#oft

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement. ↗

— Florence Scovel Shinn

#achievement #apparent #apparent failure #been #before

A man of conviction is often more to be desired than a man of experience. ↗

— Curt Siodmak

#desired #experience #man #more #often

I played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I'll never reach the same artistic level again. ↗

— Stellan Skarsgard

#artistic #came #crawled #heap #i

It's the time of year when the literati give advice on what we should be reading on our summer holidays. These terrifying lists often leave me appalled at my own ignorance, but also suspicious about the pretension of their advocates. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#advice #also #appalled #give #holidays

There is something revolting about the way girls' minds often jump to marriage long before they jump to love. And most of those minds are shut to what marriage really means. ↗

— Dodie Smith

#before #jump #long #love #marriage

Even in Los Angeles, where we lived, when we would date somebody or go out with them, if we went out with somebody else the next night, we often found that women were banging on our windows while we were bedded down with other women! ↗

— Burt Ward

#banging #date #down #else #even

If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path. ↗

— Mary Webb

#kind #must #often #path #stop

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears. ↗

— Rebecca West

#go #like #many #men #nations

When I'm on TV, I'm often talking to a conservative host. I may have another conservative arguing with me. You've got very limited time, and you're using 'sound-bite' type language. ↗

— Juan Williams

#arguing #conservative #got #host #i

The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive. ↗

— Kenneth Williams

#acquaintance #give #impressive #nice #nodding