"In the works of Nature, purpose, not accident, is the main thing."
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"Neither in tailoring nor in legislating does man proceed by mere accident."
"There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet."
"Never insult anyone by accident."
"I was an accident - my mum was only 16 when she had me."
"In this universe, which was created by a divine organizing intelligence, there are simply no accidents."
"There are no accidents."
"Things are bound to begin happening if you've got your wits about you. You create the lucky accidents."
"Justice seldom happens by accident."
"I'm the Magoo of actresses, very accident-prone."
"There are no accidents, only encounters with destiny!"
"Sometimes the best part in life is an accident that goes right."
"There are no accidents whatsoever in the universe."
"The most useful truths are always universal, and unconnected with accidents and customs."
"The kind of accidents you prefer to call...accidents."
"Did I throw the most important thing perhaps, by accident, away?"
"sometimes an accident can be an unhappy womans best friend"
"I don't watch myself generally. I do something, see it once, and then I'll probably never see it again unless it's an accident."
"The trouble with a movie is that it's old before it's released. It's no accident that it comes in a can."
"A relationship is sent by God and accident."