Then Quotes

7,816 quotes from 5,158 authors

Time moves, and these 7,816 snippets capture its many facets. Across 5,158 writers, you’ll find reflections on past events, turning points, and the flow of moments. The breadth offers a comprehensive look at how “then” shapes narrative and memory.

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I used to be an introvert, and then I switched.

Aimee Lou Wood

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Every now and then, I have a deep thought.

Joel Edgerton

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I lift weights. Then I put them down again.

Ricky Gervais

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If you love movies, then you love America.

Mathieu Amalric

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It's family first, and then everything else.

J Dilla

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I do a project, and then I move on.

Daryl Hall

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He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.

Richard Harris Barham

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If I lose my confidence, then I'll lose my way.

Kenny Omega

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I didn't think then, and I still don't, that I was actually sick.

Frances Farmer

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I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my…

Eddie Trunk

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I need to mature a bit - then I might have something to show for it.

Jack O'Connell

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I like to train and then step in the cage and do my job. This is the thing that I like to…

Amanda Nunes

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When I came to Aston Villa, they had struggled for two years before then.

Adama Traore

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If it takes talking about unpleasant truths to change Washington, then so be it.

Scott McClellan

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I want to become foreign minister of India one day and then President of India.

Farooq Abdullah

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I'm a natural blonde. I was a towhead as a kid, and then it got ashier when I was 18.

Laura Dern

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Rio was a period of my life, and then, poof, I'm gone. I was very young living here, just kind of floating.…

Francisco Costa

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I was a young-un when I got my first million. Then I realized if I got one, I could get two. If…

Birdman

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We would finish dinner, and then we'd all sit around as a family and watch 'Roseanne.' That was a big one.

Tyler Ritter

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If you live a rebellious lifestyle, then you rebel against things because they go against your ideals and the integrity of who…

Flea

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In 2007, I had on-paper success. I got to go to that Aspen comedy festival, which was pretty exclusive, I guess. Then…

Kyle Kinane

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I went to community college for about a year but I'd started taking music seriously by then so I dropped out.

Caitlin Rose

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First, I would find an object which I would think is suitable for my characters and stories, then write about it, and…

Orhan Pamuk

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I knew I wanted to act from a very young age - from about nine, really - but I didn't know how…

John Hurt

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I've never had a particular skill. I can't cook, dance, play an instrument, speak a foreign language. This used to worry me.…

Michael Palin

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FDR once said he was like a cat, that he would pounce and then relax. That's much harder to do in the…

Doris Kearns Goodwin

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I did things like get in a cupboard before the teacher came in at the beginning of a lesson, and then, two…

Miranda Hart

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If you don't have the confidence in baking, commit to making the recipe three times. The first two, do it exactly the…

Tom Douglas

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My career's consisted of all of those things that you hope would one day lead to being a series regular, and then…

Kimberly Quinn

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During the morning rush hour on March 20, 1995, the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo placed packages on five subway trains converging on…

Barton Gellman

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The main characters for 'The Seer and the Sword' made an appearance one night and then haunted me for over five years…

Victoria Hanley

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Is privacy about government security agents decrypting your e-mail and then kicking down the front door with their jackboots? Or is it…

James Gleick

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“21. Take in a great breath of air and then blow it out. Contained in that single breath were at least three…

James C. Dobson

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“Let me leave you with this thought, written by my father before he died. If you incorporate it into your system of…

James C. Dobson

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“Lt. Denice Barnum at the helm gave a sigh, then replaced her nail file on the control panel, beside her spray bottle…

Christina Engela

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“Tracey hurriedly shut the door behind her to prevent the flames that had been licking hungrily at her caboose all the way…

Christina Engela

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“The survivor spoke to us though, or tried to. Mumbling through that matted brown beard of his, pale as death itself. I…

Christina Engela

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“He’s dying!’ Doctor Cove, one of the ship’s two medical officers told me, looking at his med-scanner as he kneeled at the…

Christina Engela

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If I can achieve success, then anyone can.

Mary Kom

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I can't just have one hit and then that's it.

Jackson Wang

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