O Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with O. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Oh, for that remarkable and complex economy of motherhood. Those back and forth generosities-where one day a mom ferries the kids to the swim meet, or a mom takes your kid off to the movies while you're sick with the flu. And the next week after baseball you have all the kids sleep over. Not to mention the friend with whom you freely have the throw-your-hands-in-the-air-I-surrender discussions of how to manage any of it.”
“Oh, for the time when I shall sleep Without identity.”
Source: Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
“Oh, for the wonder that bubbles into my soul.”
Source: Complete Poems by Lawrence: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition
“Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.”
“Oh, for Thor's sake..." said Hiccup. "I thought that was just a story..." "Stories come from somewhere," said the witch. "The past haunts the present in more ways than we realise.”
“Oh, forgive me. Shaking hands with me is an unpleasant experience. My hands are no longer hands.”
“Oh, Fortuna, blind, heedless goddess, I am strapped to your wheel,' Ignatius belched, 'Do not crush me beneath your spokes. Raise me on high, divinity.”
Source: A Confederacy of Dunces
“Oh, Fortuna, you capricious sprite!”
Source: A Confederacy of Dunces
“Oh, friend, forget not, when you fain would note In me a beauty that was never mine, How first you knew me in a book I wrote, How first you loved me for a written line.”
Source: Collected Poems
“Oh, from what heights of blessing it is possible for a man to fall! To what depths of sin a man can descend, even with all that spiritual background! The higher the pinnacle of blessing, authority, and publicity he has attained by grace, the deeper and more staggering can be his collapse. There is never a day in any man's life but that he is dependent upon the grace of God for power and the blood of Jesus for cleansing.”
“Oh, gah, I’ve been slimed. (Jericho) It’s not slime. It’s a baby kiss. (Delphine) It's slime. (Zarek)”
“Oh, gentle feelings, soft sounds, the goodness and the gradual stilling of a soul that has been moved; the melting happiness of the first tender, touching joys of love- where are you?”
“Oh, gentlemen, perhaps I really regard myself as an intelligent man only because throughout my entire life I've never been able to start or finish anything. Granted, granted I'm a babbler, a harmless, irksome babbler, as we all are. But what's to be done if the sole and express purpose of every intelligent man is babble--that is, a deliberate pouring from empty into void.”
“Oh, Georgia booze is mighty fine booze, The best yuh ever poured yuh, But it eats the soles right offen yore shoes, For Hell's broke loose in Georgia.”
“Oh, get out of the way, Percy,” said Fred. “Harry’s in a hurry.” “Yeah, he’s off to the Chamber of Secrets for a cup of tea with his fanged servant,” said George, chortling.”
Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“Oh, give me back the good old days of fifty years ago,“ has been the cry ever since Adam's fifty-first birthday.”
Source: The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
“Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above. Don't fence me in. Let me ride through the wide open country that I love Don't fence me in Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees Send me off forever but I ask you please Don't fence me in”
“Oh, give our frightened souls the sure salvation for which, O Lord, You taught us to prepare. And when this cup You give is filled to brimming with bitter suffering, hard to understand, we take it thankfully and without trembling, out of so good and so beloved a hand. Yet when again in this same world You give us the joy we had, the brightness of Your Sun, we shall remember all the days we lived through, and our whole life shall then be Yours alone.”
“Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.”
Source: Delphi Works of Robert Frost (Illustrated)
“Oh, give us pleasure in the orch-ard white, Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night.”
Source: A Boy's Will and North of Boston
“Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.”
“Oh, go in anywhere Colonel, go in anywhere. You'll find lovely fighting all along the line.”
“Oh, God above, if heaven has a taste it must be an egg with butter and salt, and after the egg is there anything in the world lovelier than fresh warm bread and a mug of sweet golden tea?”
Source: Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
“Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be.”
“Oh, God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
Abe said, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"
God said, "No" Abe say, "What?"
God say, "You can do what you want, Abe, but
The next time you see me comin', you better run"
Well, Abe said, "Where d'you want this killin' done?"
God said, "Out on Highway 61".”
“Oh, God — the lives people try to lead. Oh, God — what a world they try to lead them in.”
Source: Mother Night: A Novel
“Oh, God! I have an ill-divining soul!”
Source: Romeo and Juliet
“Oh, God! That boy moves in a very exceptional way. That's the greatest dancer of the century.”
“Oh, God, Alaska, I love you. I love you,' and the Colonel whispered, 'I'm so sorry, Pudge. I know you did,' and I said, 'No. Not past tense.”
Source: Looking for Alaska
“Oh, God, give me grace for this day. Not for a lifetime, nor for next week, nor for tomorrow, just for this day. Direct my thoughts and bless them Direct my work and bless it. Direct the things I say and give them blessing, too. Direct and bless everything that I think and speak and do. So that for this one day, just this one day, I have the gift of grace that comes from your presence. . . .”
Source: Marjorie Holmes: The Inspirational Writings: A Collection Consisting of Love and Laughter;...
“Oh, God, help me! And I walked faster, my thoughts pursuing me, and I began to run, my frozen shoes squealing like mice, but running didn't help, the thoughts to the left and right and behind me. But as I ran, The Arm, that good left arm, took hold of the situation and spoke soothingly: ease up, Kid, it's loneliness, you're all alone in the world; your father, your mother, your faith, they can't help you, nobody helps anybody, you only help yourself, and that's why I'm here, because we are inseperable, and we'll take care of everything.”
“Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language.”
Source: Wake Up, Sir!
“Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!”
“Oh, God, I would love to go and do a play someplace.”
“Oh, God, if I were sure I were to die tonight I would repent at once. It is the commonest prayer in all languages.”
Source: Sentimental Tommy (Annotated Edition)
“Oh, God, puppy dog eyes. From a six-foot-five ancient Viking vampire.”
Source: Dead in Dixie
“Oh, God, Shannon. You're blowing my mind." Clint's morning voice was rich with passion. I wanted to correct him and explain that it wasn't his mind I was blowing, but my mother had taught me it was impolite to speak when one's mouth was full.”
Source: Divine by Choice
“Oh, God, the lovebirds,” Magnus said, pulling the pillow off his face. “I hate happy couples.”
“Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard me with the power of Your grace here and in all places. Now and at all times, forever. Amen.”
“Oh, God, who does not exist, you hate women, otherwise you'd have made them different. And Jesus, who snubbed your mother, you hate them more.”
Source: Seven novels and other short stories
“Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul?”
Source: The Women's Room
“Oh, god,” I said. “Sorry, sorry. Do I die now?” --Sadie to Zia”
“Oh, God. God, isn't that perfect? He's Dad. He's Dad with a layer of nerd. Solid, steady, chipping away so patiently, you don't even know you've had your shields hacked down until you're defenseless. It's the type." "You're not in love with a type, you're in love with a man," Penny corrected. "Or you're not.”
Source: The Novels of Nora Roberts
“Oh, God. I'm in big trouble. Because I'm staring. I can't keep my eyes from ogling his chiseled triceps and biceps and every other "eps ' he has. The butterflies in my stomach have just multiplied tenfold as my wandering gaze meets his.”
Source: Perfect Chemistry
“Oh, God. The Sixties are coming back. Well I've got a 12-gauge double-barreled duck gun chambered for three-inch Magnum shells. And - speaking strictly for this retired hippie and former pinko beatnik - if the Sixties head my way, they won't get past the porch steps. They will be history. Which, for chrissakes, is what they're supposed to be.”
“Oh, God. What was happening to her, she was turning into a normal person.”
Source: When will there be good news?
“Oh, gods, you’re mated! I really hope it’s to Aimee. (Bride) Thankfully so. Otherwise I’d have had to kill me some ho and then beat Fang senseless. (Aimee)”
“Oh, Gods." His eyes shone with want and predatory satisfaction. "The name's William. It's a common mistake.”
Source: Bayou Moon
“Oh, good gigantic smile o' the brown old earth, This autumn morning! How he sets his bones To bask i' the sun, and thrusts out knees and feet. From the ripple to run over in its mirth”
Source: An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry
“Oh, good grief! I’ve never had a man pick me up before and not grunt like he’s dying. I’m in heaven. Marry me, Ash, please! (Pam) I would say yes, but I come with more baggage than even Samsonite can cover. (Acheron)”
Source: Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel