Coincidence Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Coincidence.
Top Quotes
“Serendipity”
“Synchronicity”
“The Celestine Prophecy”
“Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.”
“This is just too much of a coincidence to be coincidence.”
“A “strange coincidence,” to use a phrase
By which such things are settled nowadays.”
“Wikipedia: Coincidence”
“The laws of probability not only permit coincidences; they absolutely insist on them.”
““Fifty-nine,” Mr. Mowen said. “That’s too many coincidences to just be a coincidence.””
“Of course, I’m only indulging in mankind’s vice of trying to make a symbol out of coincidence.”
“Most coincidences are simply chance events that turn out to be far more probable than many people imagine.”
“In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted.”
““It was a coincidence.”
“I don’t believe in coincidences.”
“Neither do I. That’s a coincidence, isn’t it?””
“Coincidence is a pimp and a cardsharper in ordinary fiction but a marvelous artist in the patterns of facts recollected by a non-ordinary memorist.”
“It is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidences should spontaneously occur.”
“Coincidence may be described as the chance encounter of two unrelated causal chains which — miraculously, it seems — merge into a significant event.”
“I have told you before there is no escaping the nature of the universe. it is that nature that has again brought you to me. Where some see 'coincidence', I see 'consequence'. Where others see 'chance', I see 'cost'.”
“By the laws of statistics we could probably approximate just how unlikely it is that it would happen. But people forget—especially those who ought to know better, such as yourself—that while the laws of statistics tell you how unlikely a particular coincidence is, they state just as firmly that coincidences do happen.”
“If Tom had learned anything, it was that you can't ascribe great cosmic significance to a simple Earthly event. Coincidence, that's all anything ever is. Nothing more, than coincidence. Tom had finally learned there are no miracles, there is no such thing as fate, nothing is meant to be. He knew, he was sure of it now. Tom was.. he was pretty sure.”