtlessness. — Chiyo Uno
Superficially insignificant or accidental looking detail (in art) may well carry the most important unconscious symbolism. — Anton Ehrenzweig
A photographer who made a picture from a splendid moment, an accidental pose of someone or a beautiful scenery, is the finder of a treasure. — Robert Doisneau
Nothing about my birth - or yours - was random or accidental. I was born for this time - and so were you. We were… — Christine Caine
Great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed. — Vincent Van Gogh
I think if a story has a message it should be incidental and accidental, otherwise it leans too close to indoctrination. — Karen Lord
A creative train of thought is set off by: the unexpected, the unknown, the accidental, the disorderly, the absurd, the impossible. — Asger Jorn
As soon as you accept the accidental effects, they are no longer accidents. They are necessity the part of yourself that you could not expect… — Kazuaki Tanahashi
My figures come and go, suggested by fortune or misfortune. I try to fix them divested of their apparent accidental quality. — Max Beckmann
The laws of color are unutterably beautiful, just because they are not accidental. — Vincent Van Gogh
History distinguishes what is accidental and transitory in human nature from what is essential and immutable. — Thomas B. Macaulay
Death is natural and necessary, but not just. It is a random force of nature; survival is equally accidental. Each loss is an occasion to… — Harriet McBryde Johnson
Always try to associate yourself closely with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you, who do better than… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. And great things are not something accidental, but… — Vincent Van Gogh
The color, the shape, and the texture--none of it is accidental. Every item we wear has a glorious (or sometimes not so glorious) history, and… — Tim Gunn
The results serve to disprove the tetranucleotide hypothesis. It is, however, noteworthy-whether this is more than accidental, cannot yet be said-that in all desoxypentose nucleic… — Erwin Chargaff
Told with rare honesty, My Accidental Jihad is the story of Krista Bremer's lifelong quest for insight and understanding, a search that leads her out… — Maggie Shipstead
It behooves us always to bear in mind, that while actions are always to be judged by the immutable standard of right and wrong, the… — Robert Southey

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