Fate Quotes

[Knight Ridder Newspapers Helen Keller believed in having a] courageous dignity in the presence of fate. ... discover the truth of today, and perhaps find the greatness of tomorrow. - Jackie Robinson

[In a city so poor that a T-shirt is considered a luxury item, many of those attending his launch rally had painted the initials of his party - the Congress for Democratic Change - on their bare torsos. Others, noting the shirt numbers he used to wear in his prime, saw fate at work. For Milan, Weah sported the number nine, for his country it was always number 14. Add the figures together and they make 23. On Oct 11, Liberians will elect their 23rd president.] As I look into your faces tonight, I see that I am your future... As I look into your faces tonight I see that I am your destiny. I see that your dream will be fulfilled. - George Weah

[If the role of sulfur cooling proves to be large, and this is still far from certain, some researchers say it could be necessary to continue burning fossil fuels in order to produce sulfur dioxide to fight the carbon dioxide-driven warming.] I would not be surprised if somebody suggested concentrating fossil fuel power plants on the eastern margins of continents, which would put a lot of sulfates into the atmosphere, which would rain out over the oceans, which have a tremendous capacity to absorb acidity... This plan would make sense because the prevailing winds blow from east to west. - Patrick Michaels

[He buries his account of that fateful day some 250 pages into the book, choosing to explain how the quake occurred, why it happened and, most appropriately, warn people of its coming inevitability. In other words, this is a geology book - not a social history.] If by writing a book like this I could increase awareness of geology and the reasons behind earthquakes and help preparedness... I'd be very happy. - Simon Winchester

[Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel, supreme chief of the German armed forces, explained the thinking behind the Nazis'] Night and Fog ... Efficient and enduring intimidation can only be achieved...by measures by which the relatives of the criminals do not know the fate of the criminals...These measures will have a deterrent effect because the prisoners will vanish without a trace and no information may be given as to their whereabouts or their fate. - Goethe

...Yes, the desire to protect something... is, at the same time, none other than the wish for something to violate it. - Emiya Shirou

...She's scary. People who can put on a serious face while joking are the scariest. - Emiya Shirou

...a man without fear cannot be wise. - Saber