#often

Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts. ↗

— William Shenstone

#second #thoughts #very #worst

Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former. ↗

— William Shenstone

#beauty #diminish #former #grandeur #increase

Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks. ↗

— Ron Silver

#attacks #concessions #east #face #forced

One of the things that often frustrates me with cookbooks is that there are one or two recipes that are really good and the rest of them are not so great. ↗

— Alicia Silverstone

#frustrates #good #great #me #often

It's odd how violence and humor so often go together, isn't it? ↗

— Dan Simmons

#how #humor #odd #often #together

Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels. ↗

— John Sladek

#collections #disguised #most #novels #often

Often doctors didn't even tell you what was wrong with you. They just treated you, and sent you home. ↗

— Rebecca Skloot

#even #home #just #often #sent

All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#behaviour #breakdown #case #classic #containing

You know in my own area of Waltham Forest, we've had many murders as a result of the gang violence and often innocent bystanders get caught up in it. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#caught #forest #gang #gang violence #get

Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women. ↗

— Kate Smith

#best #best interests #defeat #employer #interests