Once Quotes

The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we got into it, we found that, remarkably, the balloon went whatever speed the wind went.

So I have a friend who works for me once a week. She's got e-mail, so anybody that must send an e-mail, they send it to her and she faxes it to me. Sounds like a long way of doing things, but it works for me.

I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.

I love swimming in rivers, and well remember once jumping in at Chiswick.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did.

Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.

A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.

In fact, Russell Crowe once phoned me up to see if I wanted to go to a party but I had to bring my guitar and perform 'Oh Jean.'

Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.

I was an insecure kid. Once I saw 'Hercules' with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn't be here today.

I like to work. I enjoy once a year, doing a film.

I didn't realize - you think you are doing a movie but then you realize it's a Columbia Pictures movie so it's probably going to have some publicity. Then you see a billboard and it's like, 'God! I'm on a billboard!' It doesn't hit all at once, it kind of unravels itself and it's still unraveling.

Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder.

I once dated a weather girl, we talked up a storm.

Although I had arrived in total darkness the light of truth at once burst upon my mind and I perceived most clearly that the republicans had overreached themselves.

If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once.

I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of one's retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit.

I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week.

Most child actors, once they hit 18, once they hit 21, that's it. Even teenage kids often don't make the transition.

Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed, you realize what the word joy is all about.

I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice.

A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns.

A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance.

Every religious pioneer, including Jesus Christ, was persecuted by his contemporaries. But once people understand me, their turn can be dramatic like Saint Paul's.

Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.