Often Quotes

It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights.

The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by men incapable of it.

Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.

Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.

You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by and large in the state courts.

There have been, in recent years, many Asian American pioneers in the public eye who've defied the condescendingly complimentary 'model minority' stereotype: actors like Lucy Liu, artists like Maya Lin, moguls like Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. They are known, often admired.

When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic.

Composers dialogue - and obsessively, bitterly argue - with other composers, often over the span of several centuries.

Dancing is kind of my thing. I go out with my friends as often as I can on the weekends, and I'm always drawn to girls with rhythm.

On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.

People have often asked if I'm gay because I don't go out of my way to spit and scratch and give people attitude.

I also hang the pictures low rather than high, and particularly in the case of the largest ones, often as close to the floor as is feasible, for that is the way they are painted.

Half a truth is often a great lie.

Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in Paris.

I love film. After a yummy meal for the whole family and some truly great friends, we often go out to see something beautiful and unique.

A meaningless statement remains meaningless no matter how often it's heard.

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

American women often fall into the trap of, 'Oh, these are my weekend clothes. These are my work clothes. This is what I wear at night.' It's so old-fashioned.

Death is very often referred to as a good career move.

I think often times when people choose to be part of a charity; it's usually because something is very personal.

Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain.

I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And it's one that's easily corrected. The reason I say that is that many of the diseases that we treat around the world, I knew when I was a child. My mother was a registered nurse. And they no longer exist in our country.

People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other people than those who feel martyred and broken by their lives.

When I do a Western, I often wonder what I would have really done in that situation.

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.

Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.

All too often in tough economic times, it is the environment that gets left on the cutting room floors of Congress as everyone scraps for limited federal dollars.