Often Makes Quotes

40 quotes by 34 authors

• Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. — Wystan Hugh Auden
• Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. — Nicolas Chamfort
• Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. — Josh Billings
• The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• Real grief is not healed by time... if time does anything, it deepens our grief. The longer we live, the more fully we become aware… — Henri Nouwen
• Death is given in a kiss; the dearest kindnesses are fatal; and into this life, where one thing preys upon another, the child too often… — Robert Louis Stevenson
• Common sense often makes a good law. — William O. Douglas
• The test of a theory is its ability to cope with all the relevant phenomena, not its a priori 'reasonableness'. The latter would have proved… — John Polkinghorne
• 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
• It is not histories I am writing, but lives; and in the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of virtue or vice,… — Plutarch
• Because life doesn't work that way. You can do everything perfectly. Do everything you think you're supposed to be doing. Fulfill every expectation that other… — David Baldacci
• This freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society, setting us apart. Like the right of assembly and the right of association,… — William O. Douglas
• Creating simplicity often makes the heart leap; order has been restored, the crooked made straight. But order is understanding that things cannot be made simple,… — Marina Warner
• Step by step, you make your way forward. That’s why practices such as daily writing exercises or keeping a daily blog can be so helpful.… — Gretchen Rubin
• Change often makes accepted customs into crimes. — Mason Cooley
• What then, is correctness of speech but the maintenance of the practice of others, as established by the authority of ancient speakers? But the weaker… — Saint Augustine
• Doubt is a thief that often makes us fear to tread where we might have won. — William Shakespeare
• The vanity of being asked advice often makes us confirm the opinion of those that consult us. — Norm MacDonald
• Being scared can keep a man from getting killed, and often makes a better fighter out of him. — Louis L'Amour

Who Wrote These Often Makes Quotes

34 authors contributed a total of 40 Often Makes Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 3 Often Makes Quotes by William O. Douglas
• 2 Often Makes Quotes by Evgeny Morozov
• 2 Often Makes Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Gretchen Rubin
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Mason Cooley
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Saint Augustine
• 1 Often Makes Quote by William Shakespeare
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Norm MacDonald
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Louis L'Amour
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Abraham Lincoln
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Brian Eno
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Chris Messina
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Thomas Hardy
• 1 Often Makes Quote by P.G. Wodehouse
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Anne Rice
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Janette Rallison
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Elizabeth Gaskell
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Martin Heidegger
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Jerry Leiber
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Wystan Hugh Auden
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Nicolas Chamfort
• 1 Often Makes Quote by Mak_786