“Things don't just happen, they are made to happen.”

“Out there things can happen, and frequently do,
To people as brainy and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen, don't worry, don't stew.
Just go right along, you'll start happening too!”

“Things just happen, one after another. They don't care who knows. But… ah, history is different. History has to be observed. Otherwise it's not history. It's just… well, things happening one after another.”

“It was just one of those things," I said, "You know, that just happen. You don't think or plan. You just do it.”

“It just happens to be the way that I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them.”

“After a few minutes, it was time for me to leave. I don't know who decides these things. It just happens.”

“I just know that something good is going to happen.
I don't know when,
But just saying it could even make it happen.”

“I thought of the things that had happened to me over the years, and of how little I had made happen.”

“Things happen or they don't happen, that's all. Nothing is accomplished by sweat and struggle. Nearly everything which we call life is just insomnia, an agony because we've lost the habit of falling asleep.”

“My philosophy is I'm gonna fight as hard as I can to keep all the bad things from happening. But if they are gonna happen and I happen to be in the city where they are happening — like in the song, "California Earthquake" — then there's not much I can do about it. I can't uproot my whole life, just because I have a feeling that things may not work out all right. There's also always the chance that everything is going to be just swell, guys. Just hang in there. But I don't think it can happen on it's own.”