Quotes of: Often Keyword

It's not often that the idea of continuing something for a potentially long period of time sounds exciting to me, because I really am a gypsy by nature.

Carla Gugino

Political nature abhors a vacuum, which is what often exists for a year or two in a party after it loses a presidential election.

George Will

All too often, the word 'religion' has become identified with those promoting a frankly anti-scientific view of nature and of our place in the natural world.

Kenneth R. Miller

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

Theodore Bikel

When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry.

Nicholson Baker

I like to say magic is the world's second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has blended superstition, trickery and religion.

Criss Angel

It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.

Salman Rushdie

Respect and mutual respect are important. I, for instance, often show my latest work so that people can see how I work.

Douglas Kirkland

Science is not, despite how it is often portrayed, about absolute truths. It is about developing an understanding of the world, making predictions, and then testing these predictions.

Brian Schmidt

Politicians often misuse science for political ends and to pursue their own agenda.

Leonard Mlodinow

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.

Thomas Sowell

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

You get elected, often, if you're a woman, on the strength of the women's vote; then you get into office, and you have to adapt to an overwhelmingly male environment.

Eleanor Clift

America's strength has made it a sort of Gulliver in world affairs: By wiggling its toes it can, often inadvertently, break the arm of a Lilliputian.

Mohsin Hamid

In Romanian society, I am not particularly well-liked. I don't often receive invitations.

Herta Muller

I don't know why, but audiences are often sympathetic to thieves. Sometimes they are more sympathetic to thieves then they are to earnest people. What does that say about society?

Matt Dillon

It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society.

Sonia Sotomayor

Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot. They're often much happier, because they don't go through all the variety of conceptions of the person they love.

Mary Wesley

Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.

Ray Stannard Baker

I love Frank Capra. He believed in the goodness of people and one man's ability to fight and often triumph.

Tom Shadyac

Pop music thrives on repetition. You know a song's a hit when you've heard it so often that you'll be happy never to hear it again.

James Surowiecki