Once upon a time Quotes

Once upon a time Baltimore was necessary.

— Gertrude Stein

Once upon a time is now.

— Emilie Autumn

Once upon a time I owned a watermelon.

— Irving Bacheller

Once upon a time lasts forever

— Philip Pullman

“Evil isn't born, Dearie. It's made.”

— Anonymous

Once upon a time, I awoke in a strange place.

— Josh Ramsay

Once upon a time. Ah forget it.

— Anonymous

Once upon a time there was no Time.

— John D. Barrow

Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person.

— Anne Tyler

Once upon a time . . . What time are we upon and where do I belong?

— Francesca Lia Block

Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now it's money. I guess the world really do change.

— Lorraine Hansberry

Once upon a time, Sleeping Beauty decided to take a nap from which she would never wake up.

— Rachel Cohn

You are where you need to be. Just take a deep breath

— Anonymous

Once upon a time men were possessed by devils. Now they are not less obsessed by ideas

— Carl Jung

Just so you know, when they say "Once upon a time” . . . they’re lying

— Jodi Picoult

Once upon a time there was a young lady who lived in a marsh, and her name was Poison.

— Chris Wooding

“Once upon a time, Isola Wilde was watching late-night television with her eldest brother, Alejandro, when Channel 12 broadcast a live suicide.”

— Allyse Near

rush of pine scent (once upon a time), the unlicensed conviction there ought to be another way of saying this.

— Paul Celan

There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.

— John D. Barrow

Once upon a time there was a lady. She had no children, and no happiness either. And at first she cried for…

— Mikhail Bulgakov

Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough…

— Edward Abbey

When I used Claudia [Cardinale] for example, in Once Upon a Time in the West, she represented the birth of American matriarchy.…

— Sergio Leone

Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most…

— Kate DiCamillo

Really believing in "once upon a time". Believing that it will draw you in, take you with me to a place you've…

— Cameron Dokey

I think there's tons of life and excitement in Paris. There are lots of old people and young people creating sexy new…

— Rosecrans Baldwin

Be strong and of good courage. You are truly royal spirit daughters of Almighty God. You are princesses, destined to become queens.…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

People often ask authors where their ideas come from, and often authors say they don't know. But I do know about this…

— Sam McBratney

Once upon a time a Georgian printed a couple of books that attracted notice, but immediately it turned out that he was…

— Joel Chandler Harris

On 'Swingtown,' I think that's when I was able to blend the character-slash-leading lady roles, and that's what I'm doing on 'Once…

— Lana Parrilla

A lot of times, I think that what I do for a living has no integrity. 'Once Upon A Time' has changed…

— Ginnifer Goodwin

Once upon a time I was riding on the top of a First Avenue bus, when I heard a mythical housewife say…

— David Ogilvy

My discussion is one that has gone all the way from Fistful of Dollars through Once Upon a Time in America. But…

— Sergio Leone

Wherever a story comes from, whether it is a familiar myth or a private memory, the retelling exemplifies the making of a…

— Mary Catherine Bateson

You're sad-looking," she said. "My grandson used to be such a happy boy. He used to write me stories. I remember the…

— Chris Colfer

Never, in all my early childhood, did anyone address to me the affecting preamble: 'Once upon a time!' ... I can but…

— Edmund Gosse

It is so strange, to encounter an ex. It's as if you're in a foreign film, and what you're saying face-to-face has…

— Jodi Picoult

“Maybe instead of strings it's stories things are made of, an infinite number of tiny vibrating stories; once upon a time they…

— Paul Murray

Once upon a time there was a girl who discovered that if she played a certain tune on a jade flute, she…

— Ursula Vernon

You’re lost in your own world, in the things that happen there, and you’ve locked all the doors. Sometimes I look at…

— Nicole Krauss

Once upon a time there was a woman who was just like all women. And she married a man who was just…

— Elizabeth Smart