Accident Quotes

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident. (Charles Lamb)
By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever. View quote
Laozi
Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility. View quote
Alan Rickman
Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. View quote
John Ruskin
I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach. View quote
Upton Sinclair
There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny. View quote
Friedrich Schiller
What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven. View quote
Ludwig van Beethoven
There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens. View quote
Leon Trotsky
It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either. View quote
Golda Meir
Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage. View quote
Henry Adams
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens you can bet it was planned that way. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others. View quote
Joseph Conrad
Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident. View quote
Lauren Bacall
The people resemble a wild beast, which, naturally fierce and accustomed to live in the woods, has been brought up, as it were, in a prison and in servitude, and having by accident got its liberty, not being accustomed to search for its food, and not knowing where to conceal itself, easily becomes the prey of the first who seeks to incarcerate it again. View quote
Niccolò Machiavelli
I'm simply an accident. Why take it all so seriously? View quote
Emil Cioran
Oh, and I heard a rumor that I died in a car accident. I didn't. View quote
Gerard Way
I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering bout the big things and asking bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, the more I love. View quote
Alice Walker
The thing has already taken form in my mind before I start it. The first attempts are absolutely unbearable. I say this because I want you to know that if you see something worthwhile in what I am doing, it is not by accident but because of real direction and purpose. View quote
Vincent van Gogh
Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident. View quote
Mark Twain
Fame is a vapor popularity an accident the only earthly certainty is oblivion. View quote
Mark Twain
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead. (Albert Einstein)
Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort. View quote
Paul J. Meyer
A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits. View quote
Dan Buettner
Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints. View quote
Bobby McFerrin
When I was 21, I got into a motorcycle accident while traveling in Europe and I had to lie around a lot in the aftermath, which was really the first time in my life that I became really focused and inspired to write. View quote
Chantal Kreviazuk