Quotes About Unpredictability

Any astronomer can predict with absolute accuracy just where every star in the universe will be at 11.30 tonight. He can make no such prediction about his teenage daughter.

Oh, no, I'm not saying she isn't a nut -- she is -- but I've noticed before that sometimes someone like that behaves quite ordinarily with everybody, manages everything, you'd never think she was a nut, but there's just one person, with that person, she's out of control. It makes you wonder,' said Alice.

When she said 'Come in!' the commonplace formula seemed to take on a startling significance. For good or evil, she had called in something explosive from the outside world to break up the ordered tranquillity of the place;

The complexities of cause and effect defy analysis.

The light works, he said, indicating the window, the gravity works, he said, dropping a pencil on the floor. Anything else we have to take our chances with.

was friend the word? He seemed more like a succession of extraordinary events than a person.

He suddenly exploded in a flurry of arms and legs, out of which flew a ball.

Life, will be a very great deal less weird without you!

Listen, Ford," said Zaphod, "everything's cool and froody." "You mean everything's under control." "No," said Zaphod, "I do not mean everything's under control. That would not be cool and froody.

Just says prepaid ticket for Mr. Dirk Gently to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to be collected. Were you not expecting to go to Albuquerque today, sir?" "I was expecting to end up somewhere I didn't expect, I just wasn't expecting it to be Albuquerque, that's all." "Sounds like it's an excellent destination for you, Mr. Gently. Enjoy your flight.

The arkleseizure cometh!

Five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of unreason and spewed up a pavement.

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.')

Think of a number, any number." "Er, five," said the mattress. "Wrong," said Marvin. "You see?" The

Bir ÅŸey olacaksa, olacakt?r... Herhangi bir ÅŸey ortaya ç?karken bir ÅŸeyi ortaya ç?k?yorsa, bir baÅŸka ÅŸeyin ortaya ç?kmas?na neden oluyor demektir... O ÅŸey her neyse, olurken, kendi kendisinin yeniden ortaya ç?kmas?na sebep oluyorsa, tekrar olacakt?r... Bununla birlikte, kronolojik bir s?ra izlenmesi ÅŸart deÄŸildir.

En ese caso debemos estar locos. - No es mal día para estarlo.

The only constant in this town is its yearning for imbecility.

If you think you can grasp me, think again: my story flows in more than one direction a delta springing from the riverbed with its five fingers spread

In an English village, you turn over a stone and have no idea what will crawl out. Miss Marple

A madman is a very dangerous thing.

Ah, but people don't run true to form in love affairs.

people are capable of surprising one frightfully. One gets an idea of them into one's head, and sometimes it's absolutely wrong. Not always - but sometimes.

As pessoas mais caladas e submissas são muitas vezes capazes da violência mais repentina e inesperada, pois quando perdem o controle, elas o perdem por inteiro!

Paeonies," said Miss Marple as she rose from table, "are most unaccountable. Either they do—or they don't do. But if they do establish themselves, they are with you for life, so to speak, and really most beautiful varieties nowadays.