Christians often get into perplexity about worldly allurements by asking, ‘Where is the sin of this, or the danger of that?’ There may be danger that the questioner cannot see: Satan’s baits often skillfully conceal...

Private equity firms aren’t necessarily evil by definition. There are many stories of successful turnarounds fueled by private equity, often involving multiple floundering businesses that are rolled into a single entity, eliminating duplicative overhead.

‘God’s plan’ is often a front for men’s plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil.

I love the fact that very often the most everyday objects take on another level of importance.

Trying to keep up with health advice can feel like surfing the Net for weather forecasts: what you find is always changing, often contradictory and rarely encouraging.

America’s strength has made it a sort of Gulliver in world affairs: By wiggling its toes it can, often inadvertently, break the arm of a Lilliputian.

I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.

Hollywood is not known as a culture of grace. Dog-eat-dog is more like it. People love you one day and hate you the next. Personal value is very much attached to box office revenues and...

I’m often asked where my nickname ‘Kun’ comes from. My parents says it was a Japanese cartoon I used to watch on television when I was very young, set in the Stone Age, where the...

Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence on the whole range of sleight of hand. And so...

Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and cruelty are great preoccupations in our time.

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.

There is a wall of myth around royals and A-list celebrities, and that makes us wonder what they are really like. We see them on magazine covers so often that we think we know them...

I meet the designers very often, we discuss the products, they show me their ideas, we discuss the ad campaigns and every new invention that we can find for the future.

The advantage of writing from experience is that it often provides you with details that you would never think of yourself, no matter how rich your imagination. And specificity in description is something every writer...

America’s relations with complex Middle Eastern states such as Egypt are often difficult.

You often hear people say ‘Luck is self made.’ I think it is, to a certain extent; if you work hard on something, you are more likely to be lucky than if you don’t. That...

The American Civil War produced carnage that has often been thought reserved for the combination of technological proficiency and inhumanity characteristic of a later time.

When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there’s a list of stupid things, but I would make these dumb comedy tapes. I would often make prank phone calls,...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

I usually have one project I’m focusing on but often have many other projects in the back of my mind for several years.

Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting – only woman at the table – and I’d think, ‘OK well, I don’t think I’ll say that....

One of the best parts about my job is that I get to dress for red carpets and appearances, and I often forgo working with a stylist because fashion is half the fun of any...

I don’t often see the movies I’m in; I’m usually disappointed in myself and it only serves to make me self-conscious.

I’m not the kind of writer who’s able to block out the world around me. I’m mindful of our own haves and have-nots, how our culture often blames and punishes the have-nots. I worry about...

My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.

Our emotions are often beautiful, but they can also be dangerous. They represent our spontaneity, and seem to speak to us of our freedom.

My so-called bad dress-sense phase happened when I was confused – I think I was taking advice all too often, without listening to my inner voice. Add to the fact that I was a little...

Friction and misunderstandings often occur when communicating across generations. It gets even more challenging when working across virtual settings.

My appreciation for cooking and healthy living came from watching my best friend die from liver cancer in 2008. I realized that I needed to make some big changes if I wanted to be around...

After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has...

All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often, grandparents are the relief. Kids don’t have to resist you.

Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come...

Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists.

Real-life people are often the hardest to play, people that you recreate who have actually lived, because you have to live up to people’s knowledge of those characters.

Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be.

When I was the NIH director, I often expressed envy of institute directors: they had the money and ran the scientific programmes.

At PETA, we often say that the issue of how animals are treated isn’t just about them; it’s about us, how we behave.

Justice in the extreme is often unjust.

I’m not an actor who is often asked to be in period things.

These opportunities don’t come around too often. It’s quite an honor and a privilege to be able to sit here today saying that I’m a part-owner of an NFL team.

It’s our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it won’t make your soul pretty.

I really don’t want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it’s often done in the west.

Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot gain entry, for we love and desire other things; therefore, His gifts, which He...

There are a host of ethnic minorities in China, but they often have a weak sense of identity and are relatively small in total number. History has taught the Han that other groups will and...

I’ll often rush out from Dark Shadows, having made a 5.30PM appointment, working for a couple of hours.

I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant ones while writing a story. I also read a lot of diaries and...

As someone who has more than a passing acquaintance with most of the 20th century presidents, I have often thought that their accomplishments have little staying power in shaping popular views of their leadership.

Activities that seem to represent choices are often inert reproductions of accepted practice.

He laughed and it sounded startled and a bit rusty, as if he didn’t do that very often.