Line #23 Quotes/ThereAreNoCoincidences


1	->'''Julian:''' ''"Don't tell me you don't believe in coincidences."''\
2	'''Garak:''' ''"I believe in coincidences. Coincidences happen every day. But I don't '''trust''' coincidences."''
3	-->-- ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''
4
5	->''"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."''
6	-->-- '''Auric Goldfinger''', ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}''
7
8	->''"See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, that sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky? Or, look at the question this way: Is it possible that there are no coincidences?"''
9	-->-- '''Graham Hess''', ''Film/{{Signs}}''
10
11	->''"No, shit don't just happen. Shit takes time. Shit takes effort. Twenty million dollars worth of effort."''
12	-->-- '''[[Creator/SamuelLJackson Elmo McElroy]]''', ''Film/The51stState''
13
14	->''"Jung's theory of synchronicity says there are links between events beyond cause and effect. Patterns the conscious mind can't perceive. [pause] There is no such thing as coincidence or accident."''
15	-->-- '''Doctor Tony Hill''', ''Series/WireInTheBlood''
16
17	->''"In the immortal words of Leroy Jethro Gibbs [puts on a deep voice] 'I don't believe in coincidences'."''
18	-->-- '''Anthony [=DiNozzo=]''', ''Series/{{NCIS}}''
19
20	->''Rule 39: There is no such thing as a coincidence.''
21	-->-- '''Gibbs''', ''Series/{{NCIS}}''
22
23	->''"'''Everything''' happens for a reason."''
24	-->-- '''Laverne''', ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''
25
26	->''"Giles, there are two things that I don't believe in: coincidence [[ArbitrarySkepticism and leprechauns]]."''
27	-->-- '''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'''
28
29	->''"Well, I don't believe in coincidences."''
30	-->-- '''Solid Snake''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''
31
32	->''"Einstein would turn in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded."''
33	-->-- '''Chairman Sheng-ji Yang''', ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'', "Looking God in the Eye"
34
35	->''"Ha! Coincidence, you say? Divine providence, say I! The gods love us!"''
36	-->-- '''[[LovableSexManiac Winfield]]''', ''VideoGame/RecordOfAgarestWar''
37
38	->''"One's an anomaly, two's a trend. Rule 89, Boss."''
39	-->-- ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando''
40
41	->''"Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not really bring us any closer to the secret of the 'old one'. '''I, at any rate, am convinced that He does not throw dice'''."''
42	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein'''
43
44	->''"Albert, stop telling God what to do."''
45	-->-- '''Niels Bohr'''
46
47	->''"There is no such thing as coincidence in this world -- there is only inevitability"''
48	-->-- '''Yuko Ichihara''', ''Manga/XxxHolic''
49
50	->''"There are no coincidences. Only what is necessary."''
51	-->-- '''Kaho Mizuki''', ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''
52
53	->''"Never ignore a coincidence. Unless you're busy, in which case, always ignore a coincidence."''
54	-->-- '''The Eleventh Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho''
55
56	->''"I, like God, do not play with dice and do not believe in coincidence."''
57	-->--'''V''', ''Film/VForVendetta''
58
59	->'''V''': There are no coincidences. Only the illusion of coincidence.\
60	'''Jeremy''': Strange those words keep coming up every time an insane coincidence happens.
61	-->-- ''WebVideo/CinemaSins'', ''Everything Wrong With'' ''Film/VForVendetta''
62
63	->''"Accidents don't just happen accidentally!" ''(off Sam's look)'' "You know what I mean."''
64	-->-- '''Dean''', ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''
65
66	->'''John Blake''': But that could just be a coincidence too.
67	->'''[[TheCommissionerGordon Gordon]]''': You're a detective now. You're not allowed to believe in coincidences.
68	-->-- ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''
69
70	->'''JOHN''': mr. jake harley i presume? \
71	'''JAKE''': No...? \
72	'''JAKE''': Its english actually. \
73	'''JAKE''': Twas my grandmas surname. \
74	'''JOHN''': oh. my mistake! \
75	'''JOHN''': so then, is it just a coincidence that she had the same name as an invincible super villain? \
76	'''JOHN''': are coincidences even real?? \
77	'''JAKE''': I dunno.
78	-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''
79
80	->''"Everything went wrong by the numbers. And that takes planning."''
81	-->-- '''[[Creator/ChuckNorris John T. Booker]]''', "The Good Guys Wear Black" (1978)
82
83	->'''Alex:''' So it's a coincidence. Just like you said. Two rich parents with two rich kids at the same school. They're both killed in accidents. Why are you so interested?\
84	'''Alan Blunt:''' Because I don't like coincidence. In fact, I don't believe in coincidence. Where some people see coincidence, I see conspiracy.
85	-->-- ''Literature/AlexRider'', "Point Blanc"
86
87	->''"In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted."''
88	-->-- '''Literature/NeroWolfe'''
89
90	->'''TV speaker:''' Police are stressing that they've yet to establish a link between Giant-Man and this domestic assault, but I'm sure we've all seen the morning papers. A history of violent relationships and an addiction to prescription painkillers? It hardly takes a genius to put two and two together here.
91	->'''Captain America:''' (''to Giant-Man'') I believe the expression for that is "cosmic coincidence". Now step outside, you piece of trash.
92	-->-- ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''
93
94	->''"Do you think it was an accident I took Haddock's ship, Haddock's crew, Haddock's treacherous first mate? Nothing is an accident."''
95	-->-- '''Ivan Sakharine''', ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011''
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97	->''"People say there's no such thing as coincidence. What dull lives they must lead."''
98	-->-- '''Series/{{Sherlock}}''', [[Recap/SherlockS02E02TheHoundsOfBaskerville The Hounds of Baskerville]]
99
100	->''"There are no coincidences in the world. Everything is the fruit of seeds planted long ago."''
101	-->-- '''Dainsleif''', ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact''
102
103	->''"You think it was a coincidence that I just so happened to adopt the savior’s son? Our actions are our own, but fate pushes us."''
104	-->-- '''Regina Mills''', ''Series/OnceUponATime'', "[[Recap/OnceUponATimeS4E19Lily Lily]]"

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