SPONTANEITY QUOTES

quotations about spontaneity

Spontaneity quote

Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way.

MARS BONFIRE

"Born to Be Wild"


Wheels have been set in motion, and they have their own pace, to which we are ... condemned. Each move is dictated by the previous one -- that is the meaning of order. If we start being arbitrary it'll just be a shambles: at least, let us hope so. Because if we happened, just happened to discover, or even suspect, that our spontaneity was part of their order, we'd know that we were lost.

TOM STOPPARD

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

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Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

JANE AUSTEN

Emma

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A planned life is a dead life.

LAUREN BACALL

interview, August 2005

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I need a little more rhythm in the middle of this lazy rhyme
Need a little more spontaneity in the middle of this daily grind

TODD AGNEW

"In The Middle Of Me"


Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.

ANONYMOUS

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Whatsoever stirs the stagnant currents, setting these flowing in wholesome directions, promotes brisk spirits and productive thinking. The less of routine, the more of life.

AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT

Table Talk

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There was something horribly depressing, she felt, about watching the weather report. That life could be planned like the perfect summer picnic drained it of spontaneity.

GALT NIEDERHOFFER

The Romantics


Being spontaneous at times is a must. Being spontaneous all the time is a crazy person.

RYAN HANSEN

attributed, IMDb


Adventurers are driven by a need to be spontaneous. With apparent fearlessness, they tread where others dare not go. They may bounce from bungee jumping to foreign travel to tribal drumming classes, just to stay active.

ANNE DRANITSARIS

Who Are You Meant to Be?


So here "artistic spontaneity" is further perceived as a state of unreflective immediacy that one 'returns' to after having mastered a modular set of skills, actions or ways of thought through a long period of concentrated and mindful practice.

ZHIYI YANG

Dialectics of Spontaneity: The Aesthetics and Ethics of Su Shi


Something just flashes into your mind, so exciting, and you must out with it. If you stop to think it over, you spoil it all.

LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

Anne of Green Gables

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Overplanning kills magic.

ANONYMOUS


It was tragic how life had sucked her down to the bones, all her spontaneity her laughter and freedom had vanished. I knew then that I didn't ever want to be like that. Whatever happened, life was something too precious to give up on so easily.

BELINDA JEFFREY

One Long Thread


The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion; the mind that grows could not predict the time, the means, the mode of that spontaneity; God enters by a private door into every individual.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

"Intellect", Essays

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Being spontaneous is being able to respond with confidence; calmly trusting that, whatever the outcome, you will have a positive if challenging experience that will lead to greater self-awareness and success.

SYLVIA CLARE

Trusting Your Intuition: Rediscover Your True Self to Achieve a Richer, More Rewarding Life


Some of the most thrilling things in life are done on impulse.

SYRIE JAMES

The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen


No matter how many plans you make or how much in control you are, life is always winging it.

CARROLL BRYANT

blog post, September 19, 2012


Well-organized people often find that spontaneous people are fun to be around, and spontaneous people often find that well-organized people can contribute a lot toward making things safer and more secure.

BARBARA A. OLEVITCH

Using Cognitive Approaches with the Seriously Mentally Ill


I want to be your whore
I want to bust your stupid door
The element of surprise
Spontaneous yea not so wise
I want to be the one to mess you up and down

ANET

"Whore"