A Quotes
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“An orotundity, which I define as Nobelitis a pomposity in which one is treated as representative of more than oneself by someone conscious of representing more than himself.”
“An orphan is not weak because reality makes them stronger than a beast”
“An orphan's curse would drag to hell
A spirit from on high;
But oh! more horrible than that
Is the curse in a dead man's eye!
Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse,
And yet I could not die.”
Source: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
“An orphan who was kept as a prisoner in a tower with plague signs to keep away?" Gina gently teased. "Seems like a lot of work. Nahh, I bet you're a princess of some sort."
Rapunzel stared at her. Then she began guffawing: big, hearty barks of laughter.
"She doesn't sound like one," Flynn observed.
"She wears a pretty dress like one," Gina pointed out.
"Your skin is creamy and perfect," Flynn said. "I mean, um, I guess."
"You have a crown," Gina said.
"It's not my crown," Rapunzel shouted, still laughing. "I grew up in two rooms... not a giant castle. I don't have any servants, or ladies-in-waiting..."
"... or crowns you didn't steal," Flynn added.
"... or a white horse, or velvet capes, or a scepter..."
"You do have that magnificent hair, though," Flynn pointed out. "I mean, just look at it. It looks fancy and expensive and royal. A normal person, even a lord or lady, couldn't manage locks half that long. Even if it ever came in silver, which seems reeealllly unlikely."
He leaned forward to get a better look, and at first Rapunzel did nothing, suddenly aware of his closeness. Whatever he said about her skin, Flynn's was also clear, healthy, and peachy. He had a little bit of hair on his chin (not a full beard like she had seen in pictures), a tiny feathery thing that she kind of wanted to touch.”
Source: What Once Was Mine
“An orphan's curse would drag to hell, a spirit from on high; but oh! more horrible than that, is a curse in a dead man's eye!”
Source: The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an Introductory Essay Upon His Philosophical and Theological Opinions
“An orphans curse would drag to hell
A spirit from on high;
But oh! How more horrible that that
Is the curse in a dead man’s eye!”
Source: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
“An Orwellian world is much easier to recognize, and to oppose, than a Huxleyan. Everything in our background has prepared us to know and resist a prison when the gates begin to close around us. We are not likely, for example, to be indifferent to the voices of the Sakharovs and the Timmermans and the Walesas. We take arms against such a sea of troubles, buttressed by the spirit of Milton, Bacon, Voltaire, Goethe and Jefferson. But what if there are no cries of anguish to be heard? Who is prepared to take arms against a sea of amusements? To whom do we complain, and when, and in what tone of voice, when serious discourse dissolves into giggles? What is the antidote to a culture’s being drained by laughter?
I fear that our philosophers have given us no guidance in this matter.”
Source: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
“An Osage tribal study found that between $41 million to $50 million left a 50-mile radius around their own casino”
“An Oscar is a total honor. It's thrilling, and on the one hand, it means a lot of things, and on the other hand, it doesn't really mean anything. It's a moment in time.”
“An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it.”
“An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.”
Source: The spectator
“An osteopath is only a human engineer, who should understand all the laws governing his engine and thereby master disease.”
Source: Sage Sayings of Still: Selected from the Writings of Dr. A.T. Still; with a Historical Sketch of Osteopathy and an Appreciation of Dr. Still
“An otherwise happily married couple may turn a mixed doubles game into a scene from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.”
“An ounce of action is worth a ton of good intentions.”
“An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.”
“An ounce of algebra is worth a ton of verbal argument.”
“An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.”
Source: The Booker T. Washington Papers: 1914-15
“An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words.”
Source: Sanford Meisner on Acting
“An ounce of breast milk is even more potent than the finest tequila.”
“An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.”
“An ounce of convention is worth a pound of explanation.”
“An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity.”
“An ounce of doing things is worth a pound of theorizing.”
Source: THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH
“An ounce of emotion is equal to a ton of facts.”
“An ounce of genius is better than a pound of talent.”
“An ounce of gold will always be an ounce of gold regardless of the length of possession. The short-term value will go up or down, but gold prices will follow the general inflation rate in the long run.”
“An ounce of goodness everyday,
Can soothe the heart in many ways,
An ounce of goodness "just because"
Don't wait until Christmas to be Santa Claus”
“An ounce of heart knowledge is worth a ton of head learning.”
“An ounce of help is worth more than a pound of pity any day.”
Source: The Green Goddess
“An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance”
“An ounce of kindness everyday,
Is enough to pay forward in every way”
“An ounce of logic can be worth more than a ton of tradition that has become obsolete through the weathering of time.”
“An ounce of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.”
Source: The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings
“An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.”
“An ounce of naivety can earn you many days of shame. An ounce of stupidity can earn you a hundred days of shame. An ounce of insensibility can earn you a thousand days of shame. An ounce of folly can earn you countless days of shame.”
“An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.”
Source: Goodness Had Nothing to Do with it: Autobiography
“An ounce of practice is better than tons of theory.”
“An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.”
Source: SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
“An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!”
“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.”
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of bandages and adhesive tape.”
Source: The Essential Groucho: Writings By, For, and about Groucho Marx
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Ben Franklin”
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure understated.”
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
Source: A present for an apprentice [by sir J. Barnard]. To which is added, Franklin's Way to wealth. [Ed.] by a citizen of London [T. Tegg].
“An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness.”
“An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.”
Source: Kitchen Confidential
“An ounce of sequins can be worth a pound of home cooking.”
“An ounce of wisdom can earn you a ton of gold.”
“An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.”
Source: Poor Richard Day by Day