It's inevitable that one day, someone, somewhere will say that I've offended them, and that will be that".
Back home, his wife, Mary, given the news that Tom was missing, presumed wounded, refused to accept the inevitable.
"He phrased it well, said we spend more time thinking about our next inevitable failure than our next success.
Yet for all of this effort, the polls have barely moved in months, a hung parliament looks inevitable and the manifestos have been written as coalition bargaining positions rather than binding promises.
There's no inevitable consequence of urbanisation that is either positive or negative.
The way he deals with the inevitable rumours about his sexuality ("Who does it hurt if someone thinks I'm gay"?) is wonderfully beguiling, and that's before we've even started on his humanitarian work in Darfur and Haiti, not to mention his friendship with President Obama, recently in the news following Clooney's bust-up with Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn.
His three goals were not enough to carry Russia out of the group phase but a big career and a big move seemed inevitable.
I can't imagine how boring it must be waiting for the inevitable "It's not as good as Kid A" comments each time you release a record.
Salmond's stunning victory in May 2011 had made a referendum inevitable, but its details were yet to be determined.
Directing his criticism at unionist politicians, Ford said if people were called on to the streets in a charged atmosphere, "violence is almost inevitable".
The German goalkeeper is nothing if not decisive and beats the Algeria forward to the bouncing ball by a split second, heading it out for a throw-in before the inevitable collision between the two players.
