Once Quotes

15894 Once quotes by 7842 unique authors

You can't make everyone happy no matter what. All I can do is live my life and try to be successful and please myself. I… — B.J. Penn
It is in the nature of democracies, perhaps, that while visionaries are sometimes necessary to make them, once made they can be managed by mediocrities. — Ramachandra Guha
What is now in the past was once in the future — Ramachandra Guha
My point, once again, is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that… — John Dominic Crossan
Translation rewrites a foreign text in terms that are intelligible and interesting to readers in the receiving culture. Doing so is akin to committing an… — Lawrence Venuti
Without him (Jean-Christophe) I would never have understood the splendour of taking free andindependent action as an individual. Up until this stolen encounter with brains… — Sijie Dai
Anne Barton is a delightful new voice in historical romance! Once She Was Tempted is a charming read, with characters who are easy to love--a… — Tessa Dare
We acquire both the language and religious concepts from our immediate culture – at the same time. A child cannot discriminate between useful survival information… — Darrel Ray
I think I have become a better writer since having children. It improves creativity, particularly because once you have children it makes you realise the… — Louise Doughty
Writing gets easier once you know your allies and banish your enemies. — Louise Doughty
Reading, because we control it, is adaptable to our needs and rhythms. We are free to indulge our subjective associative impulse; the term I coin… — Sven Birkerts
Every place, once unique, itself, is strangely shot through with radiations from every other place. ‘There’ was then; ‘here’ is now. — Sven Birkerts
We considered ourselves Jordanian until the Jews returned to Jerusalem. Then all of the sudden we were Palestinians – they removed the star from the… — Unknown Author
Morality, like physical cleanliness, is not acquired once and for all: it can only be kept and renewed by a habit of constant watchfulness and… — Unknown Author
It was the strangest sensation, fallin' in love. 'Bout the only thing I compare it to would be jumpin' off a big cliff. Once you're… — Dorothy Garlock
I like to come to Washington, D.C., at least once a year. Why should my tax money travel more than I do? — Bob Hope
Once you stay true to just having a good time and being honest to your fans and your audience, you can't go wrong. — Nicole Scherzinger
No escaping when I start, once I'm in I own your heart — Adam Lambert
Writing a record is like dating a few men at once. You take them to the same restaurants to see if they measure up, and… — Lady Gaga
I think that once you've had a few No. 1s in your career that you've kind of proven yourself and I don't feel the need… — Lady Gaga
I'm terrified of babies I think, creatively as a woman, you change once you give birth. I'm totally not ready for that. — Lady Gaga
When I do work, I get so much done in such a concentrated time that once I’m through a series, I’m so drained I don’t… — Cindy Sherman
Somebody once asked me if I have anything like faith, and I said I have faith in the narrative. I have a belief in a… — Joss Whedon
When I was a carpenter, I once worked with this Russian lady architect. I would tell her, ‘Look, I’m terribly sorry, but I want to… — Harrison Ford
Once I’m obsessed with somebody, I’m terrified of them instantly. I’m not scared of them — I’m scared of meand how I will react. Like,… — Jennifer Lawrence

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