I very seldom, very seldom, even know what my characters look like.
To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.
The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.
Authentic apology is a tricky thing to pull off in politics, which is why it so seldom occurs. Plausible deniability must be preserved. True contrition has to be displayed. Traitors to the cause must be immediately be jettisoned. Most of all, the goal is to stop the bleeding.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.
A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.
A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
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.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.
Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having.
A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department.
I seldom feel comfortable in a theatre. I always feel like I own a cinema. I feel equally happy in an empty one as a full one. Probably happier in an empty one!
A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.
For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse.
Those who have happy homes seldom turn out badly.
The true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection.
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.
I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.
The cautious seldom err.
In an ideal world, an individual's institutional power would be correlated perfectly with his or her value-add. In practice, this is seldom the case.
They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so that when I bump into kids on the street they'd say 'I wish my Mom were like you.'
Rich men's sons are seldom rich men's fathers.
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least.
I don't consider myself qualified to do a movie about international intrigue - I seldom leave the country.
But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.
