#accident

These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#came #childish #day #deep #did

None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident of birth, affords, as far as we can perceive, much security for his being wiser than any of his neighbours. ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

#affords #any #appointed #as far as #being

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort. ↗

— Paul J. Meyer

#always #commitment #effort #excellence #focused

I believe that life is chaotic, a jumble of accidents, ambitions, misconceptions, bold intentions, lazy happenstances, and unintended consequences, yet I also believe that there are connections that illuminate our world, revealing its endless mystery and wonder. ↗

— David Moranis

#also #believe #bold #chaotic #connections

I don't want to die in a car accident. When I die it'll be a glorious day. It'll probably be a waterfall. ↗

— River Phoenix

#car #car accident #day #die #glorious

Accidents are not accidents but precise arrivals at the wrong right time. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#books #dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #philosophy

Spike Lee is obviously more stupid than anyone can be by accident. ↗

— Dick Armey

#anyone #lee #more #obviously #spike

Well, it was kind of an accident, because plastic is not what I meant to invent. I had just sold photograph paper to Eastman Kodak for 1 million dollars. ↗

— Leo Baekeland

#because #dollars #eastman #had #i

I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#blood #drawing #during #emergency #faint

I don't think there's any accidents in my life. ↗

— Billy Ray Cyrus

#any #i #life #my life #think