Quotes of: Car-accident Keyword

Bad is so bad, that we cannot but think good an accident; good is so good, that we feel certain that evil could be explained.

G.K. Chesterton

Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.

Harry S. Truman

My books start almost before I realise it. Once in a while, some accident causes an idea to rise to the surface and say: 'now.'

E. L. Doctorow

My worst moments as a parent have been much like my greatest moments as a parent: the product of complete and perfect accident.

Brad Meltzer

U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do, it doesn't seem to help.

Bono

They were very generous with me. Everybody was willing to talk about their particular accident, what they had to deal with and how they got back in touch with their competitors' spirit.

Gregory Hines

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'

James Naismith

I find it very hard to sit down and create an idea or especially a new character on command. Usually my characters evolve by accident out of some story context.

John Kricfalusi

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.

George Farquhar

I became an actor by accident. I suppose I figured since I was in musical comedy from the time I was a teenager, I suppose I figured that I'd always been in that world to some extent.

Christopher Walken

The next time someone uses denial of citizenship as a weapon or brandishes the special status conferred upon him by the accident of birth, ask him this: What have you done lately to earn it?

Eric Liu

Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no fatal accident happened during the whole time of my residence.

Henry Walter Bates

If you bring a child into this world, whether it's planned or an accident, you'd better make sure you can care for it. You have to be around. You make time. It's as simple as that.

Julian Lennon

Spiritual formation is for everyone. Just as there is an 'outer you' that is being formed and shaped all the time, like it or not, by accident or on purpose, so there is an 'inner you.' You have a spirit.

John Ortberg

Timothy Cavendish: Two sprained ankles, one cracked rib. Official cause of accident listed on the hospital form: "Pussy".

Cloud Atlas

Alex: Where's my snake? Dad: Well, he... he met with like an accident. He passed away.

A Clockwork Orange

Laurianne Beaulieu: [to Zac, after his accident] Thank God you were dedicated to Virgin Mary.

C.R.A.Z.Y.

Otto: So the old lady's gonna m-m-m-meet with an accident eh K-K-K-K-Ken?

A Fish Called Wanda

Mrs. Teevee: I assume there's an accident indemnity clause. Willy Wonka: Never between friends.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

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.

Nancy Gibbs

My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young. I was in fifth grade and my teacher saw an ad in the paper and took me to the audition after school and I got the part.

Ajay Naidu