Often Quotes

A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.

One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors.

Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.

I was a bratty little sister. I was the youngest of three, and I often felt as though I didn't fit in.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off.

A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story.

The dilemma of modern medicine, and the underlying central flaw in medical education and, most of all, in the training of interns, is the irresistible drive to do something, anything. It is expected by patients and too often agreed to by their doctors, in the face of ignorance.

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please.

Twelve-piece cookware sets for ninety-nine bucks are routinely hawked on late-night TV - often by friends of mine. But with a mere five pieces, you can do whatever you like - slay the dragon and then cook its tenderloin in the style of the duke of Wellington, if you want to.

I'm so wrapped up in my work that it's often impossible to consider other things in my life. My marriage ended in divorce because of this, my relationship with Holly has suffered by this.

The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results.

I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer.

Not a single man on earth knows from his own experience the how and where of his birth, only from tradition, which is often very uncertain.

The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.

In my case, the listener is often in an automobile driving to work. You can concentrate on the road while still getting an audio message that can be riveting.

The public, more often than not, will forgive mistakes, but it will not forgive trying to wriggle and weasel out of one.

Projects like this don't come along very often and I feel amazingly luck to be a part of it.

There were sometimes from forty to sixty English machines, but unfortunately the Germans were often in the minority. With them quality was more important than quantity.

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom.

Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.

Such is the human race, often it seems a pity that Noah... didn't miss the boat.

Often pagans, with their eyes wide open, do not see very clearly.

As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change their natures until they are converted into dust.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

Children are often the silent victims of drug abuse.

Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances.

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.

I've often reflected on this in the past weeks as I've been following the presidential campaign: Very often, I thought it would have been great for both of these guys to sit down and be force-fed a couple of dozen episodes of Star Trek.

I think the situation in Toronto is such that there are funding organizations which make it easy for a film to raise more money than it needs and very often that works against a film.