Seldom Quotes – City of Quotes

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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I am seldom home, as I keep travelling because of work.

Ali Fazal

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Life is about the gray areas. Things are seldom black and white, even when we wish they were and think they should be, and I like exploring this nuanced terrain.

Emily Giffin

Life is about the gray areas. Things are seldom black and white, even when we wish they were and think they should be, and I like exploring this nuanced terrain.

Emily Giffin

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The problem with middle age, at least when it comes to modeling, is you seldom see a model who is past 27, 28. If they use anyone older, then it becomes automatically a ‘personality’ story.

Isabella Rossellini

The problem with middle age, at least when it comes to modeling, is you seldom see a model who is past 27, 28. If they use anyone older, then it becomes automatically a ‘personality’ story.

Isabella Rossellini

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Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.

H. L. Mencken

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.

H. L. Mencken

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I get so many ideas for songs, but I’m so seldom disciplined enough to sit down and crank them out.

Amanda Palmer

I get so many ideas for songs, but I’m so seldom disciplined enough to sit down and crank them out.

Amanda Palmer

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Don’t think that because you haven’t heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.

Spike Lee

Don’t think that because you haven’t heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.

Spike Lee

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Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.

Garrison Keillor

Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.

Garrison Keillor

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He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

Aesop

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

Aesop

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We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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People’s ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.

W. G. Sebald

People’s ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.

W. G. Sebald

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I’m actually a very quiet person off the golf course. I talk 150 miles per hour when I’m at the course, but when in private I very seldom ever open my mouth.

Lee Trevino

I’m actually a very quiet person off the golf course. I talk 150 miles per hour when I’m at the course, but when in private I very seldom ever open my mouth.

Lee Trevino

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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Oliver Goldsmith

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Oliver Goldsmith

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A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

Samuel Johnson

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

Samuel Johnson

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My keen love of travel was seldom hindered by Father. He permitted me, even as a mere boy, to visit many cities and pilgrimage spots.

Paramahansa Yogananda

My keen love of travel was seldom hindered by Father. He permitted me, even as a mere boy, to visit many cities and pilgrimage spots.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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The cautious seldom err.

Confucius

The cautious seldom err.

Confucius

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There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry – the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.

Lafcadio Hearn

There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry – the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.

Lafcadio Hearn

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But Hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns.

John James Audubon

But Hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns.

John James Audubon

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Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.

Jean de la Bruyere

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.

Jean de la Bruyere

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It’s extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I’ve written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they’re friends.

Harvey Pekar

It’s extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I’ve written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they’re friends.

Harvey Pekar

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#seldom 92

The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.

I am seldom home, as I keep travelling because of work.

Life is about the gray areas. Things are seldom black and white, even when we wish they were and think they should be, and I like exploring this nuanced terrain.

The problem with middle age, at least when it comes to modeling, is you seldom see a model who is past 27, 28. If they use anyone older, then it becomes automatically a ‘personality’ story.

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.

I get so many ideas for songs, but I’m so seldom disciplined enough to sit down and crank them out.

Don’t think that because you haven’t heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.

Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

People’s ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.

I’m actually a very quiet person off the golf course. I talk 150 miles per hour when I’m at the course, but when in private I very seldom ever open my mouth.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

My keen love of travel was seldom hindered by Father. He permitted me, even as a mere boy, to visit many cities and pilgrimage spots.

The cautious seldom err.

There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry – the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.

But Hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns.

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.

It’s extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I’ve written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they’re friends.