quotations about accidents
We are accidents waiting
Waiting to happen
RADIOHEAD
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"There, There"
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There are no accidents so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage, and none so lucky that the foolish are not able to turn to their own disadvantage.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
attributed, Day's Collacon
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Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances,
Of moving accidents by flood and field.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Othello
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of his circumstances, like a skilful general who marshals his limited forces with all the strategy of war.
ARISTOTLE
attributed, The Story of Philosophy
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A series of accidents creates a positively lighthearted state.
JEAN BAUDRILLARD
Cool Memories
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The life of man is unstable; having nothing certain, it is moved here and there by accidents; yet hope cheers the mind; no one knows what an hour may bring forth; God rules all the affairs of men, and often a boisterous storm overwhelms them in calamity.
SIMONIDES
attributed, Day's Collacon
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There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
GREEK PROVERB
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It wasn't like I was a bad person or anything, I just ... had a lot of accidents.
JAYMIN EVE
Trickery
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Nothing is meant, this is a beautiful accident
This could be the sunrise, or I could be wrong
Cause sometimes what looks like the sunrise
Turns out to be an atom bomb
THE FLAMING LIPS
"One Millionth Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning"
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Accidents are like death. Waiting for us everywhere. Inevitable. Unavoidable. Plan as we might, they defy our planning.
DAN SIMMONS
Entropy's Bed at Midnight
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Accidents will occur in the best regulated families.
CHARLES DICKENS
David Copperfield
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Our wanton accidents take root, and grow
To vaunt themselves God's laws.
CHARLES KINGSLEY
The Saint's Tragedy
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Many an accident is the result of looking only one way before crossing a one-way street.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
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In this needle and haystack life
I found miracles there in your eyes
It's no accident we're here tonight
We are once in a lifetime
SWITCHFOOT
"Needle and Haystack Life"
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They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them.
A.A. MILNE
The House at Pooh Corner
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No, it wasn't an accident, I didn't say that. It was carefully planned, down to the tiniest mechanical and emotional detail. But it was a mistake.
JOHN PAXTON
On the Beach
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