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Each Time Quotes

On the pressure and pattern of doing it again.

This set looks at the phrase 'each time' from a few angles: the growing pressure to outdo a prior success, and the ritual of announcing retirement only to return once more. Pair it with our Good collection.

I love when things can repeat and you can make things slightly different each time and just react to the music and react to the recording.

Quotes by Adam Granduciel

Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods,...

Quotes by A. R. Ammons

If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster.

Quotes by A. R. Ammons

It is difficult to meet fan expectations, especially when people say, 'Oh, the last one was the best one.' It creates more pressure each time for the next game to top the last one.

Quotes by Yuji Horii

Better Quotes

Why doesn't anyone remember that the Palestinians already had four real opportunities to establish their state, yet each time they preferred to revert to terrorism?

Quotes by Yair Lapid

Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software, for nothing? Does anyone demand a licensing fee, each time a child is taught the alphabet?

Quotes by William Gibson

You know that feeling when you finish a final exam and you think, 'I never want to do that again'? Well I have the same feeling when I finish a novel. Each time I say, 'I think I may retire...

Quotes by Wilbur Smith

It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're mad, then dangerous, then there's a pause and then you can't find anyone who disagrees with you.

Quotes by Tony Benn

Starting a band is the easy part. Once you've formed the band, you have to tell a story, and that story requires songs. And not just good songs, but great songs. After a while, great songs won't do - they...

Quotes by The Edge

Game Quotes

As a writer, I have learned that each time I pick up my pencil I betray someone.

Quotes by Terry Tempest Williams

I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into something.

Quotes by Taylor Kitsch

I wish to present myself in front of the camera, each time under the features of a different woman. I would like to live and apprehend the problems, the conflicts, the feelings and the impulses of women radically different from...

Quotes by Romy Schneider

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.

Quotes by Rodney Dangerfield

I've seen 'Babel' four times. And each time I realize anew what a monumental project that had been for me.

Quotes by Rinko Kikuchi

Good Quotes

I've been to Sardinia about 10 times because my wife, my daughter and I used to go every year with another family. We rented the same house each time in Villasimius in the southern part of the island, and always...

Quotes by Rick Astley

I'd like, each time out as a writer, to reinvent who I am and what I'm doing. That's one of the great pleasures and rewards of the occupation.

Quotes by Richard Powers

Business creates jobs; government does not. Government creates a whole slew of jobs each time a new program or scheme is implemented, but always at the expense of the taxpayer. Small businesses invest in new businesses, which results in more...

Quotes by Ralph Norman

I write in pen because it works. A fountain pen is no good for writing in the way I do because I'd have to decide, each time I stopped, how long I was likely to stop for in order to...

Quotes by Philip Pullman

I may not be able to re-record a song, but I can do a better job each time I sing it.

Quotes by Patty Loveless

I Am Quotes

I grew up being told by my parents each time they went off to war that they may explode, so I needed to know how things like the gadgets in the kitchen worked.

Quotes by Olivia Wilde

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Each Time quotes collection about?
It focuses on things that recur, especially the pressure to outdo a past success and the habit of announcing a big change only to repeat the old pattern again.
Why do people search for each time quotes?
The phrase captures a familiar cycle, like promising yourself you're done with something difficult, then finding yourself back at it once more.
Is this collection about sports or creative work?
Both. Some lines come from athletes and performers facing rising expectations after each success, while others come from writers describing the ritual of finishing a project.
What's the mood of these quotes, serious or lighthearted?
Mostly lighthearted and self-aware, poking fun at how predictable our own patterns can be even when we insist things will change.
Where can I find related quotes on persistence?
Check out Good or Better for more on effort and repeated attempts.

There's a quiet humor in these lines about habits that repeat despite our best intentions to stop. For more on persistence, visit Better or Game.