Once In A Lifetime Quotes - Page 2

• No one ever yet was the poorer in the long run for having once in a lifetime, let out all the length of all the reins.

  Mary Cholmondeley

  Running, Long, Possibility

  Mary Cholmondeley (2016). “Red Pottage”, p.142, Mary Cholmondeley

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• This kind of certainty comes but just once in a lifetime!

  Robert James Waller

  Kind, Certain, Lifetime

  "Fictional character: Robert Kincaid". "The Bridges of Madison County", www.imdb.com. 1995.

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• Every man is entitled to make a darn fool of himself at least once in a lifetime.

  Henry Ford

  Men, Fool, Every Man

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• To discover a city is in itself a unique event, but when we have the privilege of sharing it with friends most dear to us, it becomes a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

  Reinaldo Arenas

  Unique, Cities, Events

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• It was a once in a lifetime thing. I hate to think it but I bet it's true. It's too bad for us that our once in a lifetime happened when were too young to handle it.

  Scott Spencer

  Hate, Thinking, Young

  Scott Spencer (2010). “Endless Love”, p.142, Open Road Media

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• History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme

  Seamus Heaney

  Justice, Sides, Wave

  "Doubletake" l. 13 (1990)

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• It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.

  Lance Burton

  Fun, Opportunity, Years

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• One loves truly only once in a lifetime, Julian, even if one isn’t aware of it.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Lifetime, One Love, Ifs

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• Only once in a lifetime love rushes in, changing you with the tide.

  Mariah Carey

  Tides, Time Love, Lifetime

  Song: When I Saw You, Album: Daydream, 1995

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• One true king knew when to step aside and give up the reins of power—to remove his crown and relinquish his kingdom—all for the sake of glimpsing, just once in a lifetime, the face of a holy child. He was the Fourth to follow the Star. His gift was a secret. The rest of his journey is unknown.

  Vera Nazarian

  Kings, Stars, Children

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• I'm proud of Lord of the Rings. I think it's a once in a lifetime role, and a once in a lifetime film. It was made with so much care and passion and meticulous detail and everybody was so behind it.

  Sean Bean

  Passion, Thinking, Details

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• It's an absolute honor to be taking part in the pageant for the Diamond Jubilee. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and will be a moment in history that will always be remembered. I'm really looking forward to being out on the river with friends and family. To mark this historic moment will be extremely special.

  Steve McFadden

  Opportunity, Rivers, Diamond Jubilee

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• Training was very extensive, and we dealt with many recoveries from emergencies, and fortunately, participating and observing and existing through the reality of space was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and it was not marred by unexpected hazards or catastrophes.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Recovery, Reality, Space

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• The success of I Love Lucy is something that happens only once in a lifetime, if you are fortunate enough to have it happen at all.

  Desi Arnaz

  Enough, Happens, Fortunate

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• The Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I was lucky enough to go twice, but most people only get one chance. And in judo you can train your whole life and it’ll come down to a split second: You can lose everything or win anything.

  Ronda Rousey

  Winning, People, Lucky

  "Ronda Rousey, UFC Fighter, On Trash Talking, The Olympics And Her Warrior-Paleo Diet". Interview with Jordan Schultz, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 15, 2013.

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• A song like 'Once in a Lifetime' is inspired by my marriage - it's a good, life-changing happening in my life. I think when you find your once-in-a-lifetime love, that's what everybody's looking for.

  Keith Urban

  Song, Good Life, Life Changing

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• To go to the White House is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In fact, the building is not that big.

  Hugh Bonneville

  Opportunity, White, House

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

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• You can't love anyone that way more than once in a lifetime. It's too hard and it hurts too much when it ends. The first boy is always the hardest to get over, Haven. It's just the way the world works.

  Sarah Dessen

  Hurt, First Love, Boys

  "That Summer". Book by Sarah Dessen, 1996.

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• Representing Canada as a hockey player is always a tremendous honor, which also comes with a lot of responsibility. Being able to compete and win a gold medal on our home soil made it a once in a lifetime experience. Capping off the best ever performance by not only the Canadian athletes, but also Vancouver and all Canadians, made for an amazing Olympic experience.

  Scott Niedermayer

  Responsibility, Home, Athlete

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• You spend all this time, as a child, coming up with these fantasy stories, and here I am, sleeping in a treehouse, in the middle of Canyon de Chelly, shooting a Western. That's a bit of a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

  James Badge Dale

  Children, Sleep, Here I Am

  Source: collider.com

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• I know that there will be other women, but they couldn't compare. Maybe I'll change, maybe love will change, but I think we were a once-in-a-lifetime. You could never leave me; that's why I am not more upset. You can't possibly break these feelings. They stretch, and they last.

  Jodi Picoult

  Thinking, Upset, Feelings

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #1: Songs of the Humpback Whale, Plain Truth, and Salem Falls”, p.397, Simon and Schuster

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• Scott: Friends don't let friends drive drunk. Nora: Are you trying to appeal to my conscience? Scott: How can you turn down a once-in-a-lifetime chance to drive the 'Stang? Nora: How about you sell me the 'Stang for thirty dollars? I can even pay cash. Scott: Drunk, but not that drunk, Grey.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Drunk, Trying, Dollars

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• I don't think it's good to achieve too much at too early an age. What else can the future give you if you've already got all that your imagination has dreamt up for you? A writer is only discovered once in a lifetime, and if it happens very early the impossibility of matching that moment again can have a somewhat corrosive effect on his personality and indeed on the work itself.

  Joseph Heller

  Thinking, Giving, Imagination

  Joseph Heller, Adam J. Sorkin (1993). “Conversations with Joseph Heller”, p.115, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• The Russians were all really accommodating, and that made it really special. To be allowed in Catherine's Summer Palace...Lily [James] and I have this scene where we fall in love and we waltz up and down this enormous gold hall with thousands of candles and a live orchestra and 300 Russian extras. To do those scenes in situ really meant it was a once-in-a-lifetime job.

  James Norton

  Summer, Falling In Love, Jobs

  "The Russian Prince". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 14, 2016.

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• I've been to the combine a couple of times since I've graduated to see the talent coming through. It's about keeping tabs on who's coming up next. I tell them "You've got to deliver. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." You've got to be sure to succeed in it.

  Darrell Wallace Jr.

  Couple, Opportunity, Next

  "Darrell Wallace Jr. Continues to Pave New Roads in NASCAR". Interview with Kimberly Wilson, www.theroot.com. January 3, 2016.

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