Best Incidents Words
273 Incidents quotes by 229 unique authors
-
Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the face,…
— Plutarch
-
As anyone who has been close to someone that has committed suicide knows, there is no other pain like that felt after the incident.
— Peter Green
-
Now that I'd experienced being a woman to a man I was in love with, I'd become self-conscious about being a woman to the world…
— Hilary Thayer Hamann
-
Sometimes all you’ve accomplished by the end of the day is to have maneuvered your body through space without grave incident.
— Hilary Thayer Hamann
-
The little incidents and accidents of every day fill us with emotion, anxiety, annoyance, passion, as long as they are close to us, when they…
— Arthur Schopenhauer
-
The difference is great between one's outside "life," the things which happen to one, incidents, pains and pleasures, and one's "living."
— Charlotte Perkins Gilman
-
Cultural transformation announces itself in sputtering fits and starts, sparked here and there by minor incidents, warmed by new ideas that may smolder for decades.…
— Marilyn Ferguson
-
I will burn, but this is a mere incident. We shall continue our discussion in eternity.
— Michael Servetus
-
In the Life of Darwin by his son, there is related an incident of how the great naturalist once studied long as to just what…
— Elbert Hubbard
-
What's given, in fact, always depends on the person or thing it's given to. A minor incident in the street brings the cook to the…
— Fernando Pessoa
-
Cultivate an ever continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents. Store up in…
— John Singer Sargent
-
The more outre' and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined, and the very point which appears to complicate a…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
-
I think a basic level of fitness can help the body cope with all manner of incidents.
— Richard Hammond
-
It's those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it , suddenly they become much bigger and…
— Tracy Chevalier
-
Napoleon: You have written this huge book on the system of the world without once mentioning the author of the universe. Laplace: Sire, I had…
— Pierre-Simon Laplace
-
In his sophomore year Wilbanks tried out for the high school basketball team and made it. On the first day of practice his coach had…
— Lynn G. Robbins
-
In spite of the incident, my experience in Kansas City was wonderful and I thank all the warm and supportive people, including so many veterans,…
— Jane Fonda
-
The small irritations or indignities that we experience are nothing compared to what a previous generation experienced. It's one thing for me to be mistaken…
— Barack Obama
-
Over the years, I've had about 80 stitches in my head and face from football incidents and bar incidents, so I have lots of scars.…
— Vinnie Jones
-
The birth of Christ our Lord was more than an incident, it was an epoch in the history of the world... He came to teach…
— Heber J. Grant
-
Through microscopic examination one can find in almost every life incidents or traits that can be destructive when they are magnified.
— Marvin J. Ashton
-
... Don [Hewitt, 60 Minutes exec producer] told me, "You have set broadcast journalism back 20 years." Naturally, I was both proud and elated although…
— Nicholas von Hoffman
-
Each month there are numerous incidents where visitors are abducted by criminal groups -- just long enough to withdraw the maximum amount of money from…
— Mark Hall
-
A failed structure provides a counterexample to a hypothesis and shows us incontrovertibly what cannot be done, while a structure that stands without incident often…
— Henry Petroski
-
A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false.
— Thomas B. Macaulay
More Ways to Read Incidents Quotes
Who Wrote These Incidents Quotes
229 authors contributed a total of 273 Incidents Quotes, led by these top contributors: