Once Quotes

15894 Once quotes by 7842 unique authors

Human existence cannot be silent, nor can it be nourished by false words, but only by true words, with which people transform the world. To… — Paulo Freire
When the nazis came to power, I looked to the universities that prided themselves upon their intellectual freedom, and they failed me. I looked to… — Albert Einstein
How can we expect young people to be rooted in things such as character, morality and honesty? How is one supposed to be at once… — David Brooks
Let us not forget that violence does not live alone and is not capable of living alone: it is necessarily interwoven with falsehood. Between them… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Those who keep the masses of men in subjection by exercising force and cruelty deprive them at once of two vital foods, liberty and obedience;… — Simone Weil
All of us, who are members of the Germanic peoples, can be happy and thankful that once in thousands of years fate has given us,… — Heinrich Himmler
We have a small, tight family. I left home at a young age and the best thing for me was to go home at Christmas-time… — Unknown Author
Visiting someone in a hospital recently, I watched an elderly couple. The man was in a wheelchair, the wife sitting next to him in the… — Eda LeShan
Revision, once well done, becomes a sort of automatic itch which you scratch in the next work without thinking about it. — Romulus Linney
Cross out as many adjectives and adverbs as you can. ... It is comprehensible when I write: "The man sat on the grass," because it… — Anton Chekhov
I have no liking for novels or stories - none in the world; and so, whenever I read one - which is not oftener than… — Mark Twain
Get up very early and get going at once. In fact, work first and wash afterwards. — Wystan Hugh Auden
There are few things, apparently, more helpful to a writer than having once been a weird little kid. — Katherine Paterson
Life is once. Forever. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
In order for us human beings to commit ourselves personally to the inhumanity of war, we find it necessary first to dehumanize our opponents, which… — Jimmy Carter
Enjoy the blessing of strength while you have it and do not bewail it when it is gone, unless, forsooth, you believe that youth must… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Once I began following my own instincts, sales took off and I became a millionaire. And that, I think, is a key secret to every… — Larry Flynt
I once met an economist who believed that everything was fungible for money, so I suggested he enclose himself in a large bell-jar with as… — Amory Lovins
When news of the surrender first reached our lines our men commenced firing a salute of a hundred guns in honor of the victory. I… — Ulysses S. Grant
We once discussed which were the cleanest troops in the trenches, taken by nationalities. We agreed on a descending-order like this: English and German Protestants;… — Robert Graves
Once lead this people into war, and they'll forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance. To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless,… — Woodrow Wilson
Young people were once considered relatively safe from HIV/AIDS. Today, their lives and futures are at risk throughout the world because of this disease. I… — Liam Neeson
I was once walking in an airport and a woman came up to me and said, 'Be zany!'. That'd be like walking up to Baryshikov… — Robin Williams
Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public. Once you step on stage you're licensed to do… — Robin Williams
Food Throwers: Begun usually by estranged couples, once this victual flinging starts, everyone will do it...Should your dinner party have become an out of control… — J P Donleavy

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