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Sometimes Quotes

The exceptions that shape the rule.

"Sometimes" is the hinge word in this collection, softening bigger claims into honest exceptions — including a candid look at why people take jobs in law enforcement despite the risks. For quotes on feeling and mood, see Feel quotes.

Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all.

Quotes by Gerald W. Johnson

I can always write. Sometimes, to be sure, what I write is crap, but it's words on the page and therefore it is something to work with.

Quotes by Geraldine Brooks

I have to exfoliate my lips as they're quite a large surface area and sometimes when I wear lipstick, it goes all cakey. So I mix brown sugar with lip balm and just scrub it onto them.

Quotes by Georgia May Jagger

I actually really love the Kate Moss Rimmel lipsticks. Sometimes I get afraid of different colours. I want to try a bright pink, but I don't want to look tacky!

Quotes by Georgia May Jagger

My mother treats me exactly the same as she has always done, and the same as my older sisters. She tells me off when I need it, and sometimes I do need telling to go to my room or to...

Quotes by Georgie Henley

Within the media, the way that women are portrayed - especially young women - sometimes there is a lot of sexual objectification and, I would say, 'lad culture.' These are all things that connect with domestic abuse.

Quotes by Georgina Campbell

It's funny, because I sometimes feel that I'm most creative when I'm pregnant.

Quotes by Georgina Chapman

Now I am a writer who can command fairly good payments from magazines with large circulations, I very often refuse to write for them and still write sometimes for small magazines for nothing.

Quotes by George Woodcock

I'm an anglophile. I visit England regularly, sometimes three or four times a year, at least once a year.

Quotes by George Takei

I love telling stories from a kid's point of view because they don't really see all the obstacles in front of them. They're resilient, and sometimes adults can steal that from them.

Quotes by George Tillman, Jr.

Sometimes I get into the movies and into the roles; it's hard for me to move on.

Quotes by George Tillman, Jr.

I am tough. Sometimes I'm unreasonable. I have to catch myself every once in a while.

Quotes by George Steinbrenner

I find so much writing colourless, small in its means, unwilling to take stylistic risks. Often it goes wrong; I am not the one to judge. Sometimes, I hope, it goes right.

Quotes by George Steiner

Sometimes I think fiction exists to model the way God might think of us, if God had the time and inclination to do so.

Quotes by George Saunders

No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool.

Quotes by George Savile

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.

George Orwell

I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.

George Orwell

Sometimes political correctness runs amok in our public education system where we think that every kid can go to a four-year university.

Quotes by George P. Bush

Sometimes there's a reason for the hype.

Quotes by George Pelecanos

Sometimes I think 'The Wire' said it all, and I might as well not write any more crime novels.

Quotes by George Pelecanos

Frequently Asked Questions

What themes come up in these "Sometimes" quotes?
A mix - understanding why people become police officers, sometimes just to pay the bills; the idea that one figure can occasionally add up to a lot; the reality of tight film production schedules with little rehearsal time; and a reflection on storytelling needing conflict since people sometimes feel lonely and trapped.
Is there a quote about why people become police officers?
Yes, one quote reflects on having cops in the family and understanding that sometimes they go into it just to pay the bills or because they don't have other choices, described with a note of empathy for their predicament. Browse the Feel page for more on empathy and understanding.
Is there a quote about numbers or figures adding up?
Yes, one short quote simply states, "One figure can sometimes add up to a lot" - a brief observation without further context given.
Is there a quote about film production schedules?
Yes, one quote describes not having the luxury of rehearsal time on most films, relying instead on scene-by-scene full cast read-throughs, sometimes done just the day before. For more on the realities of creative work, see the Life page.
Is there a quote about loneliness in storytelling?
Yes, one quote argues that stories need conflict to be memorable, noting that everybody "feels lonely and trapped sometimes," rather than everything being perfectly pulled together. For more reflections like this, check out the Good and Like pages.

Other entries reflect on how small numbers can add up unexpectedly, and how even a tightly connected group can leave someone feeling isolated. Continue with Good quotes or Life quotes.