Quotes about Invariably

Some guys have trouble sleeping the night before an important round. I never have. Invariably, I sleep longer and better, and have more dreams, when I'm in contention and feeling pressure. Votes: 4

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort. Votes: 4

Invariably our best nights were those when it rained. Votes: 3

Invariably, guitar players that go solo make really bad records. Votes: 3

Invariably, micromanaging results in four problems: deceit, disloyalty, conflict, and communication problems. Votes: 3

Invariably, what I'm trying to do is more ambitious than the budget, but we manage to do it somehow. Votes: 3

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed. Votes: 3

Every couple of seconds out here they're honoring somebody. You've got to get dressed, go in and sit down. Invariably somebody makes a speech. Votes: 3

Invariably it turns out to be who you've been reading in the last couple of weeks, and two hours or two days [on favourite authors Votes: 3

It's got to do with the contention between content and form. Invariably that's what's responsible for its energies, its tensions, its being interesting or not. Votes: 3

Invariably, it is this for which I write: the joy ... of an argument firmly made, like a nail straightly driven, its head flush to the plank. Votes: 3

I believe that politicians should speak the truth all the time. Invariably there will be occasions when you make statements that are factually incorrect due to an error. Votes: 3

Invariably, also a Palestinian state should live side by side with Israel within recognized and secure borders and the security and prosperity of the Palestinian people must be guaranteed. Votes: 3

Invariably, also a Palestinian state should live side by side with Israel within recognized and secure borders and the security and prosperity of the Palestinian people must be guaranteed Votes: 3

You often see politicians who try to put on a different persona; they think they should be more jolly or serious. Invariably, the persona they choose is worse than their own. Votes: 3

Never Get Into An Argument With A Customer. If You Win The Argument You Will Almost Invariably Lose The Sale. And I Don't Like Your Chances For A Sale If You Lose The Argument Either. Votes: 3

Often, investors will discover a manager after he's had a terrific run, usually when he lands on a magazine cover somewhere. Invariably, funds swell up with new investor money just before they revert to their long-term averages. Votes: 3

Invariably something happens at a U.S. Open where the golf course gets out of control one day, they have one pin that's out of control. It always seems to happen. But they've gotten better about the height of the rough. Votes: 3

A part is always too limited to explain the whole. You might picture a worldview as trying to stuff the entire universe into a box. Invariably, something will stick out of the box. Its categories are too "small" to explain the world. Votes: 3

Each time I think I've made a connection with someone... once they find out what I can do, whether it's hours or days later, everything changes. Invariably they freak. They get retroactively paranoid, wondering what else Clark Kent is hiding from them. Votes: 3

Politics at all times lead to bloody wars, and not only politics, but also religions as well as social and economic systems of alltimes are spattered with blood. Invariably the big ones devoured the little ones, and the little ones the tiny ones. Votes: 3

I take comfort in knowing that it was the shepherds to whom the angels appeared when they announced Christ's birth. Invariably throughout the course of history, God has appeared to people on the fringes. It's nice to find theological justification for your quirks. Votes: 3

Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another. Votes: 2

Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing. Votes: 2

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears. Votes: 2

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.' Votes: 2

Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It's almost a fear of what you're capable of. Votes: 2

Innumerable confusions and a feeling of despair invariably emerge in periods of great technological and cultural transition. Votes: 2

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. Votes: 2

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. Votes: 2

Life - and I don't suppose I'm the first to make this comparison - is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal. Votes: 2

I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with. Votes: 2

Also note that invariably when we design something that can be used by those with disabilities, we often make it better for everyone. Votes: 2

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country. Votes: 2

The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when they still feel like egos, and his efforts are always and invariably futile. Votes: 2

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way. Votes: 2

People who ask us when we will hold talks with Pakistan are perhaps not aware that over the last 55 years, every initiative for a dialogue with Pakistan has invariably come from India. Votes: 2

I didn't have the worst childhood, but I didn't have the best, and when you grow up like that, you have certain limitations invariably stuck inside you. Slipknot was a way to work it out. Votes: 2

The person who comes up to you and makes the most noise and is the most intrusive is invariably the person in the room who has no respect for you at all, and it's really all about them. Votes: 2

Whenever anything extraordinary is done in American municipal politics, whether for good or for evil, you can trace it almost invariably to one man. The people do not do it. Neither do the 'gangs,' 'combines,' or political parties. Votes: 2

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself. Votes: 2

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison. Votes: 2

The anger that appears to be building up between the sexes becomes more virulent with every day that passes. And far from women taking the blame... the fact is that men are invariably portrayed as the bad guys. Being a good man is like being a good Nazi. Votes: 2

Throughout my years in business, I discovered something. I would always ask why you do things. The answers that I would invariably get are: 'Oh, that's just the way things are done around here.' Nobody knows why they do what they do. Nobody thinks very deeply about things in business. Votes: 2

Some kinds of animals burrow in the ground; others do not. Some animals are nocturnal, as the owl and the bat; others use the hours of daylight. There are tame animals and wild animals. Man and the mule are always tame; the leopard and the wolf are invariably wild, and others, as the elephant, are easily tamed. Votes: 2

To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness. Votes: 2

Good intentions are invariably ungrammatical. Votes: 0

Identity is invariably false to facts. Votes: 0

People invariably chose inimitable people to imitate. Votes: 0

A respectable person is invariably unrespectable within. Votes: 0

People in their early 20s are invariably weird. Votes: 0

Life is fickle; the fair man doesn't invariably win. Votes: 0

Propaganda invariably serves the long-term interests of some elite. Votes: 0

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale. Votes: 0

Truth seldom is pleasant; it is almost invariably bitter. Votes: 0

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard. Votes: 0

Civilization is a disease which is almost invariably fatal. Votes: 0

Persistence is a characteristic to which success invariably surrenders. Votes: 0

Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves. Votes: 0

Godlessness invariably produces vulgarity. Civilization is the product of belief. Votes: 0

Celebrities are invariably celebrity-mad, just as liars always believe liars. Votes: 0

Art's greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature. Votes: 0

Why was it that cheering expressions were invariably so infuriating? Votes: 0

A lost article invariably shows up after you replace it. Votes: 0

Making the family a top priority will invariably bring success. Votes: 0

People who enjoy what they do, invariably do it well. Votes: 0

The truth invariably arrives several years after you need it. Votes: 0

The attempt to make heaven on earth invariably produces hell. Votes: 0

Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic end Votes: 0

Literature throws us many great heroes. Real life invariably outdoes them. Votes: 0

Doubt is invariably the result of want or weakness of faith. Votes: 0

Real faith invariably produces holiness of heart and righteousness of life. Votes: 0

If a woman has one cat, it will invariably turn into 20. Votes: 0

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. Votes: 0

If obedience invariably leads to cruelty, disobedience is our moral duty. Votes: 0

Comedians on the stage are invariably suicidal when they get home. Votes: 0

The goal of female education must invariably be the future mother. Votes: 0

... though not invariably the worst choice, war is always an obscene horror. Votes: 0

American straightforwardness is almost as disarming as Americans invariably think it is. Votes: 0

Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another Votes: 0

The private terror of the liberal spirit is invariably suicide, not murder. Votes: 0

Learn to wait; invariably either things will change or your heart will. Votes: 0

In efforts to soar above our nature, we invariably fall below it. Votes: 0

History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not. Votes: 0

Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone. Votes: 0

Fear invariably and universally induces disengagement, and disengagement is negative division of labor. Votes: 0

Dogma is invariably wrong, as knowledge is always in a state of transition. Votes: 0

She who laughs last may not invariably laugh best, but she does laugh. Votes: 0

A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person. Votes: 0

Underground issues from one relationship or context invariably fuel our fires in another. Votes: 0

An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions. Votes: 0

Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable. Votes: 0

Passionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their ignorance of fear. Votes: 0

Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne. Votes: 0

The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. Votes: 0

As I write, invariably I encounter more questions and answer those as I go. Votes: 0

No man should have a secret from his wife. She invariably finds it out. Votes: 0

I never read bad reviews about myself, because my friends invariably tell me about them. Votes: 0

Danger arouses interest. Where death is involved, the vilest criminal invariably stirs a little compassion. Votes: 0

I have found that people who can successfully resist temptation invariably lead depressingly stunted lives. Votes: 0

Upon arriving in the capital-F Future, we discover it, invariably, to be the lower-case now. Votes: 0

I usually want to crawl into the ground after I make a film, almost invariably. Votes: 0

Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates. Votes: 0

Goldwater's approach to any political problem invariably derived from the evidence of his own eyes. Votes: 0

The kinds of errors that cause plane crashes are invariably errors of teamwork and communication. Votes: 0

People who invariably put themselves first will find that others tend to put them last. Votes: 0

A prudent pharmacist often vends something for your complaint. But wine merchant you do this invariably. Votes: 0

the possession of wealth, and especially the inheritance of wealth, seems almost invariably to sterilize genius. Votes: 0

A man who moralizes is a hypocrite, and a woman who does so is invariably plain. Votes: 0

But the trouble is that when you drink it, you invariably meet other people drinking it. Votes: 0

While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government. Votes: 0

Great genius you already have. The super conscious mind is invariably triggered by definition, and by decisiveness. Votes: 0

What invariably distinguishes a good player from a poor one is their respective address positions or setups. Votes: 0

In my experience of fights and fighting, it is invariably the aggressor who keeps getting everything wrong. Votes: 0

War begets war. It produces outraged and humiliated and furious people. That is almost invariably the case. Votes: 0

Going into the unknown is invariably frightening, but we learn what is significantly new only through adventures. Votes: 0

Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end. Votes: 0

The military preferred - invariably - those who could be readily defined, assigned roles, understood, and controlled. Votes: 0

Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.' Votes: 0

Avoid wine and women - choose a freckly-faced girl for a wife; they are invariably more amiable. Votes: 0

[On hearing that Clare Boothe Luce was invariably kind to her inferiors:] And where does she find them? Votes: 0

Preservationists are the only people in the world who are invariably confirmed in their wisdom after the fact. Votes: 0

The Tax Collector's letters are invariably mimeographed, and all they say is that you still haven't paid him. Votes: 0

The first time I try anything is invariably not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly. Votes: 0

While enthusiasm may be necessary for great accomplishments elsewhere, on Wall Street it almost invariably leads to disaster Votes: 0

To man, faith; to woman, doubt. She bears the heavier burden. Does not woman invariably suffer for two? Votes: 0

When one woman strikes at the heart of another, she seldom misses, and the wound is invariably fatal. Votes: 0

Knowing when to keep your mouth shut is invariably more important than opening it at the right time. Votes: 0

Those who are the most persistent, and work in the true spirit, will invariably be the most successful. Votes: 0

Speculations apparently the most unprofitable have almost invariably been those from which the greatest practical applications have emanated. Votes: 0

When you're indiscriminate in allowing people to post, the loudest and emptiest voices invariably drown out everyone else. Votes: 0

The trouble with flowers is that invariably, when I'm ready to photograph them, they are not in season. Votes: 0

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it. Votes: 0

Those who are most conscious of forgiveness are invariably those who have been most acutely convicted of their sin. Votes: 0

Revolutions invariably don't solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea. Votes: 0

The biography I've written about Wendy Wasserstein will almost invariably be different than the one anyone else would write. Votes: 0

It is startling to see how the oppressed almost invariably shape themselves in the image of their hated oppressors. Votes: 0

If pimps and thieves were invariably sentenced, all decent people would get to thinking they themselves were constantly innocent. Votes: 0

Public opinion, or what passes for public opinion, is not invariably a moderating force in the jungle of politics. Votes: 0

Man's will is free to follow his inclinations, but fallen man's inclinations are always and invariably away from God. Votes: 0

When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but they are never reasoned. Votes: 0

The tongue never slips "“ remember this always. What goes on within the mind comes invariably on the tongue. Votes: 0

Mother love is invariably held sacred, as it should be, but why has father love never had its due? Votes: 0

The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one. Votes: 0

When a movie is called 'searingly honest,' it's almost invariably grim and demonstrates how bad things can get. Votes: 0

He is invariably in a hurry being in a hurry is one of the tributes he pays to life. Votes: 0

The criminal mind is perverted and convoluted but almost invariably unimaginative,'he said as Molly came out in a fluster Votes: 0

A woman's sentimental monkeyshines will always deceive her lover, who invariably waxes ecstatic where her husband necessarily shrugs his shoulders. Votes: 0

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep. Votes: 0

In low theologies, hell is invariably the deepest truth, and the love of God is not so deep as hell. Votes: 0

Because I have two houses, I invariably get immersed in a book and then discover it's at the other house. Votes: 0

Capitalism invariably boils down to barter between two willing parties, neither of whom uses force to work with the other. Votes: 0

The greatest productions of art, whether painting, music, sculpture or poetry, have invariably this quality-something approaching the work of God. Votes: 0

It is a curious thing that when one speaks from the heart it is invariably in the worst of taste. Votes: 0

Fights between individuals, as well as governments and nations, invariably result from misunderstandings in the broadest interpretation of this term. Votes: 0

I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth. Votes: 0

Looking back on our lives, we invariably find that the person we pretended to be is the person we became. Votes: 0

Be vary wary of people who declare that they're going to create heaven on earth, they almost invariably create hell. Votes: 0

Be vary wary of people who declare that they're going to create heaven on earth, they almost invariably create hell. Votes: 0

The glory of the gospel is that when the church is absolutely different from the world, she invariably attracts it. Votes: 0

It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment. Votes: 0

The fake slap invariably makes contact, adding the elements of shock and betrayal to what had previously been plain old-fashioned fear. Votes: 0

Success goes thus invariably with a certain plus or positive power: an ounce of power must balance an ounce of weight. Votes: 0

The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste. Votes: 0

Whenever we dig down into the achievements of a creative artist, we invariably trace them to the beginning of all beginnings: labour. Votes: 0

The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority. Votes: 0

It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that which they would most like to repress. Votes: 0

I've seen the people who talk about their love lives in print invariably have doomed relationships with the person they're talking about. Votes: 0

If you practice inaction, nothing will be left undone: For the way to acquire lordship over society is by invariably not interfering. Votes: 0

the baresark loses all fear; his method is all-out attack, and invariably he takes his opponent with him even if he falls. Votes: 0

Society mends its wounds. And that's invariably true in all the tragedies, in the comedies as well. And certainly in the histories. Votes: 0

After the fact, our hearts always go out to the fallen Goliaths. Yet we invariably root for their Davids. Until they're winners. Votes: 0

People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive. Votes: 0

How many of your contemporaries - when asked the question 'Are you glad you had kids'? - invariably respond 'Yes, but..'? Votes: 0

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know. Votes: 0

The man for whom history is bunk is almost invariably as obtuse to the future as he is blind to the past. Votes: 0

I can never pass a cat in the street without greeting it and exchanging a few words, and the cat invariably replies. Votes: 0

How well I know you by your deeds and how invariably you succeed in living down to what one expects of you! Votes: 0

Being powerful is a lot like being a woman: If you have to tell someone that you are, invariably, you are not. Votes: 0

There is always a half-malicious curiosity amongst actors to witness the shortcomings of a novice. They invariably experience strong inclinations to prophesy failure. Votes: 0

You look at any culture, and prohibition has invariably been an unmitigated failure. It is just idiotic to criminalise any substance, I think. Votes: 0

A famous name has this peculiarity that it becomes gradually smaller especially in natural sciences where each succeeding discovery invariably overshadows what precedes. Votes: 0

While the censorious man is most severe in judging others, he is invariably the most ready to repel any animadversions made upon himself. Votes: 0

Also note that invariably when we design something that can be used by those with disabilities, we often make it better for everyone Votes: 0

I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can be. Votes: 0

So heedless have we become of our own image that second-hand mobile phones now invariably come with a SIM card chock-full of discarded intimacies. Votes: 0

The object of reflection is invariably the discovery of something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the search. Votes: 0

In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral. Votes: 0

Trusting people to pursue their own futures invariably provides better outcomes. Money goes where it is needed, rather than being absorbed by administration costs. Votes: 0

The old prose writers wrote as if they were speaking to an audience; while, among us, prose is invariably written for the eye alone. Votes: 0

If you think I'm one of those people who try to be funny at breakfast you're wrong. I'm invariably ill-tempered in the early morning. Votes: 0

Far from making peace, wars invariably serve as classrooms and laboratories where men and techniques and states of mind are prepared for the next war. Votes: 0

Women are quite unlike men. Women have higher voices, longer hair, smaller waistlines, daintier feet and prettier hands. They also invariably have the upper hand. Votes: 0

The paradox of anti-Semitism is that it is invariably up to the Jews to explain away the charges. The anti-Semite simply has to make them. Votes: 0

It is unfair to suppose that one party has invariably acted rightly, and that the other is responsible for every wrong that has been committed. Votes: 0

To the untraveled, territory other than their own familiar heath is invariably fascinating. Next to love it is the one thing that solaces and delights. Votes: 0

I started doing pot jokes, and I noticed that audiences invariably love pot jokes. Even people who don't smoke pot think it's a funny subject. Votes: 0

The paradox of anti-Semitism is that it is invariably up to the Jews to explain away the charges. The anti-Semite simply has to make them. Votes: 0

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband. Votes: 0

It is only those who never think at all, or else who have accustomed themselves to blood invariably on abstract ideas, that ever feel ennui. Votes: 0

A lot of people ask me about my father's passing when I was young, which I'm never comfortable with. I invariably move around that subject. Votes: 0

Wives invariably flourish when deserted; ... it is the deserting male, the reckless idealist rushing about the world seeking a non-existent felicity, who often ends in disaster. Votes: 0

Investors repeatedly jump ship on a good strategy just because it hasn't worked so well lately, and, almost invariably, abandon it at precisely the wrong time. Votes: 0

It is actually costlier to hire an immigrant. And yet the farm worker is almost invariably an immigrant. You can't pay an American to pick blueberries. Votes: 0

I find that every soul that has travelled on this highway of holiness for any length of time, has invariably cut loose from its old moorings. Votes: 0

Paper money will invariably operate in the body of politics as spirit liquors on the human body. They prey on the vitals and ultimately destroy them Votes: 0

As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women. Votes: 0

It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs. Votes: 0

Opinions, like showers, are generated in high places, but they invariably descend into lower ones, and ultimately flow down to the people as rain unto the sea. Votes: 0

The Jews generally give value. They make you pay; but they deliver the goods. In my experience the men who want something for nothing are invariably Christians. Votes: 0

Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the weakest sometimes wisely. Votes: 0

Why is the mind incapable of deciding its own subject matter? Why when we desperately want to think of one thing to we invariably think of another? Votes: 0

You don't need to go to the ends of the earth, you don't need to climb Everest to have a great adventure, it's invariably on our doorstep. Votes: 0

I think my quarry is illusion. I war against magic. I believe that, though illusion often cheers and comforts, it ultimately and invariably weakens and constricts the spirit. Votes: 0

The highest wisdom and the highest genius have been invariably accompanied with cheerfulness. We have sufficient proofs on record that Shakespeare and Socrates were the most festive companions. Votes: 0

In metropolitan cases, the love of the most single-eyed lover, almost invariably, is nothing more than the ultimate settling of innumerable wandering glances upon some one specific object. Votes: 0

The more facts you tell, the more you sell. An advertisement's chance for success invariably increases as the number of pertinent merchandise facts included in the advertisement increases. Votes: 0

Discoveries from one community cannot be repackaged and provided to another as a silver bullet, That's a "best practice" rollout and it invariably evokes the immune rejection response. Votes: 0

Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced in a world of suffering humanity. Votes: 0

The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner. Votes: 0

By any reasonable standard of proof, the combination of human epidemiology and track-analysis demonstrates that there is no threshold dose or dose-rate below which "repair" invariably prevents health harm. Votes: 0

It's a universal truth that no parent wishes to acknowledge that the fear and phobias we are in thrall to in adulthood almost invariably connect back to childhood experiences. Votes: 0

Kortchnoi's heritage is many-faceted - over the decades he has several times corrected and changed his style. But the main thing has invariably remained his search for chess truth. Votes: 0

Now the sole remedy for the abuse of political power is to limit it; but when politics corrupt business, modern reformers invariably demand the enlargement of the political power. Votes: 0

In the nineteenth century the Germans painted their dream and the outcome was invariably vegetable. The French needed only to paint a vegetable and it was already a dream. Votes: 0

Novelists who get shitty about screenwriting invariably can't do it, or they can't hack it in the world of what's really, in truth, very bold and very public enterprise. Votes: 0

In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end to the whole. Votes: 0

A songwriter's heart is pure when they have the desire to keep digging deeper into music. And invariably, when you dig deeper it always leads you into the past. Votes: 0

Great power often corrupts virtue; it invariably renders vice more malignant. . . . In proportion as the powers of government increase, both its own character and that of the people becomes worse. Votes: 0

Anyone who has been around Washington politics long enough can't avoid this truism: Election-year money is like a rushing river that invariably finds cracks in any dam the reformers erect. Votes: 0

The great systems that inform the world about the truth and life invariably claim to be absolutely truthful and well-balanced. In reality they are quaking bridges built out of yearning. Votes: 0

I have almost invariably found that charm is used as a substitute for intelligence in persons of both sexes. Thus, I have always been and will remain wary of it. Votes: 0

Americans treat history like a cookbook. Whenever they are uncertain what to do next, they turn to history and look up the proper recipe, invariably designated "the lesson of history. Votes: 0

The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight. It's the easiest way out, and the most satisfactory to self-respect--but, nearly invariably, the stupidest. Votes: 0

Writing is solitary, so I love going out once in a while and meeting my readers. I'll often hang with them after a signing for some beers. They're invariably bright! Votes: 0

Have you ever noticed?--people, no matter how beautiful or desirable, invariably will, if observed closely while going about their daily business of keeping alive, begin to seem like monsters. Votes: 0

At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, 'Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer,' we invariably choose the money. Votes: 0

Fantasy-based ideologies invariably have neat happy endings where all the bad people and all the bad behavior goes away when the volume is turned up and enough force is applied. Votes: 0

When the sexes differ in beauty, in the power of singing, or in producing what I have called instrumental music, it is almost invariably the male which excels the female. Votes: 0

The great systems that inform the world about the truth and life invariably claim to be absolutely truthful and well-balanced. In reality they are quaking bridges built out of yearning. Votes: 0

Many men think they're playboys, but they invariably land wide of the mark. Surrounding yourself with champagne, fast friends, and paid escorts is the very definition of the word 'loser.' Votes: 0

Any visitor to an historic country town or city quickly becomes aware in his or her peregrinations that the most attractive houses in the centre are invariably the offices of lawyers. Votes: 0

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot... Votes: 0

Many men think they're playboys, but they invariably land wide of the mark. Surrounding yourself with champagne, fast friends, and paid escorts is the very definition of the word 'loser.'" Votes: 0

Look at Garry Kasparov. After he loses, invariably he wins the next game. He just kills the next guy. That's something that we have to learn to be able to do Votes: 0

You can do something that walks a line, and invariably, whatever that line is, it will be crossed by people who don't know any better and want to ape the success. Votes: 0

Fact: If standard of living is your number one objective, quality of life almost never improves. But if quality of life is your number one objective, standard of living invariably improves. Votes: 0

The beautiful invariably possesses a visible and a hidden beauty; and it is certain that no style is so beautiful as that which presents to the attentive reader a half-hidden meaning. Votes: 0

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot. Votes: 0

No one is discontented at not being a king except a discrowned king ... unhappiness almost invariably indicates the existence of a road not taken, a talent undeveloped, a self not recognized. Votes: 0

Happy World Poetry Day: 'The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them. Votes: 0

Credulity as a character trait is encouraged in every child who grows up with religious training, which invariably insists on the virtue of blind faith and the sinfulness of doubting and questioning. Votes: 0

The predominant thought or the mental attitude is the magnet, and the law is that like attracts like, consequently, the mental attitude will invariably attract such conditions as correspond to its nature. Votes: 0

Why are women so fond of raking up the past? They're as bad as tailors, who invariably remember what you owe them for a suit long after you've ceased to wear it. Votes: 0

Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over human conduct than general or remote considerations of policy, utility and justice? Votes: 0

The soul may be immortal because she is fitted to rise towards that which is neither born nor dies, towards that which exists substantially, necessarily, invariably, that is to say towards God. Votes: 0

Doing what we were meant to do creates fun, excitement and contentment in our lives, and invariably, in the lives of the people around us. When you're excited about something it's contagious. Votes: 0

Many claim I am a photographer of tragedy. In the greater sense I am not, for though I often photograph where the tragic emotion is present, the result is almost invariably affirmative. Votes: 0

Working mothers' laughter comes hardest when our double life is revealed for what it is: a juggling act in which the balls can drop at any time, invariably on our own head. Votes: 0

When you have done your best, confronted your fear of committing to color and form, and dared to step over the threshold into the unknown, you will invariably find your own voice. Votes: 0

I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing. Votes: 0

To do great things, a person needs invariably his heart pain to activate his human brain to train his life to remain unrestrained to do only the activity that soothes his soul." Votes: 0

If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don't, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way. Votes: 0

Human history is one prolonged and painful limping. We invariably step with one foot on the rock of justice, and with the other, we sink into the mire of deceit and self-delusion. Votes: 0

Paintings invariably sum up; photographs usually do not. Photographic images are pieces of evidence in an ongoing biography or history. And one photograph, unlike one painting, implies that there will be others. Votes: 0

If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don't, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way. Votes: 0

The cause, then, philosophically speaking, is the sum total of the conditions, positive and negative, taken together; the whole of the contingencies of every description, which being realized, the consequent invariably follows. Votes: 0

The exercise of freedom invariably results in some choices that are unwise or wrong. But, by living with the consequences of his foolish choices a man learns to choose more wisely next time. Votes: 0

What wakes me up at night is this next generation and what's happening to them. And they're invariably excited about the science that they're doing, but invariably anxious about where there's a future. Votes: 0

whenever I have met with our elected officials they are invariably thoughtful, well-meaning people. And yet collectively 90% of their effort seems to be focused on how to stick it to the other party. Votes: 0

When people say 'let's do something about it', they mean 'let's get hold of the political machinery so that we can do something to somebody else.' And that somebody is invariably you. Votes: 0

You can still achieve certain things through effort, struggle, determination, and sheer hard work or cunning. But there is no joy in such endeavor, and it invariably ends in some form of suffering. Votes: 0

Out in the ocean, a rope is put around the man's neck. The other end of the rope is attached to an old jukebox and it is thrown overboard. The man invariably follows. Votes: 0

I've never written a children's book, but when people meet me for the first time and I say I write books, they invariably reply, 'Children's books?' Maybe it's something about my face. Votes: 0

When I recorded for Columbia, I could usually do anything in one take...I would invariably want to use the first take because that would be the one that was spontaneous and fresh. Votes: 0

The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability. Votes: 0

Remember finally, that the ashes that were on your forehead are created from the burnt palms of last Palm Sunday. New beginnings invariably come from old false things that are allowed to die. Votes: 0

Allen Anderson speaks from the heart about subjects he loves; this enthralls audiences everywhere. His outlook is realistic but invariably positive, encouraging everyone to expect the best. Audience feedback is replete with superlatives. Votes: 0

When the church is absolutely different from the world, she invariably attracts it. It is then that the world is made to listen to her message, though it may hate it at first. Votes: 0

I never taught language for the purpose of teaching it; but invariably used language as a medium for the communication of thought; thus the learning of language was coincident with the acquisition of knowledge. Votes: 0

[When people] say 'let's do something about it,' they mean 'let's get hold of the political machinery so that we can do something to somebody else.' And that somebody is invariably you. Votes: 0

It is a commonly observed fact that the enslavement of women is invariably associated with a low type of social life, and that, conversely, her elevation towards an equality with man uniformly accompanies progress. Votes: 0

Their demeanor is invariably morose, sullen, clownish and repulsive. I should think there is not, on the face of the earth, a people so entirely destitute of humor, vivacity, or the capacity for enjoyment. Votes: 0

Secessionists, whether in Scotland, Catalonia, Quebec or anywhere else, invariably assume that a person must either be Scottish or British, Catalan or Spanish, Quebecois or Canadian. What about those who feel they are both? Votes: 0

No distinction in kind rather than degree between ourselves and the chimps? No distinction? Seriously, folks? Here is a simple operational test: the chimpanzees invariably are the one behind the bars of their cages. Votes: 0

Like for Einstein, and for people who create nuclear weapons, the problem with the pursuit of knowledge and the pursuit of the greater good is that it invariably leads to things you weren't expecting. Votes: 0

The people you like when you meet them and while you know them, and the people you remember fondly, are invariably people who have a sense of comedy, not just a sense of humor. Votes: 0

Most men die many times in their lives. The man we become invariably slaughters the child we once were. His knowledge of the world murders the babe's innocence. from Time Untime by Sherrilyn Kenyon Votes: 0

I'm very aware that when my friends and I sit around over dinner these days, the conversation invariably turns to how crass the world has become. Tweeting? It's one of the silliest things ever. Votes: 0

Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Ni-klows Wirt'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nick-les Worth'. This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value. Votes: 0

Beware of people preaching simple solutions to complex problems. If the answer was easy someone more intelligent would have thought of it a long time ago - complex problems invariably require complex and difficult solutions. Votes: 0

Read proudly--put the duty of being read invariably on the author. If he is not read, whose fault is it? I am quite ready to be charmed, but I shall not make-believe I am charmed. Votes: 0

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes. Votes: 0

There was a time when one looked over one's shoulder with an ironical smile at the photographer and when photography as a profession seemed almost invariably a target for ridicule. That time is now over. Votes: 0

Right from the start my parents had left me to fend for myself. Apparently unaware that I was a kid, they invariably treated me like an adult, perhaps because they themselves were no spring chickens. Votes: 0

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires. Votes: 0

In the career of a prodigy there invariably comes a time when it is compelled to relinquish being very clever for a child, and has to enter the business of life in competition with adults. Votes: 0

A student will send me an urgent appeal to hear her, saying she is poor and wants my advice as to whether it is worth while to continue her studies. I invariably refuse such requests. Votes: 0

Nanny Ogg could see the future in the froth on a beer mug. It invariably showed that she was going to enjoy a refreshing drink which she almost certainly was not going to pay for. Votes: 0

The worthless and offensive members of society, whose existence is a social pest, invariably think themselves the most ill-used people alive, and never get over their astonishment at the ingratitude and selfishness of their contemporaries. Votes: 0