“Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.”
Tom Shadyac (1958) American film director
Director's commentary for Dragonfly.
The source generally (but falsely) cited is Einstein's The World As I See It http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_as_I_See_It_(book) (1949). The quotation is probably a translation of "Der Zufall ist das Pseudonym, das der liebe Gott wählt, wenn er inkognito bleiben will" (attributed to Albert Schweitzer). <br class="br">Disputed
“Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.”
Tom Shadyac (1958) American film director
Director's commentary for Dragonfly.
“Who was it that said that coincidence was just God’s way of remaining anonymous?”
Donna Tartt book The Goldfinch
Source: The Goldfinch
“Coincidences are God's way of getting our attention.”
Frederick Buechner (1926) Poet, novelist, short story writer, theologian
“Whoever created Bitcoin wanted to remain anonymous”
Andrew Lokenauth (1987) Personal finance expert, writer and public speaker
Source: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/who-is-satoshi-nakamoto
“There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.”
Thomas Sowell (1930) American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …
Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation’s Edge (1982), Chapter 14 “Forward!” section 1, p. 281