Quotes of: Often Keyword

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

Voltaire

It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift.

William Graham Sumner

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

Willie Stargell

Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work.

Alan Alda

I waited tables in New York, and when you're in that line of work, you often have a horrible boss.

Charlie Day

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

Dale Carnegie

Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn't work.

Harvey Mackay

Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative connotation.

Laura Kightlinger

As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.

Albert Bushnell Hart

Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch.

Andrea Mitchell

It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war.

Lester B. Pearson

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.

Adlai E. Stevenson

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

Felix Frankfurter

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Jewel of the Thames