Accidental Quotes

198 Accidental quotes by 162 unique authors

But in the end, science does not provide the answers most of us require. Its story of our origins and of our end is, to… — Neil Postman
Well, it was kind of accidental that Jim started playing with us, although it wasn't sudden... we hadn't really looked around to think who could… — Kim Gordon
Poison or elixir, narcotic or aphrodisiac, whatever it was, this flower, relic of a day in the life of an accidental writer, an inadvertent counterfeiter… — Cesar Aira
Another foundational truth is that God has a plan for history. History is providential, not accidental. ... — D. A. Fisher
You must beware of seeing malice behind accidental injury. — Philip K. Dick
Accidental stacks considered harmful. — Larry Wall
You are not what you think yourself to be, I assure you. The image you have of yourself is made up from memories and is… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Fact: If you don’t have an effective plan for selling, any business you get is accidental. — Todd Duncan
To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would… — Henry David Thoreau
Private, accidental, confidential conversation breeds thought. Clubs produce oftener words. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is indeed certain, that whoever attempts any common topick, will find unexpected coincidences of his thoughts with those of other writers; nor can the… — Samuel Johnson
Necessity reconciles and brings men together; and this accidental connection afterward forms itself into laws. — Michel de Montaigne
Nothing with God can be accidental. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It is the artist's function not to copy but to synthesise: to eliminate from that gross confusion of actuality which is his raw material whatever… — William Ernest Henley
The life we all live is amateurish and accidental; it begins in accident and proceeds by trial and error toward dubious ends. — Wallace Stegner
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental. — Joseph Heller
Is anything accidental? — Norman Spinrad
I'm an accidental writer. — William P. Young
I was an accidental model. One day I was asked to me a model by a neighbor who was short on models. Then I got… — Daisy Fuentes
I don't want anyone to get seriously hurt. But I do watch awards shows to critique the clothes while I sit around eating chips in… — Eliza Coupe
I never thought I'd be acting. It's very accidental for me. — Reeve Carney
An idol may be undeified by many accidental causes. Marriage, in particular, is a kind of counter apotheosis, as a deification inverted. When a man… — Joseph Addison
At first laying down, as a fact fundamental, That nothing with God can be accidental. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nothing is or can be accidental with God. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with the laws of nature, and those rules are supposed coeval… — Samuel Johnson

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