You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
Or-but this more rarely happened-she would be convulsed with a rage of grief, and sob out her love for her mother, in broken words, and seem intent on proving that she had a heart, by breaking it.
The important task rarely must be done today, or even this week. . . But the urgent task calls for instant action. . . The momentary appeal of these tasks seems irresistible and important, and they devour our energy. But in the light of time's perspective, their deceptive prominence fades; with a sense of loss we recall the vital tasks we pushed aside. We realize we've become slaves to the tyranny of the urgent.
I don't know why people would want to have lunch with writers. I've eaten with writers. We have appalling table manners, and rarely say anything other than 'Pass the salt' or 'If you're not going to eat that, can I have it?'
The fact was I loved my wife to a degree that I found impossible to express, and so rarely did.
We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.
I should have known. The first tip I got was when she rarely showed up in court for the second trial.
Nature rarely does anything mathematically perfect, and naturalism results from imperfections and deviations.
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate's affection.
Inspiring visions rarely (I'm tempted to say never) include numbers.
Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.
We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.
I know I stand visibly onstage, but my function is still unseen, because I rarely see the immediate results of what I am saying or doing or writing.
Our own front door can be a wonderful thing, or a sight we dread; rarely is it only a door.
I symbolized doping. . . My phone rarely rings. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of riders who call me.
He rarely knows the result of a battle when the battle is over.
I rarely end up where I was intending to go, but often I end up somewhere I needed to be.
Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.
Artists are rarely members of the popular crowd.
Most children are given far too much praise for their early drawings, so much so that they rarely learn the ability to refine their first crude efforts the way their early attempts at language are corrected.