Often Quotes · Page 21

I think there is often a 'what if' proposition that gets me thinking about all my novels.

— John Irving

I used to try and do backflips a lot, but I used to bang my head more often than not, so I…

— Antony Starr

Children are often better actors than adults because they have a greater capacity for believing in a situation.

— Alexander Mackendrick

I often wonder why people remake movies. Is there just a lack of imagination out there that they can't come up with…

— Michael Beck

Back-to-back Presidents' Trophies, I don't think that happens too often.

— Barry Trotz

Too often, we have tended to fall into a trap of creating plain hamburgers.

— Tadashi Yanai

U.S.-Israel relations are often depicted as an extended honeymoon, but that's a false image.

— Elliott Abrams

Patients can often be discharged from hospital, then re-admitted a few days later with complications.

— Chris Toumazou

Habits like blogging often and regularly, writing down the way you think, being clear about what you think are effective tactics, ignoring…

— Seth Godin

This is indeed not only relevant to Documentary but is evident is most type of film making. The film often mirrors the…

— Ben Edwards

When I'm writing, I need to amplify my thoughts and feelings on just a conversation that I might have had with somebody…

— James Bay

Lunatics are similar to designated hitters. Often an entire family is crazy, but since an entire family can't go into the hospital,…

— Susanna Kaysen

I'm often asked by parents what advice can I give them to help get kids interested in science? And I have only…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Women are often worried about how they look, and that's not superficial. We know that our appearance has nothing to do with…

— Cameron Russell

My flat in Ladbroke Grove, west London, is in the best building in the world. It's like a commune - everyone gets…

— Oona Chaplin

We are often too late with our brilliance. We are on time delay. The only instant gratification comes in the form of…

— Richard Schiff

The economic sense of possibility was so great when I was growing up that my parents had no question that I could…

— Gail Collins

Lots of kids, including my son, have trouble making the leap from reading words or a few sentences in picture books to…

— Rhea Perlman

You don't have to live on a farm to have chickens; in some places, you just need a little bit of green…

— Amy Robach

I often tell people who want to write historical fiction: don't read all that much about the period you're writing about; read…

— Thomas Mallon

Health messages are simply overwhelmed, in volume and in effectiveness, by junk-food ads that often deploy celebrities or cartoon characters to great…

— Michael Moss

When you're a mass-market writer, people think that you can just decide 'this happens, this happens, this happens', whereas with literary writers…

— Marian Keyes

I have very vivid dreams - almost always action-adventure. I'm often on the run. I've always had dreams. When I was little,…

— Sarah Silverman

When I shoot, I try to feel the body and the face and the weight of the actor, because the character until…

— Bernardo Bertolucci

I'm very inspired by other cultures and very often use what I perceive to be exotic ingredients.

— Eric Ripert

The ridiculous events in everyday life are often overlooked - people don't recognise it as potentially cinematic.

— Taika Waititi

The U.S. constitution is an extraordinary document. In my view, it should not be amended often.

— Bernie Sanders

One of the most important principles I've learned is, every so often, just drop everything. Stop racing from one party to the…

— Ryan Holmes

Any major hair change comes with unpredictable and often unfiltered reactions.

— Elaine Welteroth

Fiction is often most powerful when the author is exploring an issue - and not writing like a know-it-all who has the…

— Gillian Cross

The mobile phone is used from when you get up in the morning and is often the last thing you interact with…

— Jan Chipchase

Manic depressive people often have incredible energy and a slightly skewed, but nonetheless valid, way of looking at things.

— Kathryn Lasky

In the Bill Clinton years, the foreign leader who visited the White House most often was Yasser Arafat - 13 times.

— Elliott Abrams

Too often, the landlord-tenant relationship is unbalanced with all the power on the side of unscrupulous landlords.

— Nydia Velazquez

I am a political junkie. During a presidential campaign, I will often buy a couple of newspapers a day just to keep…

— John Ortberg

I talk to teens everyday about topics that are often extraordinarily uncomfortable.

— Rosalind Wiseman

President Trump has often crossed the line of what constitutes decent behavior.

— Ted Lieu

Narrative drives most of economics. Everything seems to be part of a story, and how that story is told often leads to…

— Barry Ritholtz

Great entrepreneurs are often great listeners and they can spot patterns and pick up on small details in customer stories.

— Alexander Osterwalder

I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to…

— Lawrence M. Krauss