We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
—Dan Quayle (b.1947) American Head of State, Politician, Elected Rep
The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation.
—Norman Mailer (1923–2007) American Novelist Essayist
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
—Julius Caesar (c.100–44BCE) Roman Statesman, Military General
There is little peace or comfort in life if we are always anxious as to future events.—He that worries himself with the dread of possible contingencies will never be at rest.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.
—Euripides (480–406 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
—Livy (Titus Livius) (59 BCE–17 CE) Roman Historian
Often do the spirits of great events stride on before the events, and in today already walks tomorrow.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English Poet, Literary Critic, Philosopher
That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
—Anatole France (1844–1924) French Novelist
Literature is analysis after the event.
—Doris Lessing (1919–2013) British Novelist, Poet
The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.
—John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) Canadian-Born American Economist
Life is so constructed that an event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.
—Charlotte Bronte (1816–1855) English Novelist, Poet
Time is a river of passing events—a rushing torrent.
—Greek Proverb
Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope of reward.
—The Bhagavad Gita Hindu Scripture
It is easy to be wise after the event.
—Common Proverb
A society which allows an abominable event to burgeon from its dung heap and grow on its surface is like a man who lets a fly crawl unheeded across his face or saliva dribble from his mouth—either epileptic or dead.
—Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007) French Sociologist, Philosopher
Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents.
—Edward Hoagland (b.1932) American Essayist, Novelist
Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
—Brian Tracy (b.1944) American Author, Motivational Speaker
Great events may stem from words of no importance.
—African Proverb
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
—Bob Newhart (1929–2024) American Comedian, Deadpan Stand-up Star, Actor
Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
—Menander (c.343–c.291 BCE) Greek Comic Dramatist, Poet
A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.
—Salman Rushdie (b.1947) Indian-born British Novelist
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
Once men are caught up in an event they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–44) French Novelist, Aviator
The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers of passion seem to grow in the same meadow as the poppies of oblivion.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
A Miracle: An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
When I can’t handle events, I let them handle themselves.
—Malcolm S. Forbes (1919–1990) American Publisher, Businessperson
Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.
—Alice Meynell (1847–1922) British Poet, Essayist, Suffragist
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