Once Quotes

He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all.

I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.

Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course.

Once you are a proper, serious law-maker, you can't break the laws you're writing.

A fan once asked if he could have a piece of my hair for voodoo. I said no, so he hugged me and plucked out a couple of hairs and ran off.

Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.

I will be the focal point for however long I decide to play. Half of me likes that idea and half of me doesn't, but once the adrenaline kicks in, I'll probably really enjoy it.

I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.

I'm really clear about what my life mission is now. There's no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I've returned to the athlete I once was. I'm integrating all the parts of me - jock, musician, writer, poet, philosopher - and becoming stronger as a result.

Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness. Dotted with the ruins of empires once great, it is the last resort of yesterday in the world of tomorrow. I love every inch of it.

One certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine. I only know if once mine gets out, I'll have a bit of a tussle before I let it get in again to that of any other.

Once people see this 'Unplugged,' I just want them to feel the spontaneity, to feel passionate... I want you to see another side of me, that's free, and feel where my head is, where whatever happens, happens. I want you to feel inspired.

Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility.

I couldn't imagine doing a show where I'd once again have to answer to corporate interests.

I went to watch Pavarotti once. He doesn't like it when you join in.

I once knew a house rather like The Land of Smiles - an old house occupied by a varied collection of young people, mainly students. However none of these people were true models for the characters in the book, though their way of life may have been.

God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.

But I've never once thought that I wouldn't get back, as if you do think like that, then you're in trouble.

Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.

I am happy being able to play roles with people my age because once you do something really mature there is no turning back.

I will be really happy once I have done my jail time. I can start fresh.

I crave a cone of silence every once in while.

You have to remember when we were going once a month, we were putting out issues that were 480 pages, and people were complaining that these were too big, I can't get through a 480 page magazine every month.

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice.

IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.

Once you work with a studio on a film, the studio is sort of like this enormous clam that just opens, takes everything and then closes, and no one enters again. They own it all.

Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said Alice in Wonderland.