Often Quotes

12289 Often quotes by 6196 unique authors

A lecturer often makes you feel dumb at one end and numb at the other. — Evan Esar
A glass of wine often makes me a better man than hearing a sermon. — Jerome K. Jerome
Taste and smell are often the beggars among our five senses - they leave no written language and therefore no standards other than wholly personal… — Unknown Author
Mistakes are at the very base of human thought, embedded there, feeding the structure like root nodules. If we were not provided with the knack… — Lewis Thomas
Humans hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn - when they do, which isn't often - on their own, the hard way. — Robert A. Heinlein
I have found by experience that man makes his plans to be upset by God, but, at the same time, where the ultimate goal is… — Mahatma Gandhi
True Christians are not bigoted and this is actually not a matter of equality, no matter how often it is referred to as equal marriage.… — Unknown Author
The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal process... Where the… — Ban Ki-moon
Back in the days when men were hunters and chest beaters and women spent their whole lives worrying about pregnancy or dying in childbirth, they… — Erica Jong
If adjustment is necessary, it should be made primarily with regard to the position the homosexual occupies in present-day society, and society should more often… — Unknown Author
My own view on capital punishment is that it is morally justified, but that the government is often so inept and corrupt that innocent people… — Ed Crane
When not deeply engaged in creative activities, or numbed out by the TV, I felt empty. My heart hurt. I often felt hollow or as… — Judith Wright
Now, I testify it is a small voice. It whispers, not shouts. And so you must be very quiet inside. That is why you may… — Henry B. Eyring
It is called in our schools 'beastliness', and this is about the best name for it... should it become a habit it quickly destroys both… — Robert Baden-Powell
Too often we forget that genius, too, depends upon the data within its reach, that even Archimedes could not have devised Edison's inventions. — Ernest Dimnet
When we seek inspiration to help make decisions, the Lord gives gentle promptings. These require us to think, to exercise faith, to work, to struggle… — Richard G. Scott
Like mothers, taxes are often misunderstood, but seldom forgotten — Unknown Author
Molly Notkin often confides on the phone to Joelle van Dyne about the one tormented love of Nokin's life thus far, an erotically circumscribed G.W.… — David Foster Wallace
The art of putting into play mediocre qualities often begets more reputation than is achieved by true merit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds. — Albert Einstein
God often hides His blessing in trouble or trial, which makes it all the sweeter when it comes our way. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
God's greatest blessings often come costumed as disasters. Any doubters need to do nothing more than ascend the hill of Calvary. — Max Lucado
Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all. — G I Gurdjieff
Ignore, then, whether you are tall and thin or short and stocky- whether they laughed at you at home (where they are often unkind) or… — Percy Cerutty
Why should not every individual man have existed more than once upon this world? Why should I not come back as often as I am… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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