Best 78 quotes in «now and then quotes» category

A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader. It provides the necessary roughage in the literary diet.

About this business of being a gentleman: I paid so heavily for the fourteen years of my gentleman's education that I feel entitled, now and then, to get some sort of return.

An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.

All quiet along the Potomac they say Except now and then a stray picket Is shot as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket.

A little alarm now and then keeps life from stagnation.

All our lives are activity without meaning; we burrow ratlike into life and we squirm ratlike through it and ratlike we are flung into our graves at the end. Now and then, why shouldn't we hear a voice of prophecy.

Because I have so much life on my pitches, I can get away with getting too much of the plate every now and then.

A Wolf eats sheep but now and then; Ten thousands are devour'd by men. An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretend friend is worse.

Don't be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.

Conversation never sits easier upon us than when we now and then discharge ourselves in a symphony of laughter, which may not improperly be called the chorus of conversation.

Danger is the spice of life and you’ve got to take a risk now and then…that’s what makes life worthwhile.

Between now and then, 'til I see you again, I'll be loving you.

Canadian girls are so pretty it's a relief now and then to see a plain one.

Every now and then they threw one where I was swinging.

Every now and then say, 'What the fu©k.' 'What the fu©k' gives you freedom. Freedom brings opportunity. Opportunity makes your future.

Every now and then we could steal somebody else's stuff.

Every now and then, a lot of bands doing the same kind of music will organically sprout up at once.

Every now and then if you try, you can discover something new.

Every now and then, I strike something that just goes click, you know, in my head. As Gertrude Stein used to say, it rings the bell, and I feel, this is great.

Every now and then we discover in the seething mass of humanity round us a person who does not seem to need anybody else, and the contrast with ourselves is stinging.

Going nowhere isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply.

Genius now and then produces a lucky trifle. We still read the Dove of Anacreon, and Sparrow of Catullus; and a writer naturally pleases himself with a performance which owes nothing to the subject.

I am generally way out of touch with trends, except now and then I am surprised to find myself leading one, like sympathetic vampires.

I am... a mushroom; On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then.

"I am silly, now and then," Sandry admitted. "My mother said I was, anyway." "If you know, you can stop it." Carefully Daja placed a candle behind Trader Koma's image. "Then you've never been silly, or you'd know it just creeps up without any warning.

I commonly went ashore every day, either upon business, or to recreate myself in the fields, which were very pleasant, and the more for a shower of rain now and then, that ushers in the wet season.

I don't know if it's a stare or if it's something I do with my eyes when I'm really focused in on someone or something. Apparently it comes out every now and then.

If the happiness of the mass of mankind can be secured at the expense of a little tempest now and then, or even of a little blood, it will be a precious purchase.

If you didn't have me to rake you over the coals now and then, there wouldn't be any fire in your life at all.

I have a string of competitiveness in me. It's really strange 'cause it's not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know.

I always came away thinking "I'd like to see her more," you know? And then when [Parental Guidance] was ready to be cast, we thought - Bette [Midler]. So we called her.

I do get stopped a bit now and then, but I can go to the supermarket and on the Tube without being noticed. It's usually me that gets starstruck, especially by TV stars.

I get twitchy if I don't pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then... I have to do it; I don't have a choice.

I guess I prefer the laughs. I couldn't do a whole set of just shocks, but I like throwing a fastball inside every now and then to keep people on their toes.

I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.

I just want some space to myself every now and then. Every time I’m with you I have this sense that you want something from me.

I knew it wasn't good when it happened. It's definitely scary. Every now and then, something brings you back to reality.

I like a good cry every now and then. It releases something. There are times in my life when I'm meant to cry, but I don't actually cry. But then I can be walking down the street and it's been a few months, and things get on top of me - that's when I find myself crying.

I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.

I'll smoke pot every now and then. I cannot see a movie on pot. The number of movies I've seen thinking, This is probably the best I have ever seen, and then I'll see it again sober and think, What was I thinking?

In business we cut each others' throats, but now and then we sit around the same table and behave-for the sake of the ladies.

In the greater part of humankind there resides an instinct for survival. It is this which can clutch at straws and effect a rescue from them. It is this which can, now and then, outwit fate.

In those days, I still thoroughly enjoyed the romance I called "by myself"; I didn't know yet how it gets lonely, picks up a sharp edge later on that ruins a day now and then-- ruins more than that, if you're not careful.

I still only play by ear. I don't have any training. But the piano actually makes more sense to me than guitar, even though I play more guitar now. And then, it wasn't till later that I started really writing songs. Writing songs was an outlet that I needed, so I became obsessed with it. It allowed me to express a bunch of stuff that had been piling up.

It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.

I never joined, but I used to go to church now and then. I liked it, because they always passed out plates of money at the end.

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.

It is good a philosopher should remind himself, now and then, that he is a particle pontificating on infinity.

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense, now and then, is pleasant.