Otherwise Quotes

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

It's very atmospheric. It's not a building that is a severe statement in the skyline. We need the height; otherwise, the building almost disappears because it is so slender.

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

You have to believe in yourself, otherwise you can't do it. If you don't believe in yourself, how do expect anyone else to? Because ultimately, you're the one who has to do it.

Being popular is important. Otherwise people might not like you.

To translate, one must have a style of his own, for otherwise the translation will have no rhythm or nuance, which come from the process of artistically thinking through and molding the sentences; they cannot be reconstituted by piecemeal imitation. The problem of translation is to retreat to a simpler tenor of one's own style and creatively adjust this to one's author.

My view is that to get anywhere in life you have to be anti-social, otherwise you'll end up being devoured. I've never been particularly social, anyway, but if I've ever been rude, fifty per cent of it has usually been provoked by other people's attitudes. Though I do admit, like most Celts, I'm moody. It's fine until people try to cheer you up with gems like, 'snap out of it' or 'Come on, now'.

I believe in sex on a first date. Otherwise, how do you know if a second date is worth the effort?

We should thank God that He did not give us the power of hearing through walls; otherwise there would be no such thing as friendship.

Otherwise, you just become partners managing the kids and life, and that makes your marriage more vulnerable to problems down the road.

What passes for investigative journalism is finding somebody with their pants down - literally or otherwise.

I can't do a film after having debated it. I am unable to do a film while discussing it with my team. I issue directives. I do not achieve it otherwise.

To keep the body in good health is a duty...otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.

It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.

I have to believe that people can change, otherwise I deny the Gospel, and I will not do that.

I like the X-Men, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.

In Iraq, embedding allows us to put reporters in situations that would otherwise be too dangerous for them.

I am aware that my name has been connected with all the bank robberies in the country; but positively I had nothing to do with any one of them. I look upon my life since the war as a blank, and will never say anything to make it appear otherwise.

I think I have a dark view of the world. I have to make everything funny, otherwise it all seems so sad.

Everyone knows we get paid a lot of money, so why pretend otherwise?

Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that.

But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity.