Often Quotes

Much can often be learned by the repetition under different conditions, even if the desired result is not obtained.

In fact, when care appears, unconditional love often vanishes.

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

We have a very active testing community which people don't often think about when you have open source.

Sovereignty is a word that is used often but it has really no specific meaning. Sovereignty today is nominal. Any number of countries that are sovereign are sovereign only nominally and relatively.

It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.

You sin in thinking bad about people - but, often, you guess right.

The 1st Congressional District contains almost half of the biotech and biomedical companies in Washington, and my job often allows me to meet the people responsible for this exciting research.

I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.

The finished product is often of less importance than the skills and confidence gained through the process and the way in which the community is strengthened through people in it work and are brought together.

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

I find the subject of childhood fascinating. I explored this subject in Speak to me of love and I am curious about portraying the often painful transition into the adult world.

The earliest sensation at the onset of illness, often preceding the recognition of identifiable symptoms, is apprehension. Something has gone wrong, and a glimpse of mortality shifts somewhere deep in the mind. It is the most ancient of our fears.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.

When I wear high heels I have a great vocabulary and I speak in paragraphs. I'm more eloquent. I plan to wear them more often.

Speak to Him often of your business, your plans, your troubles, your fears - of everything that concerns you.

We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.

I often felt as a player in a 4-4-2, you end up being outnumbered in midfield and chasing the ball, so as a manager I liked wingbacks to push forward; it gives the midfield player on the ball three or four options.

A universal draft is most often the instrument of Third World dictators.

When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so.

A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment.

Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.

I have long believed these types of collaborative agreements are a far better approach to federal land management than the contentious battles that too often sidetrack proper resource management.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

Most consequential choices involve shades of gray, and some fog is often useful in getting things done.

The pop musicians often leave meaning in the dust and substitute it for cartoons. The deeper artists - the grunge artists in the world and the emoticon people - tend to leave all of the happiness out of life like it just doesn't exist.

It's a huge challenge, a huge responsibility. Bond is a huge iconic figure in movie history. These opportunities don't come along very often so I thought, 'Why not?'