quotations about accidents
We turn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortune, and suffer as much from trifling accidents as real evils.
JOSEPH ADDISON
attributed, Day's Collacon
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
A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepeared mind.
ALBERT SZENT-GYORGYI
attributed, Introduction to Social Psychology
Accidents will happen
They only hit and run
You used to be a victim now you're not the only one
ELVIS COSTELLO
"Accidents Will Happen"
Drink one for our friend Bobby
Ran his car right off the road
On accident? On purpose?
Darlin', even now we don't know
DONOVAN WOODS
"Our Friend Bobby"
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"
Accidents will occur in the best regulated families.
CHARLES DICKENS
David Copperfield
It wasn't like I was a bad person or anything, I just ... had a lot of accidents.
JAYMIN EVE
Trickery
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
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"
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
Our wanton accidents take root, and grow
To vaunt themselves God's laws.
CHARLES KINGSLEY
The Saint's Tragedy
Many an accident is the result of looking only one way before crossing a one-way street.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
GREEK PROVERB
They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them.
A.A. MILNE
The House at Pooh Corner
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