Quotes about Incident

It loved to happen.

Where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign.

Having obviously forgiven me for the incident on the Starship, Stevie Wonder turned up one day and took out a snowmobile, insisting on driving it himself. To pre-empt your question: no, I have absolutely no idea how Stevie Wonder successfully piloted a snowmobile through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado without killing himself, or indeed anyone else, in the process, but he did.

What do you wish to draw my attention to? To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. The dog did nothing in the night-time. That was the curious incident, remarked Sherlock Holmes.

wants to redeem, restore, and change your identity so that there is no incident, season, or name from your past left to define you.

Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.

Sudden revulsion seized Amory, disgust, loathing for the whole incident. He desired frantically to be away, never to see Myra again, never to kiss anyone; he became conscious of his face and hers, of their clinging hands, and he wanted to creep out of his body and hide somewhere safe out of sight, up in the corner of his mind.

His comedy pleases by the thoughts and the language, and his tragedy for the greater part by incident and action. His tragedy seems to be skill, his comedy to be instinct.

They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them.

They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them.

Korsakov got himself shot again, eh? Not surprised. the man's hobby is getting shot. He has a positive talent for it.

Here am I, sweating my brains out to introduce a really sensational incident into your dull and disreputable little police investigation, and you refuse to show a single spark of enthusiasm.