#now and then

What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#any #become #been #book #brothers

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

#anymore #every #game #going #golf

I lost my edge for boxing, I didn't put as much into it as I did before. I didn't run as far. I didn't train as hard. I didn't eat correctly. I started drinking a little bit every now and then. ↗

— Ken Norton

#bit #boxing #correctly #did #drinking

I want them to listen to me for what I am saying. And I think the best way to do that is to sniff my armpits, and like, sit and burp every now and then. ↗

— Michelle Rodriguez

#best #best way #every #i #i am

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#granted #hang #healthy #healthy thing #long

There's probably a way to use that great content and to live under the radar now and then in order to reach a new audience. That's the thinking I'm talking about. ↗

— John Tesh

#audience #content #great #i #live

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#every #fool #handsome #irresistible #ladies

It is good a philosopher should remind himself, now and then, that he is a particle pontificating on infinity. ↗

— Ariel Durant

#himself #infinity #now #now and then #particle

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. ↗

— Charles M. Schulz

#chocolate #hurt #little #love #need

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. ↗