Now And Then Quotes

We're just fragile machines programmed with a false sense of our own importance. And every now and then the universe sends a reminder that we don't really matter to it.

We're all entitled to a little stupidity now and then.

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.

Ah, I'm a woman that's been clear around the world in my rocking chair, and I tell you we all get surprises now and then.

No one can be trusted who isn't thrilled with himself at least now and then.

To experience a little hunger now and then can be a beautiful reminder of the deeper hunger of our souls.

Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses.

God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.

Finally, you had to measure yourself by other people - there really was nothing else. every now and then, quite unintentionally, someone taught you something about yourself.

The universe will throw somebody a bone every now and then, and you win the lottery. But for the most part, you get in this life what you put in.

Every now and then, bite off more than you can chew.

I knew it wasn't good when it happened. It's definitely scary. Every now and then, something brings you back to reality.

[T]hough individual oppression may now and then proceed fro the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter . . .

...life every now and then becomes literature...as if life had been made and not happened.

...now and then a giggling trail of mermaids appeared in our wake. We fed them oatmeal.

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.

My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.

Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.

One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sure one is going to live forever and ever and ever.

Maybe Gary (Neville) deserves to be chased up a tunnel every now and then - there would be a queue for him, probably. But you have to draw a line eventually.

If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there

It's a good thing to turn your mind upside down now and then, like an hour-glass, to let the particles run the other way.

If self is a location, so is love: Bearings taken, markings, cardinal points, Options, obstinacies, dug heels, and distance, Here and there and now and then, a stance.

Why we are here: To tremble at the terrible beauty of the stars, to shed a tear at the perfection of Beethoven's symphonies, and to crack a cold one now and then.

Take time today to pause every now and then, take a deep breath of that moment, and know that God loves you. He will whisper "I love you" in a 1000 different ways.

I like being scared every now and then, I like the suspense and the thrills. Nothing like taking a girlfriend to a movie and holding her hand while she jumps.

It's true that I did get the girl, but then my grandfather always said, Even a blind chicken finds a few grains of corn now and then.

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

I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.

Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.

Play what you know and then play above that

You need to see a bit of hell now and then. That, and great joy.

Into the woods you go again You have to every now and then Into the woods, no telling when Be ready for the journey Into the woods, each time you go There's more to learn of what you know.

Now and then I become conscious of having the reputation of being one of the great drinkers, if not one of the great drunks, of our time.

Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.

'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.

The greatest luxury is being able to go to movies and plays now and then in the afternoons.

A Wolf eats sheep but now and then; Ten thousands are devour'd by men. An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretend friend is worse.

I guess we all have a bad night now and then and really screw up. I listened to our earlier stuff and we screwed up a lot. But at least now that we are sober, when we screw up it's for real.

What goes by the name of love is banishment, with now and then a postcard from the homeland, such is my considered opinion, this evening.

I always think of a show like a plant - a little pruning now and then keeps it healthy, but you shouldn't pull it out and chop the roots up.

Now and then when I get an idea for a picture, I think, how ordinary. Why paint that old rock? Why not go for a walk instead? But then I realise that to someone else it may not seem so ordinary.

I have a string of competitiveness in me. It's really strange 'cause it's not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know.

To give vent now and then to his feelings, whether of pleasure or discontent, is a great ease to a man's heart.

Every now and then I'll do little things, a short story or something, that doesn't have any fantastical elements, but mostly I like the power of playing God and I like to imagine things.

Going nowhere isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply.

I catnap now and then, but I think while I nap, so it's not a waste of time.

Fly free and happy beyond birthdays and across forever, and we'll meet now and then when we wish, in the midst of the one celebration that never can end.

As you journey through life take a minute every now and then to give a thought for the other fellow. He could be plotting something.

I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.