“ If you were going to commit suicide you wouldn't do it like this, it was a complete accident. ”
- Brian Harvey- Copy
- 1.4K
“ I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. ”
- Thomas A. Edison- Copy
- 3.8K
“ We've had these 55 accidents and they are preventable and they shouldn't be happening. ”
- John Clark- Copy
- 3.9K
“ The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. ”
- Benjamin Mays- Copy
- 3K
“ Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen. ”
- James Russell Lowell- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune? ”
- Elias Canetti- Copy
- 2.9K
“ 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. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
- 1.4K
“ It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture… ”
- Benjamin E. Mayes- Copy
- 1.5K
“ The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes. ”
- Marcus Tullius Cicero- Copy
- 2K
“ There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Tragedy had its compensations. Once the worst misfortune occurred, one never worried about the minor ones. ”
- Mildred Davis- Copy
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“ Misfortune always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters. ”
- Christopher Paolini- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Newspapers have developed what might be called a vested interest in catastrophe. If they can spot a fight, they play up that fight. If they can uncover a tragedy, they will headline that tragedy. ”
- Harry A. Overstreet- Copy
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“ We have all of us sufficient fortitude to bear the misfortunes of others. ”
- La Rochefoucauld- Copy
- 400
“ It would be a national catastrophe if they can only be given to the wealthy. ”
- Orrin Hatch- Copy
- 1.8K
“ This is 2005. It should not be like this for no catastrophe. This is pathetic. ”
- John Murray- Copy
- 2K
“ I have shot mine arrow o'er the house And hurt my brother. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 2.8K
“ War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory. ”
- Georges Clemenceau- Copy
- 2.4K
“ The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes. ”
- Theodor W. Adorno- Copy
- 2.4K
“ I mean, the Lord told me it was going to be A, a disaster, and B, messy,... I warned him about casualties. ”
- Pat Robertson- Copy
- 3.5K
“ The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident. ”
- Charles Lamb- Copy
- 3.8K
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