#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 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

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

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop. ↗

— Mark Twain

#comes #information #interesting #know #most

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. ↗

— Lord Byron

#breaks #every #given #me #mind

Life has become serious for me, although I do like to party every now and then. ↗

— Lita Ford

#become #every #i #i do #life

I've been writing on my own. It's like Roger Miller used to say, every now and then, like a dog having puppies, you have to crawl under the house and do it yourself. ↗

— Travis Tritt

#crawl #dog #every #having #house