Quotes of: Seldom Keyword

The reason that man is seldom satisfied with his salary is that when it increases, he increases his expenses.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.

Edward Gibbon

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

Frank Herbert

I don't get recognised in London or at home either - very seldom anyway. Either that or I look so crazy no one wants to come up to me.

Alison Krauss

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.

John Burroughs

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.

Edmund Burke

Creativity seldom thrives in an atmosphere of great discipline or scrutiny. That's one reason we tend not to want our leaders to get too creative.

Timothy Noah

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

Truman Capote

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

Charles Caleb Colton

God seldom suspends the laws of nature, just as God does not remove free will to keep evil people from doing evil things.

Adam Hamilton

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.

George Chapman

True friendhip is like sound health: the value of it is seldom know until it is lost.

Charles Caleb Colton

As time goes on, new and remoter aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless.

Clarence Day Jr.

(M)ysteries in fiction are seldom as insoluble as those in life, as most writers can't resist the lure of omniscience.

Dennis McFadden

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

George Santayana

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

Douglas Adams

Humans seldom have created anything of lasting value unless they were tired or hurting.

Jon M. Huntsman Sr.

A good name is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels of life is lost.

J. Hawes

Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.

Tony Campolo

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.

Horace Walpole

I get so many ideas for songs, but I'm so seldom disciplined enough to sit down and crank them out.

Amanda Palmer