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Occurrences which according to received theories ought not to happen, are the facts which serve as clues to new discoveries -- John Herschel
Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature. -- Albert Einstein
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand. -- Karl Marx
God tests and proves us by the common occurrences of life. It is the little things which reveal the chapters of the heart. -- Ellen G. White
In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out. -- Paul von Hindenburg
The marvelous thing is that for thousands of years people have continued questioning and searching and ultimately concluding that reasons for certain occurrences are not given to man to know. -- Robert Vaughn
There have been a few occurrences where people in restaurants have sent me a rasher of bacon, which I am not going to turn my nose up at. I never let them down. -- Nick Offerman
Nevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief encounters with it in my later years, even in old age. -- Herman Hesse
I was trying to write an autobiography using prints and patterns that reference emotional, psychological, and personal development in my work, as a person growing up, figuring out who I was. I used fabrics to stand in for occurrences. -- Jim Hodges
For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect. -- Madeleine Stowe
A dream is a microscope through which we look at the hidden occurrences in our soul. -- Erich Fromm
There are so many common occurrences in raising children that people just can't seem to figure out. -- Andy Andrews
We recognize that there are no trivial occurrences in life if we get the right focus on them. -- Mark Twain
We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences -- Nikola Tesla
But no thoughtful man's life is uninteresting or devoid of marvels. A sincere life cannot be empty of memorable occurrences. -- Charles Spurgeon
Negative people are worse than negative occurrences. The argument is over in ten minutes - the person may hang around for years. -- Jeffrey Gitomer
It is the principle of sin, rebellion against God and His truth which has brought about birth defects and other destructive natural occurrences. -- E.W. Jackson
The teacher will perform miracles. Not just to delight and amuse people, but showing them that miraculous occurrences indicate that there is something more. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Statements about climate trends must be based on, er, trends. Not individual events or occurrences. Weather is not climate, and anecdotes are not statistics. -- Chris Mooney
Language, in its origin and essence, is simply a system of signs or symbols that denote real occurrences or their echo in the human soul. -- Carl Jung
The superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking for lucky occurrences. -- Confucius
The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved. -- George Washington
The main of life is composed of small incidents and petty occurrences; of wishes for objects not remote, and grief for disappointments of no fatal consequence.... -- Samuel Johnson
The best simpleminded test of expertise in a particular area is an ability to win money in a series of bets on future occurrences in that area. -- Graham T. Allison
The highest activities of consciousness have their origins in physical occurrences of the brain, just as the loveliest melodies are not too sublime to be expressed by notes. -- W. Somerset Maugham
The highest activities of consciousness have their origins in physical occurrences of the brain just as the loveliest melodies are not too sublime to be expressed by notes. -- W. Somerset Maugham
There are still many people in America who regard depressions as acts of God. I think Keynes proved that the responsibility for these occurrences does not rest with Providence. -- Bertrand Russell
Karma is simply the law of cause and effect in action. All moments and occurrences are caused by other moments and occurrences that preceded them in an endless, causal chain. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile. -- Horace
Reason shows itself in all occurrences of life; whereas the brute makes no discovery of such a talent, but in what immediately regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species. -- Joseph Addison
A child, not knowing what is extraordinary and what is commonplace, usually lights midway between the two, finds interest in incidents adults consider beneath notice, and calmly accepts the most improbable occurrences. -- Gene Wolfe
I get inspired by so many things every single day. Things I see every day, conversations, arguments, day to day occurrences, good days, bad days, loneliness, happiness, anger, anxiety, pressure, relationships......EVERYTHING. -- Ricki-Lee Coulter
Nevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief encounters with it in my later years, even in old age. -- Herman Hesse
It is probable that the principal credit of miracles, visions, enchantments, and such extraordinary occurrences comes from the power of imagination, acting principally upon the minds of the common people, which are softer. -- Michel de Montaigne
Be upright in thy whole life; be content in all its changes;so shalt thou make thy profit out of all occurrences; so shall everything that happeneth unto thee be the source of praise -- Akhenaton
In the progress of politics, as in the common occurrences of life, we are not only apt to forget the ground we have travelled over, but frequently neglect to gather up experiences as we go. -- Thomas Paine

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