Seldom Quotes

I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game.

My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

I ever will profess myself the greatest friend to those whose actions best correspond with their doctrine; which, I am sorry to say, is too seldom the case amongst those nations who pretend most to civilization.

The lion is, however, rarely heard - much more seldom seen.

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap.

When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for my needs, and having sources available can be a life-saver.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having.

A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce nothing useful to the world, seldom fails of entertainment to itself.

I seldom have my stuff up unless I'm testing it. If I'm worrying about a painting, I put it up and see if I detest it quickly or slowly. Otherwise I have things by other artists.

He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town.

It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite themselves with any of the religious sects.

Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love.

I seldom ever missed a Gary Cooper picture if I could manage to see it.

Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.

What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture.

If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

In serial music, the series itself is seldom audible... What I'm interested in is a compositional process and a sounding music that are one in the same thing.

Heroes always make the right decision; I find that seldom happens in my life.

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least.

When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.

There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.