Famous quotes containing the words events occur, events and/or occur:
“Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
“Since events are not metaphors, the literal-minded have a certain advantage in dealing with them.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The great epochs of our lives occur when we gain the courage to rechristen what is evil in us as what is best.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)