“I say the very things that make the greatest Stir
An' the most interestin' things, are things that did n't occur.”

— Sam Walter Foss

Things that did n't occur, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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American writer 1858–1911

Christopher Pike (1954) American author Kevin Christopher McFadden

Source: Phantom

“It is a most important work to go about and stir up the churches; but it requires much grace, much self-denial, much saying over the same things, and the greatest watchfulness and faithfulness, in making use of one's time for prayer, meditation, and reading the Scriptures.”

George Müller (1805–1898) German-English clergyman

A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, First Part.
First Part of Narrative

“I'm scared of swimming in the sea,
Dark shapes moving under me.
Every fear I swallow makes me small.
Inconsequential things occur,
Alarms are triggered,
Memories stir.
It's not the way it has to be.”

Peter Gabriel (1950) English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian

Darkness
Song lyrics, Up (2002)

“He had a startling genius, but somehow it did n't emerge;
Always on the evolution of things that would n't evolve;
Always verging toward some climax, but he never reached the verge;
Always nearing the solution of some theme he could not solve.”

Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911) American writer

The Inventor, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Sometimes the greatest things are the most embarrassing.”

Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress

Source: Seriously... I'm Kidding

“The most important thing is not the work I can do for God. The most important thing is to make God the most important thing.”

Phil Vischer (1966) American puppeter

Keynote speech at Christian Management Association conference in Denver, Colorado (March 2006)

“Did it ever occur to you that there's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another?”

E. B. White (1899–1985) American writer

"Quo Vadimus?" http://books.google.com/books?id=vvEvAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Did+it+ever+occur+to+you+that+there's+no+limit+to+how+complicated+things+can+get+on+account+of+one+thing+always+leading+to+another%22&pg=PA34#v=onepage, The Adelphi (January 1930)