Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes.

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

Once you depart from the Ten Commandments as being the foundation of right and wrong, you are in a free fall.

One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.

An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.

Some smart man once said that on the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own arse.

You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.

Someone once asked, 'What's your best pickup line?' I said, 'My best pickup line is, 'Hi, my name is Hugh Hefner.'

I believe in elves and giants. I believe that fairy tales are nothing more than news reports of what once happened.

A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth.

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.

God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back.

I'm not possessive, I'm caring... Once you realize a person doesn't want that much care, you automatically back off.

Turkey hunting is my thing; it's only once a year, but if it's turkey season, don't call me, because I won't answer.

Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.

The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.

Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.

Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

Once you get to that point when you can just be yourself and relax, I just think that you're so much happier in general.

Japanese chefs believe our soul goes into our knives once we start using them. You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!

Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.

Fearless means trusting your instincts and clarity of thought. Once you have made up your mind, don't be scared of what if.

Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions.

Social media has colonized what was once a sacred space occupied by emptiness: the space reserved for thought and creativity.

Once you put everything in the right perspective, even bad times can be an opportunity to refresh your appetite, your desire.

Once you have a felony conviction on your record, one of the most difficult things to do is to break the cycle of recidivism.

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

I wore a 'Black Metal' Venom T-shirt once, in January 1993, to promote black metal, and I regret having done that ever since.

Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.

We have a normal. As you move outside of your comfort zone, what was once the unknown and frightening becomes your new normal.

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then, and only then, hope will come.

Sugar brings happiness. Eating it once or twice a week in a dessert, that's what life is about. There is nothing wrong with it.

I haven't met a person who takes a statin drug to lower cholesterol that I can't get off a statin once I teach them how to eat.

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.

Once I see my mother's smiling face, I forget all the shooting pressures and tensions. I am the happiest person at that moment.

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.

Being physical and doing my own stunts - it is fun to do these kind of films once in a while, especially before you get too old.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

The beauty of art is that it allows you to slow down, and for a moment, things that once seemed unfamiliar become precious to you.

I always looked really young for my age. And once I hit 23, 24 and 25, I was then allowed to play the cool 18-year-olds and stuff.

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

When the truth is spoken, it doesn't need to be adorned. It just needs to be simply stated, and often it only needs to be said once.

I don't trust anyone that hasn't been to jail at least once in their life. You should have been, or something's the matter with you.

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

Alfred Hitchcock once told me, when I was analyzing a lot of things about his pictures, 'Clint, you must remember, it's only a movie.'

Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have.

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