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Flukes Quotes

We are a fluke of nature, a quirk of evolution, a glorious contingency.

Michael Shermer (2003). “How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God”, p.706, Macmillan

I guess my life has been a series of flukes in the record business. The first thing I ever did, was the biggest record that I'll ever have.

"A Man Called (Self) Destruction — The Life and Music of Alex Chilton" by Binky Philips, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 11, 2014.

Getting into television was a total fluke.

"Sandra Bullock: 'Why I hate romantic comedies'" by John Patterson, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2010.

"Well, we knew it. Women can't sell movies". That's what it used to be like. "Well, this movie did well, but it's a fluke."

"Here's Mila Kunis and Kathryn Hahn's Advice For Every Husband". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. July 29, 2016.

The human propensity is to believe that flukes of good fortune will never come to an end.

Charles C. Mann (2011). “1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created”, p.256, Vintage