“I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.” LooksActorsAccidents Author:John Frankenheimer
“The disaster in the Gulf was no accident. It was the result of years of oil money buying off politicians to lead to an unregulated and ill focused addiction to oil and drilling. The doomed fate of the local fisherman and the environment were foretold in the infamous chants of 'Drill, Baby, Drill.” YearsResultsEnvironmentFateBabyPoliticianAddictionIllFocusedOilAccidentsDisasterLocalsBuyingDoomedFishermanDrillsInfamousDrilling Author:Robert Greenwald
“Nothing I do is by design. It's always the result of a happy accident. I didn't have a career plan. It has just become the way it is. It's all good fun.” WayFunResultsCareersPlansDesignAccidentsGood FunHappy Accidents Author:Lena Headey
“Conservatives tend to see the world more in terms of good-versus-evil and, for some of them, the nightmare is a disarmed citizenry that can be preyed upon by criminals. They know that having a gun in the house would increase the risk of an accident for a member of their family, but they're willing to take that risk.” KnowsWorldEvilHouseTermRiskWillingMembersGunIncreaseAccidentsCriminalsNightmareVersusCitizenry Author:Jonathan Haidt
“My life is a big accident, so where I end up, I think it's all accidents.” ThinkingEndsBigsLife IsAccidents Author:Kathryn Hahn
“I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets.” ThinkingFirstsTwoLiteraturePoetAccidentsTranslateFrench Woman Author:Marilyn Hacker
“Curiously enough, I was one of the first to have some say in Hollywood. By sheer accident, I had four successes in a row in the early 30's and, although I was still in my 20's, I demanded and received approval of cast, story and director. I don't know how I got away with it, but I did!” KnowsFirstsStillsEnoughStoriesKnow HowFourDirectorsHollywoodCastsAccidentsApprovalSheer Author:Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
“When I was 21, I got into a motorcycle accident while traveling in Europe and I had to lie around a lot in the aftermath, which was really the first time in my life that I became really focused and inspired to write.” WritingFirstsLyingFirst TimeEuropeInspiredFocusedAccidentsMotorcycleAftermath Author:Chantal Kreviazuk
“I don't really expect much from my life. So when I heard my films are premiering in film festival circuits I was glad of course but I thought it was lucky accident.” FilmCoursesHeardLuckyAccidentsGladFestivalsCircuitsFilm Festivals Author:Takeshi Kitano