Fortuitous Quotes

31 quotes by 30 authors

Whatever sphere we may be in, there is a profound joy in the realization that we are helping to form the structure of the new… — Rollo May
That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would… — Jonathan Swift
Nature's fortuitous manifestation of her purposeless objectionableness. — Ambrose Bierce
A wonder then it must needs be,-that there should be any Man found so stupid and forsaken of reason as to persuade himself, that this… — John Ray
The greatest dread of ordinary man is death, with its rude imposition interrupting fortuitous plans and fondest attachments with an unknown and unwelcome change. The… — Paramahansa Yogananda
How is it to be explained that something inside me revolts against the playing of obvious moves? Perhaps we may perceive the underlying reason in… — Aron Nimzowitsch
There is no explanation in the Big Bang theory for the seemingly fortuitous fact that the density of matter has just the right value for… — Robert Jastrow
However much we talk of the inexorable laws governing the life of individuals and of societies, we remain at the bottom convinced that in human… — Eric Hoffer
Nothing fortuitous happens in a child's world. There are no accidents. Everything is connected with everything else and everything can be explained by everything else.… — John Berger
They whose activity of imagination is often shifting the scenes of expectation, are frequently subject to such sallies of caprice as make all their actions… — Samuel Johnson
Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed… — Ethan Coen
We are the product of 4.5 billion years of fortuitous, slow biological evolution. There is no reason to think that the evolutionary process has stopped.… — Carl Sagan
In August of 1921, one of the great American combinations was unveiledâ€”even better than the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. This fortuitous new blend was… — George Vecsey
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances. — Walter Scott
PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of Pharaoh the Immune.… — Ambrose Bierce
Fortuitous circumstances constitute the molds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the… — Olympia Brown
To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives. — Oliver Goldsmith
Western civilization, because of fortuitous historical circumstances, has spread itself more widely than any other local group that has so far been known. — Ruth Benedict
Composition is a side issue. Its role in my selection of photographs is a negative one at best. By which I mean that the fascination… — Gerhard Richter
I see no reason to believe that a creator of protoplasm or primeval matter, if such there be, has any reason to be interested in… — Rosalind Franklin

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