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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.

HIV AIDS is a disease with stigma. And we have learned with experience, not just with HIV AIDS but with other diseases, countries for many reasons are sometimes hesitant to admit they have a problem.

Quotes by Margaret Chan

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.

Quotes by Margaret Cho

If you try to stop all these teams and players celebrating with the fans, some of them taking their shirts off, it is part of the game and something you cannot stop. It is something important, even if sometimes you...

Quotes by Marco Silva

In football, whatever can happen can happen when the team performs well and sometimes when the team does not perform as well.

Quotes by Marco Silva

Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.

Quotes by Marcus Mariota

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Quotes by Marcel Marceau

We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or chemical laboratory in which chance steers our hand sometimes to a soothing drug and sometimes to a dangerous poison.

Quotes by Marcel Proust

Jury instructions are so numerous and complex, it's a wonder jurors ever wade through them. And so it should come as no surprise that they can sometimes get stuck along the way. The instruction on circumstantial evidence is confusing even...

Quotes by Marcia Clark

In football, sometimes things go very quickly.

Quotes by Marc-Andre ter Stegen

Sometimes you have faced no shots during 90 minutes, and in minute 91, there is a shot. You always need to be focused, concentrated, and this is what makes you tired, being so focused.

Quotes by Marc-Andre ter Stegen

It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.

Quotes by Marcel Achard

Design schools are good, I guess, sometimes I visit schools, but they are very very limiting.

Quotes by Marc Newson

Traditional horizontal search engines cannot always identify the target audience, niche or vertical industry of a page or site. Vertical search engines address this issue by the nature of their design. They identify sites according to more specific criteria and...

Quotes by Marc Ostrofsky

Throughout my career, when I was finished with the drawing for one film I would go up to the story department and help develop sequences. Sometimes these were for scenes that I would animate later on.

Quotes by Marc Davis

Sometimes I miss hamburgers, I should say that. I miss the tuna pizzas at Mercer Kitchen.

Quotes by Marc Jacobs

It's sometimes said that I'm rebellious and I do things to push people's buttons, but I just like the challenge.

Quotes by Marc Jacobs

I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.

Quotes by Manuel Puig

Obama's even keel sometimes comes across as aloof or even cold.

Quotes by Mara Liasson

Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.

Quotes by Marc Almond

With Bayern, we want a lot of ball possession and to control the play, so I operate sometimes like the 11th outfield player. Thus I am included a lot into the build-up play and have a lot of touches of...

Quotes by Manuel Neuer

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.