Alexandra Petri Quotes

Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.

This may sound trite, but bad things happen to good people, and when you're facing terrorism, natural disaster, you can have every wonderful plan in place, but I am a realist.

Bad things happen. Cope!

Part of what you learn about life is that a wrecking ball can come out of nowhere, and it isn't just going to take out your left toe. It can hit you right in the middle and take you down.

We don't appreciate luck in life when things are going well. No matter how smart I am and how I prepare, there are things that catch you off guard.

In football, sometimes things happen that are outside of your control, leading the club to make decisions.

I think it's important for people to know that bad things do happen to good people and that life can throw a serious curveball at even the most cautious and "prepared" people out there.

The trials of life will not wait for us. They come at their own time, not caring much to inquire how ready we may be to meet them.

Nobody is impervious to misfortune.

I don't expect the sun to be always shining, or even want that to happen.

There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups... but they're coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.

Bad things happen sometimes.

What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.

Life can't be always be stable always right. There are things which are out of your control.

You better have an anchor in life. It doesn't matter if you're a Division I head football coach or Joe Schmo from Okemoh. Bad things happen. If you're not anchored, you're going to be washed away.

You just can't get surprised when you get surprised, because weird stuff just comes over the transom all the time, and it's not necessarily anything that you've planned for or anticipated.

Some people think I have a death wish. I don't have one. I just make mistakes. Bad things happen to good people.

You can't prepare for something that you can't prepare for.

You have to hold on to what you find because life has a way of throwing you curve balls that you never expect.

Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure, I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good.

Safe. No one ever is. No matter how hard we try. No matter how much we plan and prepare. There will always be an enemy at the door and a storm trying to knock us down. Life's not about security. It's about picking up the peices after it's all over and carrying on.

One wanders through life as if wandering through a field in the dark of night, wearing a blindfold and very heavy shoes, with a poisonous toad waiting patiently beneath a clump of weeds, knowing full well that eventually you will step on him.

I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I've seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people.

One cannot plan for the unexpected.

But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it's always when you're least expecting it.