Often Quotes

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

Look, it's a mainstream animated movie, and how often are those considered thought provoking? It's meant to be a great time at the theater, but it's also designed to work on more than one level.

The best prayers have often more groans than words.

The people in East Germany have lived through so many changes in the last 15 years like never before in the country, and they did this often with great enthusiasm. But in the West we also have a high degree of transformations.

Good actresses can often accomplish miracles, and it is possible to be someone you've never been or will be. But in a sitcom, there's no time.

I've often thought that my background in rock 'n' roll has gone to waste in film work. My background was that I was a rock 'n' roll drummer and I don't think I used drums in my first ten years of film scoring.

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.

I must not say what I truly think, or you will tell me I flatter you-but I can only speak what I feel-and very often I cannot even do that when the feeling is very deep.

Often there's a BA crew, because half the time we stay at the same hotels, especially in Australia. I can remember spending quite a lot of time with crews around the pool there. They always make themselves known to us.

Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that.

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.

Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

When a child is bruised physically or emotionally, parents often reward him with a treat.

Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel.

Often, when you see yourself on the screen, you feel like a sweater that's been put through the washing machine. You have the impression of having done something full and luminous, and suddenly, when you see it on the screen, it's turned back into a tiny little thing.

They're such hierarchical things, film sets, they're sort of mini societies. Often they're incredibly political places.

You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.'

American movies are often very good at mining those great underlying myths that make films robustly travel across class, age, gender, culture.

The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans.

I'm desperate to work again. I've often had those periods, but two years was the longest.

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.

In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read.

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building.

Often times I'm confronted with a quote that I don't remember saying. So, on one hand it's very flattering, it is just so surreal.

It is often said that the magnitude of a people is measured by their ability to know how to win.

I've just become more conscious about how much I do drink and how often I want to have a drink and things like that. I think being conscious of it will help me to control the urges.

I destroy things every day in the act of working and often recall a picture I had considered finished in order to rework it.

I use a lot of spices, fresh veggies and fruit, extra virgin olive oil, nuts, avocado, soybeans and organic ingredients as often as possible. We need fat in our diets and using the healthier fats is key.

Irregular contact with doctors means many men fail to receive any preventive care for potentially life-threatening conditions. In addition, when men do seek care, embarrassment can often prevent them from openly discussing health concerns with their physicians.