Often Quotes

If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.

I admit that the eyes of the intellectually and culturally lively tend to glaze over at the mere mention of sociology, often with ample justification.

Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.

I often thought I was in the wrong business. I was pretty seriously thinking of tossing it in before I shot Shine. I do not know why. I was pretty restless, I had been through a bad period of stress induced anxiety - panic attacks - and I was not sure of what I wanted to do.

I've often been asked to run for office. I have no desire to do that, I would not want my time with the family or the company restricted because of the demands of an elected position.

Most people are flying to Heathrow because it's a hub, so they can fly on to other places, often long-distance flights. If they can't go on those long-distance flights from Heathrow, they will go to Paris, they will go to Amsterdam, they will go to Frankfurt, because those are viable alternatives.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

The combined results of several people working together is often much more effective than could be that of an individual scientist working alone.

An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong.

I think that often times Hollywood panders to the cliches of small town life, specifically Southern small town life, and I think that this movie does the opposite.

Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.

Despair often breeds disease.

The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.

Very often we developed a better grasp of the subjects than the over worked teachers.

Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping.

Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority.

Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in opposition to Clinton's sometimes needy, often undisciplined, emotionalism.

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

Most of us have considerable prosperity in our lives. Often, we are so busy pursuing our unmet desires that we are unable to enjoy all that we already have. Allowing ourselves to really appreciate the prosperity we have created is a big step toward opening to even greater fulfillment.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

My name is very often associated with parties and entertaining, but it's not true. I am not such a party person.

Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.

Young women today often have very little appreciation for the real battles that took place to get women where they are today in this country. I don't know how much history young women today know about those battles.

In religious circles, depression is often deemed to be a spiritual condition that can be cured with prayer.

I am often reminded that the wellspring of Vermont liberty flows from Main Street, not State Street.

Big business, for all its lobbying, is often put in line by investigative reporting, public scandals and multi-million-dollar judgments in court against those who put products on the market that are dangerous to their buyers.

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.