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Quotes About Repetition

Fear, the worst of all enemies can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage
~ Napoleon Hill
Repetition is the death of magic.
~ Bill Watterson
Nulla, nulla viene mai detto una volta sola - nulla!
~ Philip Roth
C'est totalement absurde les rappels . Enfin, écoutez, dans la vie normale, dans la vie courante, quand un type a fini son boulot, qu'est-ce qu'il fait ? Il dit au revoir, et il s'en va. Voilà. Il ne revient pas : enfin, on n'imagine pas un plombier, par exemple, re-sonnant à la porte, après avoir réparé une fuite, juste pour refiler un petit coup de clé de douze.
~ Unknown
the goblins were chanting, "One two three four, Kill two three four, One two three four, Kill two three four," on and on endlessly.
~ Piers Anthony
repetitions. The Greek is in places very ungrammatical and intractable.
~ Plato
Un recuerdo evocado demasiado a menudo y expresado en forma de historia tiende a convertirse en un estereotipo... cristalizado, perfeccionado, adornado, instalándose en sí mismo en lugar de la memoria pura y dura, y creciendo a sus expensas.
~ Primo Levi
Se comprendere è impossibile, conoscere è necessario, perché ciò che è accaduto, può ritornare, le coscienze possono nuovamente essere sedotte e oscurate: anche le nostre.
~ Primo Levi
Why does it happen? Why is the pain of every day translated so constantly into our dreams, in the ever-repeated scene of the unlistened-to story?
~ Primo Levi
If understanding is impossible, knowing is imperative, because what happened could happen again.
~ Primo Levi
Si comprender es imposible, conocer es necesario, porque lo sucedido puede volver a suceder, las conciencias pueden ser seducidas y obnubiladas de nuevo: las nuestras también
~ Primo Levi
Our every thought stems from the thoughts of others. Our every word is but a repetition of words spoken before. Every time we listen, we allow the movements of another soul to carry our own.
~ R. Scott Bakker
repeating its words aloud, again and again like a chant: "Dominatio per malum.
~ R.L. Stine
You're dead, I repeated. So why are you in my dream? He raised the bill of his olive drab ball cap with one finger. Good question. Morbid, isn't it? What? Dreaming about dead peolpe. Creepy. You ever see a therapist about that? I'm not - Even in dreams, I couldn't win an argument. Even when he was dead.
~ Rachel Caine
I felt I should repeat it for the other slipper, in case there should be any bad feelings between the two. One should never create tension between one's footwear.
~ Rachel Caine
But Langston repeated, "Lily, you just don't understand. What you need is someone to keep you occupied. You need a boyfriend.
~ Rachel Cohn
Even the most exotic excursions can become tedious through repetition.
~ Dean Koontz
You'll b-b-be sorry. A g-g-girlfriend will w-walk away sooner or later, but a g-good comic b-b-b-book c-can be enjoyed over and over again.
~ Dean Koontz
Repeatedly during her trek from grotto to bungalow
~ Dean Koontz
I love to knit. There's a comfort to it that I can't entirely explain. The repetition of weaving the yarn around the needle and then forming a stitch creates a sense of purpose, of achievement, of progress. When your entire world is unraveling, you tend to crave order and I found it in knitting.
~ Debbie Macomber
the best instructional programs help students master a subject by encouraging attentiveness, demanding hard work, and reinforcing learned skills through repetition.
~ Deborah Blum
A lie told often enough becomes the truth. —Vladimir Lenin
~ Debra Webb
Ludzie, którzy coÅ› powtarzajÄ… dwa razy, to gÅ'upcy majÄ…cy za gÅ'upców tych, którzy ich sÅ'uchajÄ…
~ Denis Diderot
He didn't like having to start the fire again, that was the source of this small sadness. You get tired of these endless beginnings.
~ Denis Johnson