“The most important single thing that any Latter-day Saint ever does in this world is to marry the right person, in the right place, by the right authority.”

As quoted in The Forbes Book of Business Quotations (2007) edited by Ted Goodman, p. 175

Writing for the court, Eisenstadt v. Baird, 405 U.S. 438 (1972).

Popular Government: Its Essence, Its Permanence and Its Perils, chapter 4, p.90 (1913).

Quoted in "The Path to Gay Rights: How Activism and Coming Out Changed Public Opinion" by Jeremiah J. Garretson, chapter 9, pg 229.

Review http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/milk-2008 of Milk (24 November 2008) <br class="br">Reviews, Four star reviews <br class="br">Context: Sean Penn never tries to show Harvey Milk as a hero, and never needs to. He shows him as an ordinary man, kind, funny, flawed, shrewd, idealistic, yearning for a better world. He shows what such an ordinary man can achieve. Milk was the right person in the right place at the right time, and he rose to the occasion. So was Rosa Parks. Sometimes, at a precise moment in history, all it takes is for one person to stand up. Or sit down.

A Theory of Roughness (2004)
Context: There is a saying that every nice piece of work needs the right person in the right place at the right time. For much of my life, however, there was no place where the things I wanted to investigate were of interest to anyone. So I spent much of my life as an outsider, moving from field to field, and back again, according to circumstances. Now that I near 80, write my memoirs, and look back, I realize with wistful pleasure that on many occasions I was 10, 20, 40, even 50 years "ahead of my time.

Variant: I am in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing.

Source: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 694.