Once Quotes

15894 Once quotes by 7842 unique authors

A heathen philosopher once asked a Christian, 'Where is God'? The Christian answered, 'Let me first ask you, Where is He not?' — Unknown Author
When people, land, and community are as one, all three members prosper; when they relate not as members but as competing interests, all three are… — Wes Jackson
The love of Jesus is at once avid and generous. All that He has, all that He is, He gives; all that we are, all… — John of Ruysbroeck
Some sensible person once remarked that you spend the whole of your life either in your bed or in your shoes. Having done the best… — Elizabeth David
To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people who… — Robert C. Murphy
About once a month or so, my daughter and I go out on what we call a Fancy Dinner Date, just the two of us. — Tim DeKay
[The disarming of citizens] has a double effect, it palsies the hand and brutalizes the mind: a habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the… — Joel Barlow
Once we see, however, that the probability of life originating at random is so utterly minuscule as to make it absurd, it becomes sensible to… — Fred Hoyle
The book of nature is a fine and large piece of tapestry rolled up, which we are not able to see all at once, but… — Robert Boyle
Once the day is over in volleyball, I leave the court and no one sees or hears from me for the rest of the day.… — Misty May-Treanor
A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to… — Abraham Lincoln
Once in debt, interest is your companion every minute of the day and night; you cannot shun it or slip away from it; you cannot… — J. Reuben Clark
Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a "necessary evil", it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil. — Sydney J. Harris
Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted. — William Cobbett
If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. — William Shakespeare
You can spin it any way you want. You could spin it on their side that this is a revenge game. We can spin it… — Larry Davis
The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the… — Zhuangzi
Once we see an aspect of what we or someone else does as something that happens, we lose our grip on the idea that it… — Thomas Nagel
...once the cards are dealt we turn them up in turn, and make two piles each, one red, one black; the winner has the biggest… — G. E. M. Anscombe
I was once a skeptic but was converted by the two missionaries on either side of my nose. — Robert Breault
Once you have decided that winning isn't everything, you become a winner. — George A. Sheehan
That is the sort of race which one really enjoys - to feel at one's peak on the day when it is necessary, and to… — Jack Lovelock
They're very tenacious. They're dedicated. Once a woman decides she's going to do something, she'll probably stick to it. The only problem with women is… — Arthur Lydiard
Once you've committed yourself to something, pace yourself to the finish line. — Meb Keflezighi
I thought, man, if you could run 100 miles, you'd be in this Zen state. You'd be the f**king Buddha. Bringing peace and a smile… — Jenn Shelton

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