If I play hard to get, soon the phone stops ringing altogether.
Waiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as a dream is realized it is destroyed.
One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.
That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter.
I met Hilary Vaughan at a Student Ball in 1944 and we married in the summer of 1946, as soon as I graduated.
The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets.
Animation is a great way to work. No early morning call times, no make-up chair. In live action, you're always fighting the clock; the sun is always going down too soon.
So as soon as the land was worth something and there was money in the bank, all of a sudden everybody got interested in non-discrimination, in who's really going to administer this stuff.
I kind of have a happy magnet. I can't stand being depressed, so I work my ass off to get out of it as soon as possible.
Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing.
A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out.
She who boasts of lovers soon has none.
As soon as you concern yourself with the 'good' and 'bad' of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you.
Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.
As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.
Let's be honest, I don't think anyone ever wants to settle down in Hollywood - it's a place you go to work. And once you've hit it, you get out of there as soon as you can. It's definitely not a place you want to get married and have kids.
'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, you have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.
When you write your first book aged 25 or so, you have 25 years of experience, albeit much of it juvenile experience. The second book comes after an extra year sitting in bookshops. Pretty soon, you begin to run on empty.
I started out making skateboard videos. Soon, it dawned on me I just wasn't that great at skateboarding. So I put down the skateboard and just kept going with the camera.
My mother had been a country and western singer but when she moved out to Hollywood found it very difficult to get work so when I was born they put me into dance classes and singing classes as soon as I could walk actually.
I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign.
I am in favor of admitting any territory into the Union of States as soon as it has fulfilled the requirements of the Constitution and shall petition for admission.
It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.
I worked for a brief spell as a journalist, but soon I discovered that I didn't want to be a journalist - I wanted to be a historian.
They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.
No, I don't have an agent. I'm hoping to get one soon.
We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare.
Often, I can scarcely hear any one speaking to me; the tones yes, but not the actual words; yet as soon as any one shouts, it is unbearable. What will come of all this, heaven only knows!
I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.
Throughout the whole vegetable, sensible, and rational world, whatever makes progress towards maturity, as soon as it has passed that point, begins to verge towards decay.
We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible.
Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon.
A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth.
Pilgrims who are looking for a cure are soon looking for a curio.
I think too many people edit themselves way too soon. There's plenty of time to edit, and it is a crucial part of it all, too.