Often Quotes

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A note of caution: We can never achieve goals that envy sets for us. Looking at your friends and wishing you had what they had… — Marcus Buckingham
It was never the people who complained of the universality of human rights, nor did the people consider human rights as a Western or Northern… — Vaclav Havel
It is often the case that laws must change before fears about change dissipate. — Hillary Clinton
Often those who are denied rights are least empowered to bring about the changes they seek. — Hillary Clinton
In the history of science it has often happened that the majority was wrong and refused to listen to a minority that later turned out… — Freeman Dyson
[The original development of the Spinning Mule was a] continual endeavour to realise a more perfect principle of spinning; and though often baffled, I as… — Samuel Crompton
Climate science has been targeted by a major political movement, environmentalism, as the focus of their efforts, wherein the natural disasters of the earth system,… — Richard Lindzen
I'm often asked whether I believe in Global Warming. I now just reply with the question: "Do you believe in Gravity?" — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Science is composed of laws which were originally based on a small, carefully selected set of observations, often not very accurately measured originally; but the… — Richard Hamming
Modern civilization is a product of an energy binge. Binges often end in hangovers. — Alfred W. Crosby
In physical science a first essential step in the direction of learning any subject is to find principles of numerical reckoning and practicable methods for… — Lord Kelvin
We must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is unworthy a religious man to view an irreligious one either with alarm or aversion, or… — John Keats
Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horsepond. — Thomas Love Peacock
As an artist, there's a sweet, jump-starting quality to [marijuana] for me. I've often felt telepathic and receptive to inexplicable messages my whole life. I… — Alanis Morissette
Too often the result of affirmative action has been an artificial diversity that gives the appearance of parity between blacks and whites that has not… — Shelby Steele
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it. — Walter Scott
The ascetic is often a sensualist who has reached the limit of his capacity. — Jacques Barzun
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. — Charles Dickens
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it. — Seneca the Younger
So let's raise the tone of the debate. Too often at the moment we look like schoolchildren squabbling over a toy - our most precious… — Roz Savage
Then came the second Amsterdam discovery, although the principle was known elsewhere. Bank deposits...did not need to be left idly in the bank. They could… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Don't you long to shout to those youths who are bustling around you: Fools! Leave those worldly things that shackle the heart - and very… — Josemaria Escriva
No one can remain insensitive to the inequalities that persist in the world ... the Brazilian people, particularly the humblest among you, can offer the… — Pope Francis
I further testify that when we eventually see things through the proper perspective of eternal truth, we will be amazed at how much we were… — John H. Groberg
I had so often sung 'Deutschland u:ber Alles' and shouted 'Heil' at the top of my lungs, that it seemed to me almost a belated… — Adolf Hitler

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