Accidents Quote by Sidney Lumet Download Open image “The nature of the work is to prepare for a good accident .” — Sidney Lumet ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Accidents Inspirational Love Nature Preparation
I am interested in seeing how a certain situation can develop with potential accidents. First, I am inspired by the acts of potential collaborators.… — Francis Alys Copy Share Image
Accidents often produce the best solutions… only you can recognize the difference between an accident and your original intent. — Jennifer Morla Copy Share Image
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We try to reduce the danger to a minimum, of course. And then we prepare for accidents with alternate plans. For instance, if I'm… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
You have to go through the long, painful process of learning techniques to be able to recognize a "good accident" or a "bad accident." — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Good health and safety really matters - we need to protect people against death and serious injury in the workplace. — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
“Hindsight bias and focusing only on the operator's role in accidents prevents us from fully learning from accidents and making significant progress in improving… — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
There are no accidents... there is only some purpose that we haven't yet understood. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
There are no minor decisions in movie making. Each decision will either contribute to a good piece of work or bring the whole movie… — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters. — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
There's a powerful magic about being a writer that I still marvel at. — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
There are no personal revelations other than feelings arising from the work itself — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't. — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
Suffice to say that the theme (the WHAT of the movie) is going to determine the style (the HOW of the movie). — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that… — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
Don't let the difficulty of actually achieving a shot make you think that the shot is good. — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
Over-length is one of the things that most often results in the destruction of the movie in the cutting room. — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
It was no accident, no coincidence, that the seasons came round and round year after year. It was the Lord speaking to us all… — Francine Rivers Copy Share Image
No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents. — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
In presenting a mathematical argument the great thing is to give the educated reader the chance to catch on at once to the momentary… — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
The only way to have a funeral is to invite everyone who ever knew the person and just wait for the accident to happen-somebody… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that can be… — Gordon Willis Copy Share Image
By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth. — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
I made out with a homeless guy by accident. I had no idea -- he was really tan, he had no shoes on. I… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
Naturally I feel no shame in writing these things because of the time which separates the moment when they are written--when only I can… — Annie Ernaux Copy Share Image
In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump… — Jason Schwartzman Copy Share Image
I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets. — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
Despite my mentors advice that I would never go to heaven fishing with a weighted nymph and a float, I took it up. (As… — Tony Bishop Copy Share Image
