O Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with O. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“On a purely personal level, it's very strange, because as a kid, Superman informed my personality. Now I've been given the job of forming Superman's personality and, in some ways, drawing on my own background.”
“On a purely technical side, I'm really very happy with how Linux gets used in a very wide set of different areas. It's important for development.”
“On a quick side note, I would argue that--much like Samuel L. Jackson--I am not arrogant at all; I'm just actually really, really great.”
Source: The Will to Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life
“On a radio drama I'd like to feel that I had just as much chance of playing Mr Darcy as anyone else because I can sound like him, yet many radio producers find it very difficult to extend their imaginations to employing anyone who's non white.”
“On a really dark night, you can see between 1,000 and 1,500 stars, and there are millions more that haven't been discovered. It is so easy to think that the world revolves around you, but all you have to do is stare up at the sky to realize it isn't that way at all. -Brian Fitzgerald”
Source: My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel
“On a recent business trip, I reunited with a friend I had not seen in twenty years. After having a lovely lunch meeting, we came out of the restaurant to walk towards the parking lot. He automatically moved me to the inside of the sidewalk as he walked along the curbside. His orientational awareness illustrated a chivalrous gesture of protection and respect which impressed me greatly.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“On a recent survey, 80 percent of golfers admitted cheating. The other 20 percent lied.”
“On a regular basis I go over in my mind some of the most troublesome things I see about how people approach eating, and the wonder mess we have made out of a very simple thing.”
“On a related subject, Signore Pazzi, I must confess to you: I'm giving serious thought to eating your wife.”
“On a relative level where we live, we need to have a sense of identity, otherwise we'd fall apart, wouldn't we?”
“On a rougi de honte devant ses erreurs, puis on s’est dit qu’il ne fallait pas se laisser abattre, alors on a relevé la tête et on en a commis de nouvelles.”
“On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles.”
“On a ruinous wall I came upon a poster dating from the previous year and announcing that ‘six handsome bulls’ would be killed in the arena on such and such a date. How forlorn its faded colours looked. Where were the handsome bulls and the handsome bull-fighters now? It appeared that even in Barcelona there were hardly any bullfights nowadays - for some reason all the best matadors were Fascists.”
Source: Homage to Catalonia / Down and Out in Paris and London
“On a réussi une grande avancée en séparant les Eglises de l'Etat dans la loi de 1905, mais il reste à séparer le commerce de la République. Et en particulier, à notre époque où éclatent les prémices d'une crise écologique majeure qui remettrait en cause la civilisation humaine elle-même, il y a nécessité absolue de créer un esprit critique informé, argumenté face aux injonctions consuméristes. On doit faire naître un esprit public partagé qui permette au grand nombre de tenir à distance la machine qui crée des désirs infinis et donc des besoins infinis, dans un monde fini : c'est la machine de la publicité. L'obscurantisme fondamental de notre époque est le consumérisme.”
Source: De la vertu
“On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12.”
“On a scale from one to ten, the Pack was eleven and everything else a one.”
Source: Magic Burns
“On a scale of 1-10 how do ya rate the Stones in Concert . . . 12 !! . . . but in New York City . . . 15”
“on a scale of 1 to 10 (10being the highest) how high are the chances of me getting your phone number?”
“on a scale of mental breakdowns from Justin Bieber to Britney Spears, I think I’m about a Shia LaBeouf.”
Source: Lost and Found Sisters
“On a scale of one to 10, I'd rate my body confidence as a good seven. Everyone has their hang-ups, but I see my body as a training tool and I feel good about it.”
“On a scale of one to bitchy, how hung-over are you?”
Source: Losing It
“On a scale of one to Galadriel, how awesome does my hair look?”
Source: Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes
“On a scale of one to stepping on a LEGO, how much pain are you in?”
Source: Sixth Grave on the Edge
“On a scale of one to ten, how punk am I? Apple. I don't use your scale.”
“On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Elvis eleven.”
“On a scale of one to ten, I'm probably a six when it comes to flirting. I'm quite shy.”
“On a scale of the United States, the Hollywood influence on what comes out, that's not the majority views of across the country. What we read in Us Weekly or People magazine, or Entertainment Tonight, it's not what the majority of the country is thinking.”
“On a scale personal enough to be felt by all, but big enough to be symbolic, the two irreconcilable faiths of our time - Communism and Freedom - came to grips in the persons of two conscious and resolute men.”
Source: Witness
“On a scale ranging from very little to too much, Merkin could just about categorize the amount of personal data stored in Master Loo’s computer as a shitload.”
Source: The Scriptlings
“On a second note, though, I have something to say about pain. There are lots of kinds of pain. Pain of smashing your fingers in a car door, pains of loosing a baby, pain of failing a test. But in their own little ways, these pains are all agonizing. Which is sad, and yet, happy, if you really think about it. If we never lost our car keys, or stepped in gum, or had a bad hair day, what kind of people would we be? In a word? Boring. We wouldn't be passionate; we wouldn't know it was exciting to get pregnant, or score an A on a final. So that's why, today at least, I am grateful for pain. Because it's part of what makes me the whacky, goofy, jaded, person that I am. Peace.”
“On a selfish basis, I really enjoy sports and activity.”
“On a series of apparently tiresome, flat sittings seeming to lead nowhere - one day something happens, the touches seem to 'take', the deaf canvas listens, your words flow and you have done something.”
Source: Sickert: Paintings and Drawings
“On a serious level, I wouldnt tell the press if I was in a relationship or not. I wouldnt ever reveal that, because it takes you down a certain road... I have no desire to be courting the press with my love life.”
“On a serious note, I stand by Obama on marriage equality! I believe ALL families deserve the same rights”
“On a serious note, we don't think we're trying to be so different, it's just that everyone else is trying to be same.”
“On a shelf in the library are very old books that tell of another past than the one the dreamer has known. Dreams, thoughts and memoires weave a single fabric. The soul dreams and thinks, then it imagines.”
“On a ship at dawn and again at dusk, there's only the horizon reflecting off the water. Up and down become the same. The ship might have flipped, and you're sailing in the sky. That's what it's like being a ghost. You're drifting, never sure.”
Source: Falls the Breath
“On a ship, knowing when to be silent is just as important as knowing when to speak.”
Source: Journey
“On a ship that's made of paper, I would sail the seven seas. (Just to be with you.)”
Source: A Ship Made of Paper
“On a ship thats made of paper, I would sail the seven seas. (Just to be with you)”
Source: A Ship Made of Paper: A Novel
“On a shirt, every button has its own button-hole. Fix a button elsewhere and your dressing goes crazy and nasty! On earth, everyone has his/her dreams. You have your own. Fix yourself there and your life will be fully fulfilled!”
Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“On a show about diversity and with different points of view, I feel like you have to accept that some people believe in God, some people want to worship a potato, and some people don't want to believe in anything. I think there is room for that on Star Trek.”
“On a silent moonlit night look at the sky and see yourself dancing with those distant twinkling stars.”
“On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene, but you need them to also have that sense of fun and that sense of movement and that ability to get the actors to really respond to the material in the way that you want them to. It's a very big thing.”
“On a single day, I read articles where I was described as being alternately 'lanky,' 'pudgy,' 'doughy,' 'balding,' 'utterly forgettable,' and 'constantly irritating.”
“On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.”
“On a sleepy morning that I keep waking up to pull my necktie tight
And when I pass through my classroom door
I can start walking with my chest puffed out just a little
The wind blows through such ordinary days
I realized I heard it
I realized I felt it
Now in my chest that started to tremble
I realized it was coming already
I saw off
The millions of stars that were disappearing
I waved my hand
Saying, "Good for you"
I look down at the corner of the hallway in middle of cleaning
I think it's a strange thing
Even though the time inside of me has stopped
It feels like I'm living through different days
Dust falls and accumulates like snow
I realized you're waiting
I realized you're calling
Now in this time that started to tremble
I realized I found it
My lost memories recalled
My story
Of eternity
It's ending
I started running before I knew it
My hand was being pulled along by you
Yesterday was far away, tomorrow was right ahead
That natural fact made my heart dance
I realized I heard it
I realized I felt it
Now in my chest that started to tremble
I realized it was coming already
A new sun overcame thousands of mornings
I realized you're waiting
I realized you're calling
My soul is trembling
I realized I found it
I saw off
The day that's able to disappear like millions of dreams
I waved my hand
Saying, "Thank you”
“On a slightly unconnected note, I am sorry to report that babies, as a collective species, are largely oblivious to my charms.”
Source: Kari
“On a small planet, where minute follows minute, day follows day, year follows year, where tradition marches on with a deafening, orderly beat -sometimes the order is disturbed by a dreamer, an artist, a scribbler - sometimes the beat is changed one person at a time.”
“On a small scale, person-to-person, Jesus encountered the kinds of suffering common to all of us. And how did he respond? Avoiding philosophical theories and theological lessons, he reached out with healing and compassion. He forgave sin, healed the afflicted, cast out evil, and even overcame death.”