Happenstance Quotes

31 quotes by 31 authors

The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance... has helped to determine your path through life. — Rowan Atkinson
Design is the application of intent - the opposite of happenstance, and an antidote to accident. — Robert L. Peters
We make choices but are constantly foiled by happenstance. — Penelope Lively
Significant inventions are not mere accidents. The erroneous view [that they are] is widely held, and it is one that the scientific and technical community,… — Paul Flory
Try to be happy within the context of the life we are actually living. Happiness is not a situation to be longed for or a… — Wayne Coyne
History is not happenstance: it is conspiratorial. Carefully planned and executed by people in power. — George Carlin
The cry that 'fantasy is escapist' compared to the novel is only an echo of the older cry that novels are 'escapist' compared with biography,… — Tom Shippey
I would change very little because I have been very, very fortunate. A lot of things fell into place for me simply by happenstance. When… — Michael Connelly
By the cold Darwinian logic of natural selection, evolution codifies happenstance into strategy. — David Quammen
I am placed in situations with opportunities in those situations that others are not. I don't believe that that is happenstance. I believe that there… — Ronald Perelman
The effect hip-hop had on me was enormous. I was exposed to it by happenstance. My father worked at a radio station in New York… — Michael Rapaport
It's luck that one thing works out and one doesn't, it's sort of happenstance. — Richard Linklater
I went to really good New York City public schools that had arts programs. So in junior high, I got into the drama department. From… — Merritt Wever
Sometimes events that lead us bereft of anything but grief just happen for no reason other than happenstance--a car turns left instead of right, a… — Neil Abramson
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. — Ian Fleming
**New business concepts are always, always the product of lucky foresight.** That's right - the essential insight doesn't come out of any dirigiste planning process;… — Gary Hamel
Peace is not happenstance. It is a living fire that must be fed constantly. It must be tended to with vigilance, else it dies out. — Libba Bray
Hey, this is weird. I ordered one frozen yogurt and they gave me two. You donâ€™t happen to like frozen yogurt do you? I love… — Joss Whedon
Iâ€™m always intrigued by my nonsensical concern with picking out a bunch of things that look exactly alike the ones that somehow I feel are… — Vincent Price
There are moments that define a person's whole life. Moments in which everything they are and everything they may possibly become balance on a single… — Jonathan Maberry

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