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“There were times apart, there were times together. I was pledged to her for worse or better. When it mattered most I let her down. That's the way it goes, it'll all work out.”
Tom Petty (1950–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In old times, men used their powers of painting to show the objects of faith; in later times, they used the objects of faith that they might show their powers of painting.”
John Ruskin (1819–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a traditional leader, I take slight that, at times, our traditional authority have been abused and exploited by the powers that be. While our traditional authority has always been respected, sadly at times, it has also been abused.”
Naiqama Lalabalavu (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everyone has to find what is right for them, and it is different for everyone. Eating for me is how you proclaim your beliefs three times a day. That is why all religions have rules about eating. Three times a day, I remind myself that I value life and do not want to cause pain to or kill other living beings. That is why I eat the way I do.”
Natalie Portman (born 1981) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On vegetarianism. Interview with The New Zealand Herald (5 May 2011), quoted in “Natalie Portman: 'Eating For Me Is How You Proclaim Your Beliefs'”, in ecorazzi.com.
“I am not I. I am this one walking beside me whom I do not see, whom at times I manage to visit, and whom at other times I forget; who remains calm and silent while I talk, and forgives, gently, when I hate, who walks where I am not, who will remain standing when I die.”
Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881–1958) said by 1958 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I am not I", from Lorca and Jiménez: Selected Poems, chosen and translated by Robert Bly (Boston: Beacon Press, 1973), p. 77
“The Police report said they stabbed this guy 51 times....bludgeoned him in the head with a heavy object 13 times and they shot him twice....so I figure this guy's by the door on the way out going....YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE YET, DO YOU?!....YOU HAVEN'T SHOVED A CHAINSAW UP MY ASS YET!....MY HEAD'S STILL ON MY TORSO!!....I'M GLAD YOU FUCKERS CAN HANDLE YOUR HIGH!”
Sam Kinison (1953–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have been to Cuba many times. I have spoken many times with Fidel Castro and got to know Commander Ernesto Guevara well enough. I know Cuba's leaders and their struggle. It has been difficult to overcome the blockade. But the reality in Cuba is very different from that in Chile. Cuba came from a dictatorship, and I arrived at the presidency after being senator for 25 years.”
Salvador Allende (1908–1973) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Saul Landau (1971)
“The L.A. Times, it's an anti-Christian publication, as is the New York Times.”
Mel Gibson (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I actually used them three times, throwing them away in shame before use two times. It is for these offenses that I confessed being immoral and deceitful.”
Ted Haggard (born 1956) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: KRDO, accessed June 26, 2008
“We are past the point where critics, whether reviewing a few poetry books in the London Times or New York Times, or for literary magazines, editors, teachers of literature and male poets themselves can pontificate about poetry and mean only the work of twenty or thirty white male writers.”
Marge Piercy (born 1936) first seen 1987 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Introduction to Early Ripening: American Women's Poetry Now (1987)
“I dream of you too, Mariam jo. I miss you. I miss the sound of your voice, your laughter. I miss reading to you, and all the times we fished together. Do you remember all the times we fished together? You were a good daughter, Mariam jo, and I cannot ever think of you without feeling shame and regret. -Jalil's letter”
Khaled Hosseini (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“James Crometty!” demanded Bowden. “Did you kill him?” “I kill a lot of people,” whispered Felix7. “I don’t remember names.” “You shot him six times in the face.” The dying killer smiled. “That I remember.” “Six times! Why?” Felix7 frowned and started to shiver. “Six was all I had,” he answered simply.”
Jasper Fforde (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You need to delay the train.” “How do I do that?” “Your head on the rails?” “Seriously?” “I don’t know. But put it this way: if you don’t delay the train, I will punch you five times hard in the head.” “Once would probably be enough as a punishment.” “You don’t need to be punished, you need motivating. And not getting punched five times is a terrific motivator. Take my word for it.”
Jasper Fforde (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We need then to pull together, like the defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, and take stock of the situation. For, today is not business as usual. The times demand that we set aside personal agendas for the urgent task at hand: that of leading our people in overcoming the difficult times in the days ahead.”
Francis Escudero (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him. (Luke 17:3–4) (NIV)”
Jesus (6 BC–33) said by 33 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While Babe Ruth's $80,000 in 1930 was eighty times the average U.S. income, Don Mattingly's $3.4 million in 1991 was 160 times the average.”
Andrew Zimbalist (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It would seem fair to estimate that certainly not less than 14 per cent of the people, in prosperous times (1903), and probably not less than 20 per cent in bad times (1897), are in distress. The estimate is a conservative one...”
Robert Hunter (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“you're in love many times in your life, several times in one's life. And romantic love is very... a lot of fun, I don't want to knock it. With all the troubles that come afterward, and it may all be a lie and imposed on us, but falling in love is peachy. And if it can happen to you, boy, that's great. And if it doesn't, then by all means, you should stick to your friends. (1981)”
Grace Paley (1922–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How many times have you sat across from me? And how many times have you told me you were leaving? I'm not trying to listen cuz it's all the same. And why, why are you constantly believing That I, I could ever give you what you needed? Baby, baby please don't put your faith in me.”
Pink (singer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There were many times that I felt like a fish out of water, times that I really said to myself, 'do I even fit in'.”
Indra Nooyi (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Good times coming. Good times have come.”
Scott Joplin (1867–1917) said by 1917 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A public philosophy is an elusive thing, for it is constantly before our eyes. It forms the often unreflective background to our political discourse and pursuits. In ordinary times, the public philosophy can easily escape the notice of those who live by it. But anxious times compel a certain clarity. They force first principles to the surface and offer an occasion for critical reflection.”
Michael Sandel (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Serial killers do, on a small scale, what governments do on a large one. They are a product of the times and these are bloodthirsty times. Even psychopaths have emotions if you dig deep enough. Then again, maybe they don't.”
Richard Ramirez (1960–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Can I… WHAT?! Whaaaaat?! I hit him five times—three times in the back and he doesn't even know that I'm here!" [laughs] "Why is this game?! I'm not even gonna ask what is this game!”
TotalBiscuit (1984–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Your Idiot Boss needs to feel that someone is on his side, in his corner, and has his back. Find times to support your Idiot Boss, especially in his times of uncertainty and doubt.”
John Hoover (consultant) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Irish had tough times, but little compares to the experience on our soil of black Americans. That experience should be part of every American’s consciousness, and law enforcement’s role in that experience—including in recent times—must be remembered. It is our cultural inheritance.”
James Comey (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Proposition 7. The distance of the sun from the earth is greater than eighteen times, but less than twenty times, the distance of the moon from the earth.”
Aristarchus of Samos (310–230 BC) said by 230 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Proposition 9. The diameter of the sun is greater than 18 times, but less than 20 times, the diameter of the moon.”
Aristarchus of Samos (310–230 BC) said by 230 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our sketchbooks and studies – as well as the paintings and photos, convey the detail of our [Gabriele with Kandinsky, 1905] Tunisian impressions. At times we got along well – at times not at all – we took walks in the city and also in the Belvedere park – it was never boring with my beloved [ Kandinsky ], but we didn't made contact with any other people; he never wanted it.”
Gabriele Münter (1877–1962) first seen 1905 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Gabriele Münter in her 'Memoir entries' for 1905; as cited by Roger Benjamin, Cristina Ashjian, in Kandinsky and Klee in Tunisia; Univ. of California Press, 18 Aug 2015
“Nature is interesting at all times, but, as a general rule, very harsh and glaring sunlight, when the sun is high in the heavens, should be avoided, because at such times there is an often an utter lack of relief, roundness and modeling in the trees and other objects.”
Arthur Hammond (1880–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh yes, she’d seen it a thousand times. The latest of the latest, only to be bested and replaced by the latest still. A thousand times; and Pr. Spinner was only ten years old. Ten years, bot. Ten years was an eternity for AI.”
Lisa Mason (1953–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was sometimes brought to a standstill, and at times almost despaired of making further progress... I knew no one of whom I could ask a question or receive any kind of instruction, and the subject was therefore at times very painful.”
Francis Place (1771–1854) said by 1854 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 18, as cited in: Ernest Green, Harold Shearman. Education For A New Society (RLE Edu L Sociology of Education), 2012, p. 85
“Before he became president, Donald Trump was... an unsuccessful businessman... He filed for bankruptcy six times—five times for his casinos and once for the Plaza Hotel.”
John Feffer (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Home! That was an old word, one of the first the children had ever learned. You used it without thinking, a hundred times a day. It had meant so many different things!..Home was an elastic word and even meaningless at times....”
Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To me, fashion is like a mirror... It's a reflection of the times. And if it doesn't reflect the times, it's not fashion. Because people aren't gonna be wearing it.”
Anna Sui (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In spite of everything, in dealing with the theme at hand, one must, as is often repeated here, take both the changing times and the sensibilities of earlier times into account.”
Regina Jonas (1902–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You have never been blessed out or bawled out or chewed out unless you got it from The Boo in his prime. Did I say he was five times louder than God? I'm sorry if that sounds sacrilegious and it certainly is not true. The Boo was at least ten times louder than God and I was scared of him my entire cadet career.”
Pat Conroy (1945–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“..how with the [[w:Romanticism|[Dutch] Romantic movement]] after 1830 also the love awakened for everything that recalled former times to the mind - including the period of the middle-ages -, and how the sigh grew from it to collect all kind of objects that reassured the taste of those times. Here too, the celebrated [Dutch romantic painter] Nuyen stood in front.”
Johannes Bosboom (1817–1891) first seen 1830 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: version in original Dutch (citaat van Johannes Bosboom, in Nederlands): ..hoe met de Romantische beweging na 1830 ook de liefde ontwaakte voor alles wat vroegere tijden — ook het tijdvak der middeneeuwen — voor den gees…
“While holding a keen eye on all the yelling at the markets, let's prefer to stay away from many of those things that attract at times other painters - if necessary, unknown - to be able to continue the work quietly at times. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)”
Jan Mankes (1889–1920) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Jan Mankes, c. 1912; as cited by Kasper Niehuys in Dutch art-magazine Levende Nederlandse Kunst, p. 202
“She was sleeping. He nudged her gently and whispered a suggestion. Her eyes opened wide and startled. "No, no, a dozen times no!" "Only a doezen times?" he asked, and then leered. "My deer," he whispered, "think of the fawn you'll have!”
Fredric Brown (1906–1972) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Too Far" (1955). The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1955. Reprinted in The Best From Fantasy and Science Fiction - Fifth Series, p. 136. Ace Books F-105 (1961). Anthony Boucher, ed.
“I was brought up among traders and those who came out there in the early times. I had good times with them; they treated me mostly always right; always well; they taught me to use clothes, to use tobacco, to use fire-arms and ammunition.”
Red Cloud (1822–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“NATO's failure to seriously examine its own role in what it euphemistically calls "uncertain times" should be more alarming to Americans and Europeans than its one-sided criticisms of Russia and China, whose contributions to the uncertainty of our times pale by comparison.”
Medea Benjamin (born 1952) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, What Planet Is NATO Living On? It's No Longer Useful to This One Salon, (24 February 2021)
“The New York Times and CNN have smeared veterans like myself for calling for an end to this regime-change war. Just two days ago, The New York Times put out an article saying I'm a Russian asset and an Assad apologist, and all these different smears. This morning, a CNN commentator said on national television that I'm an asset of Russia. Completely despicable.”
Tulsi Gabbard (born 1981) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gabbard, in defiant video, links Clinton 'smears' to her previous Sanders endorsement" Fox News (October 20, 2019)
“Wait till the sidewalk shivers the beggarsRobbed in their blankets they try to hang onLight from the street lane seems to shine better After the autumn has been here and gone... God help the lost and lonely, God help the poorCold days and ice nights onlyHard times for sure, hard times for sure”
Steve Forbert (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I always say that the times in my life when I've been happiest are the times when I've seen, like, a sunset.”
Chris Evans (actor) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Learning to write is not a linear process. There is no logical A-to-B-to-C way to become a good writer. One neat truth about writing cannot answer it all. There are many truths. […] Some techniques are appropriate at some times and some for other times. Every moment is different. Different things work. One isn't wrong and the other right. In class we try different techniques or methods.”
Natalie Goldberg (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Peace! Following my long-term service, it became clear to me that peace is to be built in peaceful times, rather than in the times of war.”
Roger Etchegaray (1922–2019) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Excerpt from the necrology of the Kathpress agency, 5th September 2019. Quoted in: "Odlazak velikih mirotvoraca", Glas Koncila, 15th September 2019, No. 2360, p. 5.
“There are times when I'm hoping the reader will feel slightly sympathetic. She's in a marriage she should never have made and she's kind of stuck in this swamp. And she is, yes, self-centered and a terrible mother; but she also is misunderstood, I think, at times, and frustrated...”
Tracy Chevalier (born 1962) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On her character Sadie Goodenough from her novel At the Edge of the Orchard in “'I Ate A Lot Of Apples': Tracy Chevalier On Writing Her 'Orchard' Novel” in NPR (2016 Mar 12)
“Our people say no condition is permanent, Mr. Edwards. Good times must come to an end, just like bad times, whether we want it or not.”
Imbolo Mbue (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“U.S. history and China's history are very, very deeply - and in a complicated way - intertwined with each other over a few hundred years. And so there were times when that relationship was fraught with tension. But there were also times of great friendship…”
Helen Zia (born 1952) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the complicated relationship between America and China in “'Last Boat Out Of Shanghai': The Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution” in NPR (2019 Feb 19)