105 Quotes About Once-upon-a-time

There were dreams once upon a time, dreams now all but forgotten. On sad days I dust them off and fondle them nostalgically, with a patronizing wonder at the naivete of the youth who dreamed them.

McGough: I'm sorry. I'm afraid I've caught poetry. Mr Bones: Oh really? Well, don't worry, sir - I used to suffer from short stories. McGough: Really? When? Mr Bones: Oh, once upon a time ...

Writing is storytelling. No matter how you slice it, you're saying, 'Once upon a time.' That's what writing is all about.

rush of pine scent (once upon a time), the unlicensed conviction there ought to be another way of saying this.

Money has lost its narrative quality the way painting did once upon a time. Money is talking to itself.

The shapes arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and wonderful phrase: Once upon a time.

Sergio Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in America' is a brilliant movie. It's about four hours long, but it's so well done.

Once upon a time people talked about the infallibility of the pope; today it is that of the merchant which they wish to establish.

Once upon a time we did not focus on a president's private life.