“Omissions are not accidents.”
The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore (1967), Author's note, p. vi
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American poet and writer 1887–1972Related quotes
“It is the sin of omission, the second kind of sin,
That lays eggs under your skin.”
"Portrait of the Artist as a Prematurely Old Man" (1959)
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“The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.”
Source: Cutting for Stone
“The accident of an accident.”
Speech in Reply to the Duke of Grafton. Recounted in Butler's Reminiscences, vol. i. p. 142.
Remarks by President Obama to U.S. Troops and Personnel at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan in Seoul, Republic of Korea at April 26, 2014 http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/04/26/remarks-president-obama-us-troops-and-personnel-us-army-garrison-yongsan
2014
Context: Freedom is not an accident. Progress is not an accident. Democracy is not an accident. These are things that have to be fought for. You’re part of that legacy. They must be won. And they’ve got to be tended to constantly and defended without fail.
Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. LIX
Following the Equator (1897)
“Accidents are not accidents but precise arrivals at the wrong right time.”
Being Late http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21366/Being_Late
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