“Meditation on the chance which led to the meeting of my mother and father is even more salutary than meditation on death.” MotherFatherChanceMeditationMeetingsMother And Father Author:Simone Weil
“We didn't build our bridges simply to avoid walking on water. Nothing so obvious. A bridge is a meeting place. A neutral place. A casual place. Enemies will choose to meet on a bridge and end their quarrel in that void... For lovers, a bridge is a possibility, a metaphor of their chances. And for the traffic in whispered goods, where else but a bridge in the night?” EndsNightWaterChanceEnemyPossibilityLoversWalkingMeetingsMetaphorObviousBridgesGoodsVoidTrafficQuarrelsCasualWalking On Water Book:The Passion Source: The Passion
“This was a secret meeting on a secret tour which nobody is supposed to know about. It means that there are men, and perhaps women, in this country walking around with eggs in their pockets, just on the off-chance of seeing the Prime Minister.” KnowsMenMeanCountryChanceSecretSeeingWalkingMeetingsMinistersPocketsEggsPrimePrime Minister Author:Edward Heath
“In the same way the eminence attaching to the mere possession of great wealth disappoints us nine times out of ten, especially if the wealth has been accumulated rapidly. For great wealth is accumulated rapidly by cunning or chance, or a mixture of the two. Cunning has nothing to do with high qualities; it is rather a presumption against them; while chance has nothing to do with them either. Therefore it is that men are always complaining after meeting So-and-so, that he seemed to be astonishingly stupid, though he made a million in ten years and started as a pauper.” IfsMenWayYearsHas BeensMadeTwoPoliticsWealthChanceQualityMillionsEconomyStupidTenMeetingsMerePossessionComplainingNineLiberalismCunningMixturesDisappointPresumptionHigh QualityEminenceAlways Complaining Author:Hilaire Belloc
“I like chance meetings--life is full of them. Everyday, without realizing it, I pass people whom I should know. At this moment, in this cafe, we're sitting next to strangers. Everyone will get up, leave, and go on their own way. And they'll never meet again. And if they do, they won't realize that it's not for the first time.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayShouldFirstsMomentsLife IsNextRealizingChanceGoes OnSittingFirst TimeMeetingsEverydayStrangerGet UpCafesChance Meeting Author:Krzysztof Kieslowski
“I think a lot of awesome stuff is coming out with smaller presses. Small presses don't have to have huge board meetings to talk about how to market their books or what to publish - they can take more chances. They can help new authors grow in a healthier, often more artistic way.” ThinkingWayBookHelpingGrowsStuffChanceHugePressesMeetingsArtisticBoardsComing OutPublishBoard Meetings Author:Kevin Sampsell
“I like chance meetings - life is full of them. Every day, without realising it, I pass people whom I should know.” PeopleKnowsShouldLife IsChanceMeetingsRealisingChance Meeting Author:Krzysztof Kieslowski
“I never stay with people and I never look people up when I travel. I depend more on just chance meetings. The advantage is that people don't know who I am. I meet people casually and they're not doing me a big favor because I'm going to write something.” PeopleKnowsWritingLooksBigsChanceDependsAdvantageMeetingsFavorsWho I AmDoing MeChance Meeting Author:Paul Theroux
“Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden exchange meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home, and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together. They marry, and discover what nothing but voluntary blindness had before concealed; they wear out life in altercations, and charge nature with cruelty.” LittlesHomeDreamTogetherProcessChanceCommonAttentionMarriageYouthMeetingsCrueltyGlancesBlindnessCivilityConcealedUneasyMaidensArtificeReciprocateHappy Together Book:Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings Source: Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings
“Too many people are surfing the web and trying to figure out the politics of getting a movie made or taking meetings and trying to get someone to read something instead of creating a truly great script, because something great has a great chance of getting made, but something average that you've sort of talked people into reading doesn't have as good a shot.” PeopleTryingMadeReadingChanceFiguresCreatingShotsMeetingsAverageScriptsSurfingSurfing The Web Author:Scot Armstrong
“I don't care whether it's a chance meeting or playing a role that you thought was totally wrong but you did it anyway. It will often turn out to be the thing that will lead you to the role which is sublime.” CareTurnsChanceRolesMeetingsDon't CareI Don't CareSublimeChance Meeting Author:Angela Lansbury