Now And Then Quotes - Page 15

• Yes, I know and then in the same time period within those nine years I lost 150 pounds.

  Star Jones

  Years, Nine, Pounds

  "Larry King Live", transcripts.cnn.com. January 10, 2006.

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• In this millennium that we live in, the 'Hack-a-Shaq'has proven not to work. It might work a couple games every now and then, but when it comes to the playoffs or a championship series, it doesn't work - not at all.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Couple, Games

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• I know not how I seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with while the vast ocean of undiscovered truth lay before me.

  Isaac Newton

  Children, Ocean, Atheism

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• 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.

  Samuel Johnson

  Lucky, Genius, Sparrows

  Samuel Johnson (1803). “The Lives of the Most Prominent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works”, p.175

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• God has told us Latter-day Saints that we shall be condemned if we do not enter into that principle of polygamy; and yet I have heard now and then (I am very glad to say that only a low such instances have come under my notice) a brother or a sister say, 'I am a Latter-day Saint, but I do not believe in polygamy.' Oh, what an absurd expression! What an absurd idea! A person might as well say, 'I am a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, but I do not believe in him.'

  Orson Pratt

  Brother, Jesus, Believe

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• One of the things I like about doing historical films is drawing the line between now and then.

  James Purefoy

  Drawing, Historical, Lines

  "Exclusive: James Purefoy Talks IRONCLAD and JOHN CARTER". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 2, 2011.

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• I try to be careful and put things in perspective. There are people who have challenging lives and work hard physically and mentally. I consider myself a lucky person because I get to go on stage and tell jokes for an hour. If I miss a connection here and there or my room isn't ready now and then? It's not a big deal.

  Brian Regan

  Hard Work, Perspective, People

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• It is hard to believe long together that anything is "worth while," unless there is some eye to kindle in common with our own, some brief word uttered now and then to imply that what is infinitely precious to us is precious alike to another mind.

  George Eliot

  Friendship, Believe, Eye

  George Eliot (2016). “George Eliot's Life, Complete: Top Novelist Focus”, p.441, 谷月社

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• I maintain my inner beauty by trying to lead a balanced life in general. I try to eat healthy foods, but... that doesn't mean I won't treat myself now and then! I work out almost every day, which gives me more energy and helps me feel stronger. I also try to be a genuinely good person to the people around me.

  Erica Durance

  Mean, People, Giving

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• It is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.

  George Eliot

  Hands, Letters, Kind

  George Eliot (2016). “George Eliot's Life, Complete: Top Novelist Focus”, p.236, 谷月社

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• But better far it is to speak
  One simple word, which now and then
  Shall waken their free nature in the weak
  And friendless sons of men.

  James Russell Lowell

  Sympathy, Son, Simple

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.40

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• A friend told me the longer you keep Romano cheese, the better it gets. So, I kept it three years. And this thing turned mean. Now and then I'd open the refrigerator door and throw it some food. I'd have to walk it now and then. And then it grew this one leg. And it's got this ugly fuzz all over it. And the dogs won't run with it.

  Phyllis Diller

  Running, Dog, Mean

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• You know a little drink now and then never hurt nobody, but when you can't git started without asking the bottle, you in trouble.

  Alice Walker

  Hurt, Drinking, Bottles

  Alice Walker (2003). “The third life of Grange Copeland: Meridian ; The color purple”

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• Nothing is so unpredictable as a throw of the dice, and yet every man who plays often will at some time or other make a Venus-cast: now and then he indeed will make it twice and even thrice in succession. Are we going to be so feebleminded then as to aver that such a thing happened by the personal intervention of Venus rather than by pure luck?

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Men, Gambling, Play

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• Now and then genius carries all before it, but not often. We have to climb slowly, with many slips and falls.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Fall, Genius, Climbs

  Louisa May Alcott (2016). “Jo's Boys: Top Novelist Focus”, p.102, 谷月社

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• Nature seems to delight in disappointing the assuduities of art, with which it would rear dulness to maturity, and to glory in the vigor and luxuriance of her chance productions. She scatters the seeds of genius to the winds, and though some may perish among the stony places of the world, and some may be choked by the thorns and brambles of early adversity, yet others will now and then strike root even in the clefts of the rock, struggle bravely up into sunshine, and spread over their sterile birthplace all the beauties of vegetation.

  Washington Irving

  Art, Struggle, Adversity

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• I'm in semi-retirement, but what am I going to retire to? I don't ride horses, I don't golf anymore. I shoot a game of pool every now and then.

  Pat Morita

  Retirement, Horse, Golf

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand.

  Ronald Reagan

  Believe, Bats, Use

  Washington Post On Bandwagon, Reagan Seeks to Stiffen Credibility Grip 20 April 1980 (A8)

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• Every now and then you'll nail one that's really, really special. And that's what you live for.

  Bob Seger

  Special, Nails

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• When you have kids, there's a tendency to put the marriage stew on the back burner and give it a quick stir now and then. But it's important to remember why you had children with this person.

  Allison Pearson

  Children, Kids, Giving

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• You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.

  E. V. Lucas

  Loss, May, Wells

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• Now and then one sees a face which has kept its smile pure and undefiled. Such a smile transfigures; such a smile, if the artful but know it, is the greatest weapon a face can have.

  Helen Hunt Jackson

  Weapons, Faces, Knows

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• Many people do not allow their principles to take root, but pull them up every now and then, as children do the flowers they have planted, to see if they are growing.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Children, Flower, Roots

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• Let our lives be firmly rooted in Truth. Abstain from lies. In this dark age of materialism, adherence to truth is the greatest austerity. We might have to tell lies now and then to protect somebody or to sustain dharma, but we must be careful not to speak lies for our own selfish purposes.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Lying, Selfish

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• The fear of lightning is one of the most distressing infirmities a human being can be afflicted with. It is mostly confined to women, but now and then you find it in a little dog, and sometimes a man.

  Mark Twain

  Dog, Men, Lightning

  Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.2811, Delphi Classics

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