Sometimes Quotes

You know, sometimes I feel like I walk around with a target on my back with the films I make.

Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.

Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.

I think they’re timid, they’re afraid to actually stand up to these killers. And I think that they’re afraid, maybe for their own sake, for their own political hides, sometimes for their own physical safety. And they don’t take that necessary plunge.

They say God laughs when you make plans, that’s why I make appointments and sometimes reschedule.

I love metaphor. It provides two loaves where there seems to be one. Sometimes it throws in a load of fish.

Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.

I sometimes compare press officers to riflemen on the Somme — mowing down wave upon wave of distortion, taking out rank upon rank of supposition, deduction and gossip.

Sometimes I had the feeling that she hurt herself when she turned cold and rigid. As if what she was yearning for was the warmth of my apologies, protestations, and entreaties. Sometimes I thought she just bullied me. But either way, I had no choice.

Sometimes I have to pause to make the distinction between Ben the teenager and Ben the businessman.