Almost Quotes

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world.

I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.

I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.

I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.

The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job.

These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply to all national languages.

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.

The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

And almost half of American oil consumption is for motor vehicles.

I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable.

I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.

I have met almost everyone I've wanted to meet.

Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place to start.

Kids can amuse themselves with almost anything.

Faulkner was almost oriental. I never got into Faulkner.

In the past the publishers I've worked with have been extremely generous. And in almost every case, have been people who believed in the work rather than the sales and marketing.

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.

The stories have been told so often by those of us who supported President Reagan over the years that they seem mundane, almost like a fictional novel or a movie script.

I'm pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule.

We became friends as we became a band. Our friendship evolved as the band evolved. It had its ups and downs, but it was mostly ups for the four of us. We got along well almost all of the time. Hey! We liked each other and we still do.

False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost always used for the oppression of other persons.

The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.

I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor.

I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.

When people complain of life, it is almost always because they have asked impossible things of it.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them.