Quotes About Fate

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

By an irony of fate, my first employment was as a draughtsman. I hated drawing; it was for me the very worst of annoyances. Fortunately, it was not long before I secured the position I sought, that of chief electrician to the telephone company.

A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.

Let whatever is going to happen to me happen. I'm expecting the worst for myself and I'm resigned to it.

Something like trying to protect yourself all the time, things like trying to outwit fate. Those things can be the worst thing you can do for yourself.

Artists of all times are like the gamblers of Monte Carlo, and this blind lottery allows some to succeed and ruins others. In my opinion, neither the winners nor the losers are worth worrying about.

I just reached the point where plot-driven novels don't hold my interest because I don't care about the fate of characters anymore - whether Emily marries Tom or not, that kind of thing.

The chances that your tombstone will read 'Killed by Asteroid' are about the same as they'd be for 'Killed in Airplane Crash.'

Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one.

Tomorrow is no man's gift.

Life expectancy is a statistical phenomenon. You could still be hit by the proverbial bus tomorrow.

Passion surprises. One doesn't search it. It can happen to you tomorrow.

What happens tomorrow is going to happen tomorrow.

I don't think I'm going to live until I'm 70, no; I could die tomorrow. So there isn't a panic that time is running out, but there is an element that anything could happen.

Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.

Do you feel bored and stuck in a rut? Is work drudgery? If so, you are spending far too much time bemoaning your fate and how the universe is not cooperating with your desires. Be present with and in your current situation.

Language is just a communication tool; it is the content that decides the fate of a film.

A writer has a difficult fate, but a Jewish writer has an especially difficult fate. His soul is torn; he lives on two streets with three languages. It is a misfortune to live on this sort of 'border,' and that is what I have experienced.

The sprint is sometimes like a toss of a coin. Sometimes it's heads, and sometimes it's tails.

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

I totally believe in opportunities. I don't believe in accidents. I just don't.

the lane to my left wasn't as far back as I thought. The very last inch of my back bumper caught the very front corner of the truck's cab. That was enough. I lost all control of my car, which executed a slow and stately counterclockwise turn, ending with my driver's side flush into the front of the truck, still speeding down the freeway. It was slow and stately from my perspective, anyway. I felt as if I were trapped in amber, watching helplessly as my car moved of its own

You know what the Jews say: Man plans and God laughs.

But sometimes, no matter how hard you try, things just don't work out," Jules said. "You're not always in control of everything, no matter how much you want to be.