Once - Quotes
Learning is rooted in repetition [...], meaning that the reading of a single text twice is more profitable than reading two different things once, provided of course that said text has some depth of content.
Once when I was lost, I saw a policeman, and asked him to help me find my parents. I said to him, "Do you think we`ll ever find them?" He said, "I don`t know kid. There are so many places they can hide."
Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid being a public menace.
You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
Religion has never once in all of human history turned out to be the right answer to any question - why would you think it`s the right answer to anything we don`t currently understand?
Once basic human needs for food/shelter/health care/education/social justice are fairly well met, people lose their need for religion.
When you look at the history of what we know about the world, you see a noticeable pattern. Natural explanations of things have been replacing supernatural explanations of them. Like a steamroller. Why the Sun rises and sets. Where thunder and lightning come from. Why people get sick. Why people look like their parents. How the complexity of life came into being. I could go on and on. All these things were once explained by religion. But as we understood the world better, and learned to observe it more carefully, the explanations based on religion were replaced by ones based on physical cause and effect. Consistently. Thoroughly. Like a steamroller.
Why does God need arguments, anyway? Why does God need people to make his arguments for him? Why can`t he just reveal his true self, clearly and unequivocally, and settle the question once and for all? If God existed, why wouldn`t it just be obvious?
One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you`re a star you`re dead already. You`re embalmed.
Anyone who`s had a tattoo knows once you get your first one, as you`re walking out the door, you`re planning the next.
It is very hard to ignore something once it has been found - even if ignoring it is the right thing to do.