Seldom Quotes

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Carelessness is not fatal to journalism, nor are cliches, for the eye rests lightly on them. But what is intended to be read once can… — Cyril Connolly
I seldom try to probe the mystery of my sloth. I have squandered a gigantic fortune of work hours... seems likely that I'll go on… — Christopher Isherwood
If one were to ask a painter what he felt about anything, his just response - though he seldom makes it - would be to… — Robert Motherwell
Writers are painful friends, and they are seldom friendly with others. They are insecure in the presence of other writers. Composers of certain kinds of… — Paul Theroux
Novelty is seldom the essential... make a subject better from its intrinsic nature. — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
WE HAVE SEEN that hunger and breathing are desires of the body. There are other desires that are not of the body, but again man… — Barry Long
The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as arbitrary, as much imposed by some superior will which is… — Wyndham Lewis
Fashion seldom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman
You will learn to paint trees only by understanding them, their growth, their nature, their movement - and realizing that they are conscious living things.… — John F. Carlson
It is seldom in life that one knows that a coming event is to be of crucial importance. — Anya Seton
A very young painter is seldom alone. If he is an art student, he is in an art school with other students. He does not… — Pierre Alechinsky
Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid. In the past, whenever I had fallen short in almost any undertaking, it was seldom… — Arthur Gordon Webster
Terrible, it was terrible. Even today and it's been several months now you just bring it up and I tear up a little bit, terribly.… — Walter Cronkite
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences. — Jawaharlal Nehru
Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated. — Jawaharlal Nehru
It is also an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged. — Rachel Carson
But hopes are shy birds flying at a great distance, seldom reached by the best of guns. — John James Audubon
There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything. — Luc de Clapiers
Keeping a little ahead of conditions is one of the secrets of business; the trailer seldom goes far. — Charles M. Schwab
Most of us seldom take the trouble to think. It is a troublesome and fatiguing process and often leads to uncomfortable conclusions. But crises and… — Jawaharlal Nehru

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