Spontaneous may refer to:
- Spontaneous abortion
- Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
- Spontaneous combustion
- Spontaneous declaration
- Spontaneous emission
- Spontaneous fission
- Spontaneous generation
- Spontaneous human combustion
- Spontaneous Music Ensemble
- Spontaneous order
- Spontaneous process
- Spontaneous remission
- Spontaneous symmetry breaking
Famous quotes containing the word spontaneous:
“Our spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“My vocabulary dwells deep in my mind and needs paper to wriggle out into the physical zone. Spontaneous eloquence seems to me a miracle. I have rewritten—often several times—every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“They [creative children] ask more questions than most children. They’re usually spontaneous and enthusiastic. Their ideas are unique and occasionally strike other kids as weird. They’re independent. Not that they don’t care at all what other kids think, but they’re able to do their thing despite the fact that their peers may think it’s strange. And they have lots and lots of ideas.”
—Silvia Rimm (20th century)