“The biggest bursts of speciation that we know about in the history of the earth are soon after great cataclysms, like the extinction of the dinosaurs, which create new opportunities, and all sorts of new forms spring up... So, quite often, the reasons for creativity depend on accidents or disasters that prevent the normal habits being carried out.” KnowsReasonEarthFormOpportunityCreativityDependsHabitNormalSpringAccidentsDisasterExtinctionDinosaursNew OpportunitySpeciation Author:Rupert Sheldrake
“So be it. God created profoundly fallible creatures on this earth, and human history is mostly the story of error and accident.” HumansStoriesEarthCreaturesErrorsAccidentsHuman HistoryFallibility Author:Michael A. Ledeen
“It is Mystery - the mystery any one man or woman can feel but not understand as the meaning of any event - or accident - in any life on earth.” MenFeelsEarthMysteryEventsAccidentsOne Man Book:Eugene O'Neill, comments on the drama and the theater: a source book Source: Eugene O'Neill, comments on the drama and the theater: a source book
“I would still like to go up in the space shuttle. It's appalling that the accident happened, but it was an accident and obviously if I knew there was any risk, I'd be foolish to do it. I'd love to stand outside the Earth and look at it. Extraordinary feeling that, something that we've been tied to for millions of years, and a handful of people have looked at it, to be able to do that would be stunning.” PeopleIfsYearsLooksStillsFeelingsWould BeAbleEarthSpaceMillionsRiskHappenedExtraordinaryAccidentsFoolishTiedStanding OutHandfulStunningSpace Shuttle Author:Colin Baker
“In art, we are the first heirs of all the earth. . . . Accidents impair and Time transforms, but it is we who choose.” FirstsArtEarthAccidentsHeirs Author:Andre Malraux