Quotes about Accidents

Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man. Votes: 6

Accidents will occur in the best regulated families. Votes: 5

Accidents are not accidents but precise arrivals at the wrong right time. Votes: 5

Omissions are not accidents. Votes: 4

Accidents can happen at any time. Votes: 4

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents. Votes: 4

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. Votes: 4

Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully Votes: 4

There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst. Votes: 4

The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. Votes: 4

Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you. Votes: 4

Accidents happen all the time. Votes: 3

Don't learn safety by accident. Votes: 3

Accidents. It's all about the accidents. Votes: 3

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families Votes: 3

Accidents will happen in the best regulated families. Votes: 3

Accidents ambush the unsuspecting, often violently, just like love. Votes: 3

Children in backseats cause accidents. Accidents in backseats cause children. Votes: 3

The most persistent principles in the universe are accident and error. Votes: 3

Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult. Votes: 3

Everyone makes mistakes, even if some are worse than others. Accidents happen. Votes: 3

They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them. Votes: 3

There is no accident, just as there is no beginning and no end. Votes: 3

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. Votes: 3

There are no accidents... there is only some purpose that we haven't yet understood. Votes: 3

Accidents, and particularly street and highway accidents, do not happen - they are caused. Votes: 3

At first laying down, as a fact fundamental, That nothing with God can be accidental. Votes: 3

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. Votes: 3

Unpredictability. Accidents. Not good when you're engaging in, say, brain surgery, but when lighting...wonderful! Votes: 3

I have discovered that the unasked-for accident can be the salvation of what you are doing. Votes: 3

Accidents are just from where you're looking; to the ego, it looks like it's miracles and accidents. Votes: 3

Accidents happen. Our bones shatter, our skin splits, our hearts break. We burn, we drown, we stay alive. Votes: 3

It's hard to believe, but anything can happen. Accidents do happen, unfortunately, it happened at the worst time. Votes: 3

Accidents often produce the best solutions"¦ only you can recognize the difference between an accident and your original intent. Votes: 3

Get into the habit of doing what you see, not what you know. Human reason cannot foresee the accidents of out-of-doors. Votes: 3

In art, we are the first heirs of all the earth. . . . Accidents impair and Time transforms, but it is we who choose. Votes: 3

I often use an old canvas and I particularly enjoy painting over something I've already done, allowing bits to come jumping through accidentally. Votes: 3

Art is not arbitrary. A fine painting is not there by accident; it is not arrived at by chance. We are sensitive to tonalities. Votes: 3

No one in the United States has become seriously ill or has died because of any kind of accident at a civilian nuclear power plant. Votes: 3

Accidents at power plants are bad enough. But a leak from a bioreactor could be worse, since bacteria can learn new tricks when you're not looking. Votes: 3

Accidents on big mountains happen when people's ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride. Votes: 3

Accidents did not just happen. From time to time they were carefully plotted, calculated, and arranged to one's advantage-all, of course, under the cloak of happenstance. Votes: 3

Accidents have already become an important factor restricting the development of a harmonious economy and society, and have attracted the strong attention of the Chinese government and society Votes: 3

In art, there is one thing which does not receive sufficient attention. The element which is left to the human will is not nearly so large as people think. Votes: 3

For a photographer, it's a necessity that you can shoot stuff magically. Accidents are necessary, but after I take the photograph, it's not over. I work on it more. Votes: 3

I throw down the gauntlet to chance. For example, I prepare the ground for a picture by cleaning my brush over the canvas. Spilling a little turpentine can also be helpful. Votes: 3

The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control, in his work, the self-presentation that in actuality is at the mercy of a thousand accidents. Votes: 3

No child wants to fall off a jungle gym or slide. Accidents are an unfortunate fact of life, but to lower every last slide and jungle gym to a height that would only interest a toddler is doing our children a grave disservice. Votes: 3

Men Wanted for Dangerous Expedition: Low Wages for Long Hours of Arduous Labour under Brutal Conditions; Months of Continual Darkness and Extreme Cold; Great Risk to Life and Limb from Disease, Accidents and Other Hazards; Small Chance of Fame in Case of Success. Votes: 3

Accidents and chance are words used by persons who do not think clearly when they attempt to account for certain happenings. Anyone who thinks must be convinced that in a world as orderly as this there is no room for the words accident and chance. Votes: 3

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families; and in families not regulated by that pervading influence which sanctifies while it enhances... in short, by the influence of Woman, in the lofty character of Wife, they may be expected with confidence, and must be borne with philosophy. Votes: 3

There are no accidents, all things have a deep and calculated purpose; sometimes the methods employed by Providence seem strange and incongruous, but we have only to be patient and wait for the result: then we recognize that no others would have answered the purpose, and we are rebuked and humbled. Votes: 3

There are no accidents without intentions Votes: 1

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents. Votes: 1

There are no mistakes, only happy accidents. Votes: 1

Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors Votes: 1

My life has been a whole series of accidents, some of them happy, some not. Votes: 1

We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children. Votes: 1

Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of. Votes: 1

Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage. Votes: 1

It's going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I'll risk saying that we'll be lucky if something really serious doesn't happen. Votes: 1

Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you. Votes: 1

A healthy human environment is one in which we try to make sense of our limits, of the accidents that can always befall us and the passage of time which inexorably changes us. Votes: 1

We are glorious accidents of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity, not the expected results of evolutionary principles that yearn to produce a creature capable of understanding the mode of its own necessary construction. Votes: 1

To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time. Votes: 1

Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse. Votes: 1

I'm riveted by extreme sports like big-wave surfing, 'megaramp' skateboarding and half-pipe snowboarding. I'm fascinated partly because the sports are so exhilaratingly acrobatic. But I'm also captivated by the fear that a terrible accident might happen at any moment. And accidents do happen. Votes: 1

Real biologists who actually do the research will tell you that they almost never find a phenomenon, no matter how odd or irrelevant it looks when they first see it, that doesn't prove to serve a function. The outcome itself may be due to small accidents of evolution. Votes: 1

Modern motor vehicles are safer and more reliable than they have ever been - yet more than 1 million people are killed in car accidents around the world each year, and more than 50 million are injured. Why? Largely because one perilous element in the mechanics of driving remains unperfected by progress: the human being. Votes: 1

Being a display pilot is probably the thing I've been most proud of in my life. Don't really fly anymore now though. I have three small children and as most of my friends were killed in different accidents, I realised that it was probably just a matter of time before I went that way. Votes: 1

I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the better! If I'm presented with a fast horse or a fast boat, I still get that shiver of excitement and I cannot resist. Luckily I never seem to have any accidents, and thank God for that. Votes: 1

I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents; we're all teachers - if we're willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn, trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take risks or wait for some miracle to come knocking at our door. Votes: 1

It is true that going out on to the street implies the risk of accidents happening, as they would to any ordinary man or woman. But if the church stays wrapped up in itself, it will age. And if I had to choose between a wounded church that goes out on to the streets and a sick, withdrawn church, I would definitely choose the first one. Votes: 1

Tragedies happen, accidents happen. Votes: 0

Promptly improve your accidents. Votes: 0

There are no accidents. Votes: 0

Slightest accidents open up new worlds. Votes: 0

There are no accidents in Nature, Votes: 0

There are no mistakes, just happy accidents. Votes: 0

Literature, art, like civilization itself, are only accidents. Votes: 0

There are no small accidents on this circuit. Votes: 0

We dont make mistakes. We have happy accidents. Votes: 0

There are no accidents whatsoever in the universe. Votes: 0

We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents. Votes: 0

There are no accidents, only encounters with destiny! Votes: 0

Enlightenments, like accidents, happen only to prepared minds. Votes: 0

The purpose of autonomous driving is to eliminate accidents. Votes: 0

Software−related accidents are usually caused by flawed requirements. Votes: 0

I don't think there's any accidents in my life. Votes: 0

The kind of accidents you prefer to call...accidents. Votes: 0

The fortune of nations has often depended on accidents . . . Votes: 0

Failure and success are not accidents, but the strictest justice. Votes: 0

It's ridiculous. My life's been a series of happy accidents. Votes: 0

There are no such things as accidents. Only fate redesigned. Votes: 0

So many catastrophes in love are only accidents of egotism. Votes: 0

Where do the homeless have 90 per cent of their accidents? Votes: 0

I am the victim of a fortunate series of accidents. Votes: 0

People don't blame the act of driving for auto accidents. Votes: 0

We don't usually write up accidents involving rabbits. - Joe Morelli Votes: 0

Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable. Votes: 0

People in cars cause accidents and accidents in cars cause people. Votes: 0

If it wasn't for some acci-accidents, then some would never learn. Votes: 0

Traffic accidents have increased 100 percent in the city since the hurricane. Votes: 0

Once you start buying first aid kits you start having accidents. Votes: 0

Life's just a bunch of accidents, connected by one perfect end. Votes: 0

A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents. Votes: 0

True, life is complex. But so are a great many accidents. Votes: 0

Decisions can be like car accidents, sudden and full of consequences. Votes: 0

Experience: the vehicle of history. Teenagers: the driving force behind fatal accidents. Votes: 0

A museum of accidents is needed. This museum already exists, it's television. Votes: 0

Creating and producing creative work, to me, those are all happy accidents. Votes: 0

Things turn out better by accident sometimes. But you can't organize accidents. Votes: 0

Our wanton accidents take root, and grow To vaunt themselves God's laws. Votes: 0

Honor the image of God. Human beings are not accidents, but creations. Votes: 0

The process of art-making is full of happy accidents - what fun! Votes: 0

Remember that the worst accidents occur in the middle of the road. Votes: 0

Now we average 90 accidents a day and often it's as high as 100 Votes: 0

There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet. Votes: 0

The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents. Votes: 0

What I love about watercolor is that a lot of happy accidents occur. Votes: 0

All future wars, all future accidents will be live wars and live accidents. Votes: 0

The director is simply the audience. His job is to preside over accidents.... Votes: 0

Improvise when obstacles present themselves. Happy accidents are magic! Have an open mind. Votes: 0

If you want to be a visionary, go out and have some accidents! Votes: 0

The most useful truths are always universal, and unconnected with accidents and customs. Votes: 0

I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all. Votes: 0

The most striking characters are sometimes the product of an infinity of little accidents. Votes: 0

Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects. Votes: 0

There are no accidents so unlucky but the prudent may draw some advantage from them. Votes: 0

Deadwood was a place created by a series of accidents. A kind of original sin. Votes: 0

"In France," Marcel said with wintry dignity, "accidents occur in the bedroom, not the kitchen." Votes: 0

To build a theory of international relations on accidents of geography and history is dangerous. Votes: 0

Television exposes the world to the accident. The world is exposed to accidents through television. Votes: 0

I've reached the age where bruises are formed from failures within rather than accidents without. Votes: 0

The accidental causes of science are only accidents relatively to the intelligence of a man. Votes: 0

Poetry begins where language starts: in the shadows and accidents of one person’s life. Votes: 0

We must judge a government by its general tendencies and not by its happy accidents. Votes: 0

Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents Votes: 0

You'll learn more from your accidents than anything that you could ever learn at school. Votes: 0

Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind. Votes: 0

Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten. Votes: 0

My life has been a series of well-orchestrated accidents; I've always suffered from hallucinogenic optimism. Votes: 0

The different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of human nature. Votes: 0

Television is a media of crisis, which means that television is a media of accidents. Votes: 0

A series of accidents creates a positively light-hearted state, out of consideration for this strange power. Votes: 0

Unfortunately most accidents are preventable. Planes don't fall out of the sky unless something is wrong. Votes: 0

Miracles are propitious accidents, the natural causes of which are too complicated to be readily understood. Votes: 0

The image that fiction presents is purged of the distractions, confusions and accidents of ordinary life. Votes: 0

In this universe, which was created by a divine organizing intelligence, there are simply no accidents. Votes: 0

The increase in accidents is disappointing. But the decrease in total fatalities is a hopeful sign. Votes: 0

Single life should be experimental in nature and open to accidents. Some accidents are happy ones. Votes: 0

Over-eating is the most worthy of sins. It neither breaks up marriages nor causes road accidents. Votes: 0

The number is less than that of 2004, but major fatal accidents have aroused considerable public discontent. Votes: 0

Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly. Votes: 0

I respect deeply that each project brings its own secret and wonderful gifts and happy accidents. Votes: 0

My life is a big accident, so where I end up, I think it's all accidents. Votes: 0

I notice faint scars on her wrists and forearms, thin lines too symmetrical to be accidents. Votes: 0

Half of all home accidents happen in the kitchen, and the family has to eat them. Votes: 0

My life and my career have been a series of happy and not so happy accidents. Votes: 0

We must judge of a form of government by it's general tendency, not by happy accidents Votes: 0

You're still going to see accidents, you always will. Especially towards the closing laps of a race. Votes: 0

There are relatively few things that kill people that are young other than car accidents and suicide. Votes: 0

Coordinating there Events and objects with remote events And vanished objects. Making ornaments Of accidents and possibilities. Votes: 0

They were just accidents. Luke said he was just testing my concussion. I'm not mad at him. Votes: 0

My big concern is keeping people off the highways today, so that we have no further accidents Votes: 0

Your success and happiness lie within you. External conditions are the accidents of life, its outer trappings. Votes: 0

There would be far fewer accidents if we could only teach telephone poles to be more careful. Votes: 0

No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them... Votes: 0

Coincidences are not accidents but signals from the universe which can guide us toward our true destiny. Votes: 0

I have one of those real old American built cars. The kind that just PUNCHES through accidents. Votes: 0

Only in football is long-term injury the result not of accidents but of the game played properly. Votes: 0

If you go around looking for accidents, asking for them, they can't be called accidents any more. Votes: 0

Even with the best intentions, you can have a nuclear war, a nuclear holocaust, through miscalculation, through accidents. Votes: 0

Stupidity and wisdom meet in the same centre of sentiment and resolution, in the suffering of human accidents. Votes: 0

Some of us might look like accidents, but I mean none of us is in fact an accident. Votes: 0

Hope bases vast premises upon foolish accidents and reads a word where, in fact, only a scribble exists. Votes: 0

History, in fact, is no more than a list of the crimes of humanity, human follies and accidents Votes: 0

I mean, accidents happen. You learn from them and you try to make sure they don't happen again. Votes: 0

Things are bound to begin happening if you've got your wits about you. You create the lucky accidents. Votes: 0

Our own actions are the accidents of fortune that we sometimes place to the credit of luck or misfortune. Votes: 0

If every man could act as he chose, the whole of history would be a tissue of disconnected accidents. Votes: 0

It is great To do that thing that ends all other deeds, Which shackles accidents and bolts up change. Votes: 0

Nothing drives progress like the imagination. The idea precedes the deed. The only exceptions are accidents and natural selection. Votes: 0

Who would seriously want to listen to anything emanating from a quasi-chimpanzee's irrational bundle of mental accidents and energies? Votes: 0

Illness and accidents were mysterious manifestations of the war of the spirits, fought on the battleground of the body. Votes: 0

No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents. Votes: 0

The rational transparency and beauty of the universe are surely too remarkable to be treated as just happy accidents. Votes: 0

The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide. Votes: 0

Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways. Votes: 0

There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins. Votes: 0

Life is an adventure of our own design intersected by fate and a series of lucky and unlucky accidents. Votes: 0

Facts are all accidents. They all might have been different. They all may become different. They may all collapse altogether. Votes: 0

O to be self-balanced for contingencies, to confront night, storms, hunger, ridicule, accidents, rebuffs, as the trees and animals do. Votes: 0

God overrules all mutinous accidents, brings them under His laws of fate, and makes them all serviceable to His purpose. Votes: 0

Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims. Votes: 0

There are no accidents; success is the result of doing the right thing, in the right way, over and over. Votes: 0

The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers. Votes: 0

As human beings, we are the genetic elite, the sentient, contemplating and innovating sum of countless genetic accidents and transcription errors. Votes: 0

in the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen Votes: 0

I have these accidents, these mistakes, these self-inflicted wounds, and then I tear my head to shreds about it for days. Votes: 0

Like accidents, marriages result because those involved happen to arrive at what might be the wrong place, at the same time. Votes: 0

People who tell you that control is bad are trying to tell you that automobile accidents and industrial accidents are good. Votes: 0

My whole career is just terror, from beginning to end. That's kind of my thing. A lot of happy accidents happened. Votes: 0

There are no mistakes or accidents. The present is malleable. Influence the odds. Free will is your pen, write your life. Votes: 0

About 70 percent of everything is really sketched out on my keyboard beforehand, because I do want accidents to happen in the studio. Votes: 0

So, I never lose a sense of the whimsical and perilous charm of daily life, with its meetings and words and accidents. Votes: 0

I have suffered two grave accidents in my life, one in which a streetcar knocked me down... The other accident is Diego. Votes: 0

We hope that all coal mines will learn from the bitter lessons these accidents have taught and will strengthen their safety precautions. Votes: 0

History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars. Votes: 0

All great discoveries...are products as much of doubt as of certainty, and the two in opposition clear the air for marvelous accidents. Votes: 0

God is not blind; neither is He capricious. For Him there are no accidents. With God there are no cases of chance events. Votes: 0

Since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents, they certainly offer ideal opportunities for a prompt disruption of normal activities. Votes: 0

A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is-- blind or not-- a good world to live in, a promising universe. Votes: 0

Temptations in the life of faith are not accidents; each temptation is part of a plan, a step in the progress of faith. Votes: 0

Misfortunes one can endure--they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults--ah!--there is the sting of life. Votes: 0

He divines remedies against injuries; he knows how to turn serious accidents to his own advantage; whatever does not kill him makes him stronger Votes: 0

We have our share of accidents at nap time. However, the one thing we never do is shame the child, or use blaming words. Votes: 0

I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed to reduce their number. Votes: 0

I like Mercedes because my wife has been in two big accidents and emerged without a scratch, thanks to the safety of these cars. Votes: 0

It troubles him to consider the powerful currents and fine-tuning that alter fate, the close and distant influences, the accidents of character and circumstance. Votes: 0

Americans refused to see accidents as accidental. They did not comprehend they while tragedy always exacts a formidable price, it rarely incurs a debt. Votes: 0

Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature, especially your own. Votes: 0

Communities and neighborhoods are affected. Idling trains, traffic backups, grade crossing accidents and other safety issues all affect the quality of life in our neighborhoods. Votes: 0

Corporations complained about [safety] regulations, but let's face it, people walk away from accidents now that would have killed them when I was a kid Votes: 0

Hospital-acquired infections are now killing more people every year in the United States than die from AIDS or cancer or car accidents combined - about 100,000. Votes: 0

No one can depute authority. It comes too much from personal accidents, and too little from reason or law to be handed over to others. Votes: 0

The best artists are the ones that work the hardest, and if you work hard enough, you'll eventually experience the happy accidents that are art. Votes: 0

Nothing happens without intention, Willem. Nothing. This theory of yours - life is rules by accidents - isn't that just one huge excuse for passivity? Votes: 0

I get imaginative with a mouth full of adjectives, A brain full of adverbs, and a box full of laxatives, Shittin' on rappers, causin' hospital accidents. Votes: 0

Ski racing, especially downhill, is a dangerous activity and there are many accidents. It would be really too bad to lose everything because of a crash. Votes: 0

We're beginning to realize that drowsiness or sleep deprivation, fatigue, is beginning to outstrip alcohol as a cause of accidents in transportation, particularly on the highway Votes: 0

Everything in the universe has a purpose. There are no misfits, there are no freaks, there are no accidents. There are only things we don't understand. Votes: 0

While tenderness of feeling and susceptibility to generous emotions are accidents of temperament, goodness is an achievement of the will and a quality of the life. Votes: 0

I've always been interested in the fragility of things, and with special urgency now because of climate change, but also because of the accidents of reading. Votes: 0

If you don't have a basis on which to make the choice, then you don't have a style at all. You have a series of accidents. Votes: 0

I liked the rain. It made it harder, the harder the better. I didn't see accidents but there are a lot of broken cars out there. Votes: 0

Men who possess all the advantages of life are in a state where there are many accidents to disorder and discompose, but few to please them. Votes: 0

Not only does the wind of accidents stir me according to its blowing, but I am also stirred and troubled by the instability of my attitude. Votes: 0

The public probably knows that teen drivers are at greater risk for fatal accidents. What the public doesn't know is what we ought to do about it. Votes: 0

I like things that don't look like you're in control. It's like life itself. You just learn how to benefit from accidents and chances that you take. Votes: 0

Here I am and there is my body dancing on glass In accident time where there are no accidents You have no choice the choice comes after Votes: 0

We have to get out of the mind-set of saying, "No matter how hard we try, we will have accidents," and into "We will not have accidents." Votes: 0

Ships are blowing up at sea, or catching fire, factories are blowing up. Are these accidents? Are these industrial sabotage? No one really suspected a spy network. Votes: 0

The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents. Votes: 0

So much are our minds influenced by the accidents of our bodies, that every man is more the man of the day than a regular and consequential character. Votes: 0

Design in nature is but a concatenation of accidents, culled by natural selection until the result is so beautiful or effective as to seem a miracle of purpose. Votes: 0

Men, however distinguished by external accidents or intrinsick qualities, have all the same wants, the same pains, and, as far as the senses are consulted, the same pleasures. Votes: 0

To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us. Votes: 0

I stop and look at traffic accidents. I won't hang around, but when I hear something is terrible, as bad as it is, I've gotta look at it. Votes: 0

It is prima facie highly implausible that life as we know it is the result of a sequence of physical accidents together with the mechanism of natural selection. Votes: 0

I don't think that the Soviet Union and China are accidents, aberrations; I think they follow from Marxism-Leninism. I think that Leninism comes out of Marx's basic convictions. Votes: 0

If you recognize that self-driving cars are going to prevent car accidents, AI will be responsible for reducing one of the leading causes of death in the world. Votes: 0

I came to Party Crashing because accidents happen. People you love will die. Nothing you treasure will last forever. And I need to accept and embrace that fact. Votes: 0

The Act of God designation on all insurance policies; which means, roughly, that you cannot be insured for the accidents that are most likely to happen to you. Votes: 0

Workplace accidents with people who are sleep deprived or people who work shifts and they don't get the right amount of sleep during the day or at night. Votes: 0

My only solution for the problem of habitual accidents is to stay in bed all day. Even then, there is always the chance that you will fall out. Votes: 0

The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear, and with good reason; that passion alone, in the trouble of it, exceeding all other accidents Votes: 0

As in the piling up of hypothetical alternatives, creative accidents follow the law of probabilities the more we fish, the more likely we are to get a strike. Votes: 0

There are no accidents or coincidences in life - everything is synchronicity - because everything has a frequency. It's simply the physics of life and the universe in action. Votes: 0

Terrorism kills far fewer people than cigarettes, or alcohol, or car accidents. But we don't see ourselves restructuring society and lives in order to make those threats go away. Votes: 0

If we accept that there is no such thing as 'zero risk' then we should not spin the meaning of words with assertions such as 'all accidents are preventable'. Votes: 0

Time, whose millioned accidents creep in betwixt vows, and change decrees of kings, tan sacred beauty, blunt the sharpest intents, divert strong minds to the course of altering things. Votes: 0

Decrements in attention and concentration, being able to learn more efficiently, that's just not as good. Also, there are motor vehicle accidents, workplace accidents, we see that a lot. Votes: 0

If you look more broadly at injury, so it includes also accidents, it's the largest cause of death in children of school age in Mexico. It's an enormous problem. Votes: 0

This, dear Phaedrus, is the most important point: no geometry without the word. Without it, figures are accidents, and neither make manifest nor serve the power of the mind." Votes: 0

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 into people, and take unexpected turns. Votes: 0

Small mistakes, the lack of care, little accidents, and somewhere a tipping point is passed and things go badly wrong. Expedition history brims with tragedies built out of incremental missteps. Votes: 0

That's the way it happens - some characters you set out to use, some are happy accidents. As long as it works, it doesn't really matter how you got them. Votes: 0

The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents. Votes: 0

Whilst accidents and assaults injure and kill people quickly and spectacularly, bullying and consequent prolonged negative stress injure and kill people slowly and secretively. The outcome, though, is the same. Votes: 0

A lot of my work comes through accidents or circumstances that just happen to present themselves. I have to realize that something is presenting itself. Otherwise it slips right by. Votes: 0

People may think of Southern humor in terms of missing teeth and outhouse accidents, but the best of it is a rich vein running through the best of Southern literature. Votes: 0

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 into people, and take unexpected turns Votes: 0

But I had no plans to end my own life, and accidents couldn't be predicted. Neither could murder, unless my aunt and uncle were planning to take me out themselves. Votes: 0

It's a real triumph taking a painting out from a pit-hole with a loose and open approach. Some aspects in its favour are those strange accidents that can produce amazing results. Votes: 0

The random quantum fluctuations of my brain are historical accidents that happen to have decided that the concepts of dynamic scoping and lexical scoping are orthogonal and should remain that way. Votes: 0

Children drown, beautiful women are mangled in automobile accidents, cruise ships founder, and men die lingering deaths in mines and submarines, but you will find none of this in my accounts. Votes: 0

The buffalo isn't as dangerous as everyone makes him out to be. Statistics prove that in the United States more Americans are killed in automobile accidents than are killed by buffalo. Votes: 0

I think one of the things about parents and children is there are the accidents of temperament. There's no guarantee that just because you are related you'll have anything in common. Votes: 0

Um, accidents happen. Especially if there's a co-star that you're not that fond of - you might 'accidentally' deck him. But no, I'm a professional. I'm just saying that can happen. Votes: 0

Fatal accidents never happen because of just one mistake. It takes a whole chain of stupids lining up just so to put a full stop at the end of an epitaph. Votes: 0

Humiliating to human pride as it may be, we must recognize that the advance and even the preservation of civilization are dependent upon a maximum of opportunity for accidents to happen. Votes: 0

I have never believed that my limitations were in any sense punishments or accidents. If I had held such a view, I could never have expected the strength to overcome them. Votes: 0

I really believe there's no such thing as accidents, only opportunities. God gives everyone the ingredients to a good, happy life. It's up to us to make the most of them. Votes: 0

There are no accidents in this world, that no living being is seduced into an entanglement that he did not invite with his innermost desires. Would you agree with my estimation? Votes: 0

Let's face it.., our current [immigration control] system is like a busy intersection without a traffic cop: sure there are laws on the books, but absent enforcement, there are too many accidents. Votes: 0

The histories of the lives and fortunes of men are full of instances of this nature,--where favorable times and lucky accidents have done for them, what wisdom or skill could not. Votes: 0

With uncertainty in one scale, courage and self-confidence should be thrown into the other to correct the balance. The greater they are, the greater the margin that can be left for accidents. Votes: 0

A man may by custom fortify himself against pain, shame, and suchlike accidents; but as to death, we can experience it but once, and are all apprentices when we come to it Votes: 0

In pitch dark I go walkin' in your landscape Broken branches trip me as I speak Just 'cause you feel it doesn't mean it's there We are accidents waiting Waiting to happen Votes: 0

Hopefully, nations will refuse to accept a situation in which nuclear accidents actually do occur, and, if at all possible, they will do something to correct a system which makes them likely. Votes: 0

It cannot be denied that outward accidents conduce much to fortune, favor, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue; but chiefly, the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands Votes: 0

Besides, it happens fast for some people and slow for some, accidents or gravity, but we all end up mutilated. Most women know this feeling of being more and more invisible everyday. Votes: 0

The history of science can be viewed as the recasting of phenomena that were once thought to be accidents as phenomena that can be understood in terms of fundamental causes and principles. Votes: 0

Become aware that there are no accidents in our intelligent universe. Realize that everything that shows up in your life has something to teach you. Appreciate everyone and everything in your life. Votes: 0

My favourite road sign is 'Falling Rocks'. What exactly am I supposed to do with that information? They may as well have a sign saying "Random accidents ahead", "Life's a lottery, Be lucky." Votes: 0

Home runs just come from accidents by me, ... I just try to hit it solid and sometimes they go out. The record is nice to have but I'm not trying to hit them. Votes: 0

You've got to let accidents and strange things happen - let it work, so it's got an organic sort of quality ... By trying to remove yourself you can see some fantastic things sometimes. Votes: 0

History is a jangle of accidents, blunders, surprises and absurdities, and so is our knowledge of it, but if we are to report it at all we must impose some order upon it. Votes: 0

I want to be remembered for the work that I've done, rather than the car accidents that I've gotten into, the men that I've not dated - or the man that I have. Votes: 0

One of the things we can be sure of over the July 4th weekend is that news reports will keep telling us how many of us are going to die in automobile accidents. Votes: 0

There have been repeated cases when nuclear war came ominously close, often a result of malfunctioning of early-warning systems and other accidents, sometimes [as a result of] highly adventurist acts of political leaders. Votes: 0

If we do not allow for a rhythm of rest in our overly busy lives, illness becomes our Sabbath— our pneumonia, our cancer, our heart attack, our accidents create Sabbath for us. Votes: 0

We normally consider stability to be the constant in life and accidents to be the exception, but it's exactly the opposite. In reality, the accident is the rule and stability is the exception. Votes: 0

The concept of reason itself appears as an artificial attempt to separate intellectual powers from the frustrations, emotions, and accidents which cause events; the concept of reason is viewed as facade to prevent change. Votes: 0

Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of civil society in recognizing and celebrating the diversity of the world's peoples. Votes: 0

The historical order is very interesting, but accidental and capricious; if we would to understand the growth of knowledge, we cannot be satisfied with accidents, we must explain how knowledge was gradually built up. Votes: 0

The guesses which serve to give mental unity and wholeness to a chaos of scattered particulars, are accidents which rarely occur to any minds but those abounding in knowledge and disciplined in intellectual combinations. Votes: 0

None of the proposed inter-city solutions would have offered more frequent or more affordable service than existing options like bussing. Busses can also be easily re-routed around gas leaks, car accidents, or traffic congestion. Votes: 0

The concept of reason itself appears as an artificial attempt to separate intellectual powers from the frustrations, emotions, and accidents which cause events; the concept of reason is viewed as facade to prevent change. Votes: 0

I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from all accidents of matter, and that he has not any form whatsoever. Votes: 0

My theory is, the more pictures you take, the better you get. It's like a sport. I never wait to get a particular shot because wonderful accidents can happen when you shoot a lot. Votes: 0

If you look at the causes of the accidents, quite a few of them are operator error. We need people to be diligent and follow the rules of the road and drive more defensively. Votes: 0

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not less common is that of the borrowers, not to say a word of the purloiners Votes: 0

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. It is a gift for dealing with the accidents of existence, not the accidents themselves. Votes: 0

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 them to their own disadvantage. Votes: 0

What I believe when it comes to big things in life, there are no accidents. Everything happens for a reason. You are here for a reason - and it's not to fail and die. Votes: 0

That doesn't mean that you should just sit back and just let accidents happen to you. No, you have to go out and cause them yourself. That way you're in control of the situation. Votes: 0

Happy accidents are real gifts, and they can open the door to a future that didn't even exist. It's kind of nice sometimes to set up something to encourage or allow happy accidents to happen. Votes: 0

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. . . . For a young child everything that happens is a necessity. Votes: 0

Don't be offended, but you seem to be one of those people who just attract accidents like a magnet. So" try not to fall into the ocean or get run over or anything, all right? Votes: 0

I have noted that, barring accidents, artists whose powers wear best and last longest are those who have trained themselves to work under adversity. Great artists treasure their time with a bitter and snarling miserliness. Votes: 0

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart-the best brain. Votes: 0

Why is it that men who can go through severe accidents, air raids, and any other major crisis always seems to think that they are at death's door when they have a simple head cold? Votes: 0

Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence.... Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills. Votes: 0

The beauty of some women has days and seasons, depending upon accidents which diminish or increase it; nay, the very passions of the mind naturally improve or impair it, and very often utterly destroy it. Votes: 0

It is the intense spirituality of India, and not any great political structure or social organisation that it has developed, that has enabled it to resist the ravages of time and the accidents of history. Votes: 0

Travelling's not something you're good at. It's something you do. Like breathing. You can't work too much at it, or it feels like work. You have to surrender yourself to the chaos. To the accidents. Votes: 0

After all, our lives are but a sequence of accidents - a clanking chain of chance events. A string of choices, casual or deliberate, which add up to that one big calamity we call life. Votes: 0

To find recreation in amusements is not happiness; for this joy springs from alien and extrinsic sources, and is therefore dependent upon and subject to interruption by a thousand accidents, which may minister inevitable affliction. Votes: 0