Once Quotes

VH1 does its little '80s retro thing once in a while, all of us in our bad hairdos and unfortunate clothes.

Once I was gone for a month and I was just miserable, so I flew back from Florida for two hours just to be home and see my cats.

Well, I'm telling them two things. One is that, look, this is going to be something when the American people realize - once it's passed - that, A, it does take care of preexisting conditions; B, you're insurance rates aren't going to skyrocket; C, the insurance companies aren't going to be running the show like they were before; D, you're going to be in a position where you can keep your insurance that you have. That once the American public realizes that, you're going to get a reward for this. They're going to be rewarded.

Country music fans are extremely supportive. Once they're with you, they're with you for life.

We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once.

In six short years, small business owners and family farmers will once again be assessed a tax on the value of their property at the time of their death, despite having paid taxes throughout their lifetime.

Once the Mass is restored to its rightful place, we will again see choirs being developed.

I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.

I think once we started directing separately - we each have different kinds of interests now, and the kinds of movies we want to do. I wouldn't hold your breath for that one.

Once you get in a position where your rent is taken care of and you do have a job, you really get to deal with yourself and really become one with yourself. And you wake to your mind every day. That's your best friend and your worst enemy - your own brain.

Because - Bobby Lewis said this once to us in class, the better you get, the less credit you'll get. Because the better you are, the more it looks like walking and talking and everybody thinks they can walk and talk.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel that before you die, you've got to try and get it right once. And hope that the experience you have makes up for the some of the diminishing energy.

Partly because of the desperate economic situation in the country, what were once the leading institutions of conservatism are constrained.

I once saw a forklift lift a crate of forks. And it was way to literal for me.

I have died many times. I have actually beaten Jesus Christ because he only died once.

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius - and I count myself among these - have to restore the lost connection once more.

A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.

I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances.

But when you lose a family member or something tragic happens, that stays with you forever. You never get over it. Knowing that you have to deal with that for the rest of your life... Football is important, but not as important as you once thought it was.

No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated.

Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied.

Once you're successful with a certain kind of music, it's hard not to have faith in it as a means to stay successful.

Once a Raider, always a Raider.

Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely.

I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem.

Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing in creating human victims. An end must be put to this. As never before, it is vital to unite forces of the entire world community against terror.

It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no importance once it's finished.

I can't see why we can't toss in a Junior Walker or Wilson Pickett number in every once in a while.

This June, I'll travel once again to the Food and Wine Magazine Classic in Aspen, Colorado. For many years, my dear friend Julia Child and I have teamed up to teach classes together at the event; for the past seven years, my daughter, Claudine, has been my cooking partner on stage.