336 Quotes About Accidents



  • Author Chaim Potok
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    Life is like the blink of an eye. What is that worth? Nothing. But the eye that blinks - that is something. I guess I blinked, on accident. Sometimes, though, I have found accidents to be the most fortuitous events in my life. You meet the one person who reminds you what you are, what you do, how to be happy.

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  • Author Henry Petroski
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    My first book, 'To Engineer Is Human,' was prompted by nonengineer friends asking me why so many technological accidents and failures were occurring. If engineers knew what they were doing, why did bridges and buildings fall down? It was a question that I had often asked myself, and I had no easy answer.

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  • Author Howard Payne
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    I've seen so many accidents occur, because people aren't paying attention to what's going on in front of them. While they're looking over, their vehicle is still moving, and what happens? ... they're involved in an accident.

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  • Author Michael Pitts
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    It was a dream, ... There's a sense that even when the movie is scripted, a lot of the best things that happen are accidents. It's an environment set up where the accidents can flow.

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