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Happens Quotes - Page 34

It seldom happens, however, that a great proprietor is a great improver.

It seldom happens, however, that a great proprietor is a great improver.

Adam Smith (2016). “The Wealth of Nations: the Great Master”, p.421, VM eBooks

All the skills which I have acquired during my sociological life allow me to diagnose and explain what is going on, but not to predict what will happen.

Interview with Marcelo Dimentstein, Alberto Senderey, Andy Spokoiny and Shira Shnitzer, leatid.org. February 2009.

I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.

"Zoe Lister-Jones" by Mark Jacobs, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 2, 2010.

Aging and death is what happens to everybody.

"Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: ‘I’m Gonna Die,’ Future Wife". Interview with Gerry Visco, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 7, 2013.

Truth happens to an idea

Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking Lecture 6 (1907)

When you find things that are tried and true for millennia, you can bet that it's going to happen tomorrow.

"Will and Jaden Smith on Family and Hollywood". Interview With Claire Hoffman, www.ebony.com. March 30, 2013.

That's the beauty of alcohol. If you don't remember it, it didn't happen.

Tucker Max (2011). “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell”, p.96, Citadel

The truth is that we simply do not know what happens after death.

Sam Harris (2005). “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason”, p.208, W. W. Norton & Company

No great thing happens suddenly.

Rebecca West (1982). “The young Rebecca: writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17”, Not Avail

I have had a lot of good things happen, but I've also had a lot of terrible things happen.

"Ralph Lauren's Reign". Interview with Mark Seliger, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 12, 2010.

Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.

Mostellaria act 1, sc. 3, l. 40 See Robert Burns 3; Dickens 67; Disraeli 7; Modern Proverbs 102; Orwell 17; Proverbs 2; Sayings 25