Often Quotes

I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.

All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though with far less justification.

Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration.

And the first commandment of feminism is: I am woman; thou shalt not tolerate strange gods who assert that women have capabilities or often choose roles that are different from men's.

Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people.

Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we're going to show.

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.

Businessmen... were not born chief executives. They were often people first.

As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference.

The simplest things are often the truest.

Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself, in fact, confused.

I have an underdog spirit in me, and now it feels weird to kind of get my own way more often than not.

Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists.

I think in running, to be honest, that even though athletes are very dedicated and are willing to train and do whatever they need to do to prepare, more often than not they're not in a very professional environment where you've got a high performance director and a coach that are really monitoring your daily activities.

Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt.

Fiscal crises often turn into financial crises, dealing a blow to the real economy.

I think that Scottish people, like Canadians, are often misunderstood and what I like about my Scottish friends and relatives is how quickly it can go from love to anger. It's a great dynamic.

How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?

I don't really take a step back too often to see what's going on.

That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.

Too often, I have not been what I wanted to be; I've succumbed to pressures. Yes, I have. The things I've done that I liked, I've always done against advice.

I had to keep from laughing when a male relative of mine became concerned about how often I danced.

For though we often need to be restored to the small, concrete, limited, and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large, vague, unlimited, unknown.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.

I have no problems with private schools. I graduated from one and so did my mother. Private schools are useful and we often use public funds to pay for their infrastructures and other common needs.

This is indeed not only relevant to Documentary but is evident is most type of film making. The film often mirrors the experience, understanding and politics of the director.

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.

I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don't have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me.

The logical process will often be the safe one. I tend, when I'm given that choice, to go the way that's not safe.