Almost Quotes

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.

In my almost 92 years on this earth, the good Lord has blessed me with a great journey.

They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and use it as a compass to locate other monuments and eventually to find their way out of the great, gray federal wilderness.

I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour of Magic' most of the city is set alight. It's a joke, in much the same way that the Earth is destroyed almost at the start of Douglas Adams's 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.'

This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.

Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.

What do I miss about the UK? Sadly, almost nothing. Maybe the midnight sun, in June in the north. That's all.

The Left is doing to America what it has done to almost everything it has deeply influenced - the arts, the university, religion, culture, minorities, Europe: ruining it.

My role in 'Legally Blonde' was really rewarding, because I had so much fun working on the movie. I've had really rewarding experiences on tiny low budget films that you'll never see but where I had a cool time creating characters as well. I love almost all of the characters I've played.

I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I should do some jazz songs with a trio or quartet.

Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.

For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.

Israel of the coastal plain, where eight out of ten Israeli Jews live far removed from the occupied territories, from the fiery Jerusalem, from the religious and nationalistic conflicts, is unknown to the outside world, almost unknown to itself.

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.

Yoga is almost like music in a way; there's no end to it.

One does not set out with the idea that I've just had a great idea and now I'm going to go and carry it out. Almost all art that's made like that doesn't go anywhere.

To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation is coupled with specific shortcomings, it is likewise almost certainly divorced from certain other shortcomings.

Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Much of what I make is geometric, and has a kind of almost mathematical logic to the form.

Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.

Whenever you have dynamic interactions between 300 million people and the American economy acting in really complex ways, that introduces a degree of almost chaos theory to the system, in a literal sense.

Nobody could have imagined the phenomenon that 'Star Trek' became. It's still almost impossible to imagine.

I almost rented a house by an architect named Schindler, but I couldn't afford it. It was a jewel.

Yeah, I don't mess with chicks younger. They got to be almost thirty.

In almost everything that touches our everyday life on earth, God is pleased when we're pleased. He wills that we be as free as birds to soar and sing our maker's praise without anxiety.

Journalists do not like to report on uncertainties. They would almost rather be wrong than ambiguous.

I've had people call me from bands that are very popular, and they're like, 'What do we do? We want to do what you do.' It's almost impossible to do what I do, because you would have to start in 1980. You can't just do it.