Almost Always Quotes

429 Almost Always quotes by 346 unique authors

Natural selection is almost always handled in general temps . . This means that it has no explanatory power when specific problems arise. — Norman Macbeth
Evil almost always starts with small cruelties. — Will Schwalbe
Inexperienced fiction and creative nonfiction writers are often told to show, not tell - to write scenes, dramatize, cut exposition, cut summary - but it… — Laurie Alberts
There is almost always a major blip for whatever reason and we have learnt to expect it and not to panic. — Peter Cundill
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers ... — Colin Powell
Almost always great new ideas don't emerge from within a single person or function, but at the intersection of functions or people that have never… — Clayton Christensen
There's nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail. — Seth Godin
Complacency is almost always the product of success or perceived success — John P. Kotter
The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range. — Jeff Cooper
Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures, not algorithms, are… — Rob Pike
God's guidance is almost always step-by-step; He does not show us our life's plan all at once. Sometimes our anxiousness to know the will of… — Jerry Bridges
A long war almost always places nations in this sad alternative: that their defeat delivers them to destruction and their triumph to despotism. — Alexis de Tocqueville
The second best thing about space travel is that the distances involved make war very difficult, usually impractical, and almost always unnecessary. This is probably… — Robert A. Heinlein
We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly I have never… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
From the cranberry cancer scare of the 1950s to the Alar-in-apples hysteria of the 1980s, from the "new ice age" of the 1960s to the… — Harry Browne
We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of lonliness. We need each other and we need to get away from each… — Andy Rooney
Aesthetic racism is almost always a sign of inexperience. Those who have not made their way far enough into the world of amorous delights judge… — Milan Kundera
Purists maintain that if you go to a baseball game you will almost always see something you have never seen before. Unfortunately, it usually takes… — Joe Queenan
Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature, understand them thoroughly. — Salvador Dali
Winning leaders are almost always motivated when the chips are down. — Zig Ziglar
I can't stand it when a player whines to me or his teammates or his wife or the writers or anyone else. A whiner is… — Paul Brown
Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of soul and mind;… — Victor Hugo
Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy… — Anne Lamott
Technology is usually fairly neutral. It’s like a hammer, which can be used to build a house or to destroy someone’s home. The hammer doesn’t… — Noam Chomsky
Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy… — Anne Lamott

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