Michael York Quotes

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

There's a lot of things in life that we don't know why they're coming exactly at this moment.

I'm one of those people that think certain things happen at certain times for all the right reasons.

It is really strange how life works, isn't it?

Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long.

Everything lined up. It has been easy, as if it were meant-" "Meant!" she said, amazed. She spun to face him, which, in the crush, brought her against his chest as if they were still dancing. She fought backward for space. As if what were meant?" "You," he said. "And me.

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.

I believe that life is chaotic, a jumble of accidents, ambitions, misconceptions, bold intentions, lazy happenstances, and unintended consequences, yet I also believe that there are connections that illuminate our world, revealing its endless mystery and wonder.

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.

I'm such a profound believer that timing is everything; I would tattoo that on my arm.

Some people are very lucky, and have the story in their heads. I've never storyboarded anything. I like the idea of chance. What makes God laugh is people who make plans.

I still think that luck is what a lot of the good things come from. It's simply the luck of where you are, when.

So much of life is luck. One day you make a right turn and get hit by a car. Turn left and you meet the love of your life. I think I made the correct turn.

I'm a very big believer in fate.

Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director's point of view.

I don't plan ahead; each book finds me. History itself, the resonance of the past with the present, is the common denominator in all of them.

I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.

Timing really is nearly everything. And what it isn't, circumstance makes up for.

We are continually shaped by the forces of coincidence.

Certain projects find you at the right time.

Chance determines our lives in important ways.

I don't believe in fate, because I'm not spiritual, but things do seem to work out.

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.