Best 4615 quotes in «sometimes quotes» category

Conscience is a man's compass, and though the needle sometimes deviates, though one often perceives irregularities in directing one's course by it, still one must try to follow its direction.

Contradiction itself, far from always being a criterion of error, is sometimes a sign of truth.

Controversy, though always an evil in itself, is sometimes a necessary evil.

Consider what we sometimes do with our children: We imbue them with this sense, very early on, that they have got to succeed. We are not content that they just do well, they have got to wipe the floor with the opposition.

Contractile movements arise, sometimes at the instigation of external stimuli but sometimes also in the absence of any apparent external influence.

Coolidge was a pragmatist. He didn't start out with a tax theory. But he observed over time that lower tax rates sometimes brought in extra revenue. The success of his and Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon's experiment with rate cuts has been obscured by our modern history books.

Controlling my temper is important, ... Sometimes it's hard, but I try.

Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.

Convictions are variable; to be always consistent is to be sometimes dishonest.

Criticism is the forerunner of divorce, the cultivator of rebellion, sometimes an agent that leads to failure.

Corporations have nothing to do with values, and they know it, and sometimes say it.

Crowley shook his head. "I sometimes wonder if it was a good idea having Halt train apprentices. He seems to teach them no respect for authority." "Oh, he teaches us to respect authority," Gilan said innocently. "He just teaches us to ignore it when necessary.

Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little.

Curiosity might be pictured as being made up of chains of small questions extending outwards, sometimes over huge distances, from a central hub composed of a few blunt, large questions.

Death is sometimes a punishment, often a gift; to many it has been a favor.

Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal.

Decision making can sometimes seem like inner civil war.

Death is the handmaiden of the pilot. Sometimes it comes by accident, sometimes by an act of God.

Describing comic sensibility is near impossible. It's sort of an abstract silliness, that sometimes the joke isn't the star.

Depending on the situation, sometimes you can know a person better in ten minutes than someone you have crossed paths with all your life.

Deprivation sometimes can be one of the most marvelous teachers.

Despair makes victims sometimes victors.

Denial can be a pathology or a survival mechanism - and sometimes it's both.

Deploring change is the unchangeable habit of all Englishmen. If you find any important figures who really like change, such as Bernard Shaw, Keir Hardie, Lloyd George, Selfridge or Disraeli, you will find that they are not really English at all, but Irish, Scotch, Welsh, American or Jewish. Englishmen make changes, sometimes great changes. But, secretly or openly, they always deplore them.

Despite the protestations, one sometimes wonders if we are beginning to worship, worship rather than worship God.

Did not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruined at our own request.

Destiny can sometimes be history coming back to bite you in the arse.

Disco was like the celebration of music through dance and my God! When you heard the music sometimes it was like, if you don't get up and dance, you aren't human!

Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it.

Distance sometimes lets you know who's worth keeping and who's worth letting go.

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins.

Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.

Did you stop because it was good enough, or could have done more - but then maybe ruined it too? Sometimes you finish because you've gone too far.

Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle. Who knows?

DNCE is “dance without the a.” It’s not a perfect word, and you don’t always have to be a perfect dancer to dance. Life is just sometimes not perfect.

Does it seem sometimes that you are always the one to break an embarrassing silence — and always by saying something more embarrassing than the silence?

Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.

Doing the Right Thing - Sometimes doing the right thing, is to do nothing at all.

Doing the right thing because you love someone sucks sometimes.

"Do little pink fairies sing and dance in your world, Peabody?" "Sometimes, when it's very quiet and no one else can see.

Do I think I'm a holy man? Sometimes.

Doing interviews can sometimes mess up my head. It makes me feel dirty. It's frustrating how the press recycles a quote to death.

[Donald Trump] suggestions are not only offensive but, in certain cases, dangerous and sometimes even illegal, like his dismissal of the laws of the United States international law when it comes to torture.

Don't get me wrong, there are sometimes if I go and see a really funny comedy, that I wished I had smoked a joint. I'll be honest with you. That's the truth.

don't just describe an emotion, arouse it, make them experience it, by manipulating the symbol of the emotion, and sometimes we have to come into awareness through the back door.

Divorce is never a pleasant experience. You look upon it as a failure. But I learned to be a different person once we broke up. Sometimes you learn more from failure than you do from success.

Doesn't it seem sometimes that the whole world's uphill but at least we know the way back will be easy.

Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.

Do what is beyond your strength even should you fail sometimes.

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry. Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough, I don't know why.