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Happens Quotes - Page 56

Maybe it was better to just go on believing everything was OK, even when really bad things were just about to happen.

Maybe it was better to just go on believing everything was OK, even when really bad things were just about to happen.

Joe Meno
Believe, Goes On, Happens
Joe Meno (2004). “Hairstyles of the Damned”, p.184, Akashic Books

Just so you know: if this ever happens to you, you will not be ready.

Jodi Picoult
Ready, Happens, Knows
Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #2: Perfect Match, Second Glance, and My Sister's Keeper”, p.53, Simon and Schuster

As it turned out, though, it was a lot easier to say that someone deserved to die for what they did than it was to take the responsibility to make that happen.

Jodi Picoult
Responsibility, Easier, Happens
Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

Accidents did not just happen. From time to time they were carefully plotted, calculated, and arranged to one’s advantage-all, of course, under the cloak of happenstance.

Jodi Picoult
Advantage, Cloaks, Happenstance

Why are you doing this to yourself? When something bad happens, why do you have to pick at it until it bleeds all over again?

Jodi Picoult
Happens, Picks
Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #1: Songs of the Humpback Whale, Plain Truth, and Salem Falls”, p.1099, Simon and Schuster

They ask, how could this happen here? Well. How could it not happen here?

Jodi Picoult
Wells, Happens, Asks
Jodi Picoult (2013). “Nineteen Minutes: A Novel”, p.475, Simon and Schuster

That's what happens to dreams, life gets in the way.

Jodi Picoult
Dream, Way, Happens

Most of us manage the fateful things that happen in our lives the best we can, certainly not to a Stalin-like 20-year plan.

Jo Brand
Years, Plans, Happens

When you're hot, anything can happen.

Jimmy Connors
Hot, Anything Can Happen, Happens

Things don't just happen; things happen just.

Jim Rohn
Happens, Things Happen

I mean it. Whatever happens, you have to believe that.

Jenny Downham
Believe, Mean, Whatever Happens
Jenny Downham (2010). “You Against Me”, p.121, Random House

Or that I couldn't stand to watch anything bad happen to you, because it was like it was happening to me too. Is that love?

Jennifer Echols
Watches, Happens, Happenings
Jennifer Echols (2012). “Forget You”, p.226, Simon and Schuster

Wrinkles happen to human beings.

Jennifer Aniston
Wrinkles, Humans, Happens

The only thing people fear more than what's going to happen is not getting footage.

Jeff Tremaine
People, Happens
Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. September 20, 2006.

Ebooks had to happen.

Jeff Bezos
Happens
"Jeff Bezos owns the web in more ways than you think". Interview with Steven Levy, www.wired.com. November 13, 2011.

I have no idea what happens next.

Jeanette Winterson
Ideas, Next, Happens
"Jennifer Byrne Presents", www.abc.net.au. July 31, 2012.

I take life as it happens. And I give myself a lot of freedom.

Jean Paul Gaultier
Giving, Happens

You sort of have to be always aware, even when you're not thinking of shooting. That's when the best stuff happens.

Jay Maisel
Photography, Thinking, Stuff Happens
Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.224, New Riders

A lot will have to happen globally and personally before the stars would align.

Jason Rezaian
Stars, Happens
Source: time.com

I've always gravitated towards songwriting that happens easily and spontaneously, because those have always been my best songs.

Jane Wiedlin
Song, Songwriting, Happens

I suddenly feel left out of a future that isn't even going to happen.

Jandy Nelson
Feels, Happens, Left
Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.32, Penguin

Great things that can happen when you're doing a movie.

James L. Brooks
Great Things, Happens
"James L. Brooks for “Spanglish”". Interview with Paul Fischer, www.darkhorizons.com. December 14, 2004.

There are times in life when the most comfortable thing is to do nothing at all. Things happen to you and you just let them happen.

James Hilton
All Things, Happens, Comfortable
James Hilton (2016). “LOST HORIZON - The Legend of Shangri-La: Adventure Classic”, p.49, e-artnow

I worry about the many things that could happen to the people I love.

James Herbert
People, Worry, Happens
"From the archive: James Herbert on rats and redemption". Interview with Andrew Billen, www.theguardian.com. 1993.

All things happen for a purpose.

James Dashner
Purpose, All Things, Happens
James Dashner (2014). “The Maze Runner Trilogy”, p.300, Scholastic UK

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