Often Quotes

We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.

An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past.

When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the advice of a worldwide crowd.

But being in the closet uniquely assisted me in politics. From my first run for the state legislature until my election as governor, all too often I was not leading but following my best guess at public opinion.

Yet, when child sex offenders are brought to justice and serve time for their offenses, they are often released into unsuspecting communities and left free to resume their sexual attacks.

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values.

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.

Often I feel I say too much.

I've often wished when I started a book I knew what was going to happen. I talked to writers who write 80-page outlines, and I'm just in awe of that.

When you're going through something, whether it's a wonderful thing like having a child or a sad thing like losing somebody, you often feel like 'Oh my God, I'm so overwhelmed; I'm dealing with this huge thing on my own.' In fact, poetry's a nice reminder that, no, everybody goes through it. These are universal experiences.

I've often argued that oil and gas exploration is a state's rights issue. It is abundantly clear that the State of Florida does not want drilling to negatively affect its beaches and shores.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition.

I don't often go to a place just to check out all the cultural sites of a city.

Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

The mind has its own logic but does not often let others in on it.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter - in the eye.

The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.

Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.

This being so, it follows that mythology ought not to take the prominent place that is too often assigned to it in the scientific study of ancient faiths.

The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land.

We're often portrayed as rich, spoiled athletes who play a game for too much money.

And I may often question choices I make as a producer. But I've never questioned the choices I make as a director.

I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept.

I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!

Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along by every wind of teaching, look like the only attitude acceptable to today's standards.