Henry John Temple Quotes

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

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.

There is always room for coincidence.

We are continually shaped by the forces of coincidence.

All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.

So that is how I ended up with those two titles, I like Accidentally on Purpose better - it is how we work in our trade - is it really an accident, or is there a thread of destiny in there? That was the intention, I am not sure I found out.

Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

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

If an essay has a 'motive,' it is linked more to happenstance and opportunity than to the driven will. A genuine essay is not a doctrinaire tract or a propaganda effort or a broadside.

I don't believe in coincidence.

I'm quite a rational person, but I'm drawn to the irrational. I love coincidences, and I like to question that in fiction: 'Is this random, or is there something working underneath?'

Coincidence is a recognized element in 'real life.' All of us have anecdotes about those times when, by the merest coincidence, we avoided some disaster or stumbled onto some wonderful experience.

There's a lot of randomness in the decisions that people make.

There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance.

Every single moment is a coincidence.

For me, everything has always been an accident.

It is such a complex matter we live within, it is impossible to track logic and decision making really, so therefore each choice can actually only be seen as coincidence.

The mission defines the coalition.

Coalitions, though successful, have always found that their triumph has been brief.

When you turn and proceed against the Spanish infidels with whom you are ever in conflict and strife, with the help of God you will be victorious. Do not refrain from making those who come into your hands food for the sword and targets for the arrow …. We on our side will not be idle; we will at the right time take the necessary measures and harass the Spanish infidels, and we will in any case give you help and assistance. Let it be noted.

So much in politics is luck and timing.

Sometimes you are lucky, sometimes you're unlucky. It all weighs out at the end. That is my experience at least.

I don't really believe in coincidence.

I tend to view my life as an accident, almost as a dream.

Nothing was planned in my career.