Often Quotes

We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.

Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by crude stereotyping.

My interests were aroused, and my faith in the cliches of the subject destroyed, as so often with other subjects, by the discussions with my friend, Aaron Director.

Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position.

If a man dreams that he has committed a sin before which the sun hid his face, it is often safe to conjecture that, in sheer forgetfulness, he wore a red tie, or brown boots with evening dress.

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

Most often the music does end up in the movie, and sometimes there's a point where I wish that it wasn't, just because I think the score would be more effective if there was less of it. But, again, that's not my call.

We often take for granted that our lights will come on when we flip the light switch, but the reality is that our reliability standards and the current state of the transmission grid leave us all vulnerable to blackouts.

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment.

Often Hollywood crews go into third world countries and I don't believe they behave well.

Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it doesn't really count. They're still searching for their prince, in a way. And as much as we don't discuss that, because it's too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.

I have often supported Israel, I have often visited the country and want the country to exist and at last find peace with its neighbours.

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given.

Of woman as a real human being, with sexual needs and sexual responsibilities, morality has often known nothing.

True creativity often starts where language ends.

When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists.

A little man often cast a long shadow.

I have seen 'Thor', yeah. It's fantastic. Being that close to something, it's often pretty hard to watch yourself, but the film in so many ways is so impressive that I was swept along with it like an audience member, and that's a pretty good sign.

My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

Since I'm a fan of collections and anthologies, believe that the best writing often shines in shards and galloping stretches, I never find myself lobbying for a writer I enjoy reading regularly to hole up in Heidegger's hut for four or five years to bring forth a mountain.

I could not agree more. The students of Delaware State often looked to the school as their chance, their hand up, their hope. And they gave their all.

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.