Sometimes Quotes - Page 172

Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.

Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes.

There's not one thing in particular that influences my music, but I write about what I know. It's based in personal experience. That's not to say all the songs are biographical, because sometimes it's what I've seen in others' lives.

I think guys are afraid of being too straightforward, so sometimes being coy gets you nowhere.

Sometimes,” Sam says, “I can’t tell when you’re lying.” “I never lie,” I lie.

Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.

Sometimes you have to take the focus off of you and put it on someone else and it's funny what you can accomplish and how much strength you really have.

In those days, in 80th, people were really hungry for information - and, somehow, I had pretty good access because I had friends in London, New York, Los Angeles, everywhere. I'd been visiting many places and talking with people, so I had a constant flow of new info. I sometimes did articles for magazines and things, and people started to say, "If you want to know what's going on, ask Hiroshi." So that was the beginning with Goodenough.

Some of the bigger companies seem to be copying only to make money, which creatively is very bad. I sometimes wonder if they have any respect.

If you look at items of clothing like denim or polo shirts, they came from someone else's idea and everyone now makes them, but even so, I sometimes want to buy into the newer thing because it looks good or whatever. I mean, I copy many things - almost everything I do could be called a copy in some way. But I copy with a certain respect. I have a high regard for the original, and so I want to put my twist onto that. It's just like sampling music - when it's done well, the new work communicates a respect for the original source material.

Whenever I do a performance I always hope it is the best day of my life. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.

Sometimes it's necessary to do wrong. Sometimes it's the only way to make things right.

You cannot be afraid to present yourself. And sometimes that takes practice. If you're not comfortable with public speaking - and nobody starts out comfortable, you have to learn how to be comfortable - practice. I cannot overstate the importance of practicing. Get some close friends or family members to help evaluate you, or somebody at work that you trust.

Large corporations are amassing so much power in our economy. Sometimes it's called market concentration or even old-fashioned monopolies.

People sometimes ask me, "You're still in a primary - why are you criticizing [Donald] Trump?" It's because I don't want what he's saying to stand unanswered.

The truth is that sometimes it is hard even for me to recognize the Hillary Clinton that other people see.

Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren't so. I really, really do.

It is hard sometimes to get the Congress to do what you want to do and you have to keep working at it.

Sometimes a day is a symbolic day, and you behave symbolically. Sometimes you search inside for a feeling, and, finding none, you remember that no feeling is frequently the most possible feeling.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

Almost all human who can form a sentence will eventually let you in on the fact that their lives are very difficult and sometimes very hard to manage.

Sometimes you can get so far in yourself that you don't know who you are.

Yet, for my part, I was never unusually squeamish; I could sometimes eat a fried rat with a good relish, if it were necessary.

Men will tell you sometimes that "money's hard." That shows it was not made to eat, I say.... Some of those who sank with the steamer the other day found out that money was heavy too.

It is a great pleasure to escape sometimes from the restless class of Reformers. What if these grievances exist? So do you and I.