O Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with O. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“On days when I do not work, I am working on my image.”
“On days when I hate myself and want to vanish forever
Let's make a door within your heart
Through that door; this place awaits you
It's okay to believe in the magic shop that will comfort you
—Magic Shop”
Source: Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS
“On days when the sky is grey, the sun has not disappeared forever.”
“On days when your skin is turned inside out and your heart is raw, know that you are divinely loved and protected. You are a superhero, and your superpower is your sensitivity.”
“On days where I feel the karma is in balance I'm not afraid of death. And when I feel it's weighing heavily on the negative side, then I get very scared and just think about eternal damnation and how unpleasant that would be.”
“On daytime they continue to revisit a lot of the same stuff while nighttime does move on and show development.”
“On death the many become one, in life the one becomes many.”
“On Death Valley, I fought this werewolf, and he was picking me up and slamming me down. They put padding down in the garbage so he could really slam me down. They're flying around and I'm doing these jumping flying triangles pulling the guy down. It's just fun.”
“On deathbed every single good, bad, ugly moment becomes special.”
Source: Goodbye Girl
“On Dec. 10, 2000, I learned I was free of cancer.”
“On December 10, 2013, Eric Boyles, the man who lost his wife Hallie and only daughter Shelby in the fatal accident, discovered that Mr. Couch would serve the minimal time in prison for his actions.[ 16] In fact, Mr. Couch was sentenced to exactly zero days in prison. Although Mr. Couch was driving 70 mph in a 40 mph zone, had a blood alcohol level of 0.24, and had valium in his system, Judge Jean Boyd granted Mr. Couch extreme leniency.[ 17] In lieu of prison time, the Judge sentenced Mr. Couch to ten years of probation and In assessing the ruling, a New York Times Article suggests the defense of “affluenza” played a critical role in the decision. The Article stated: Judge Boyd did not discuss her reasoning for her order, but it came after a psychologist called by the defense argued that Mr. Couch should not be sent to prison because he suffered from ‘affluenza’ — a term that dates at least to the 1980s to describe the psychological problems that can afflict children of privilege. Prosecutors said they had never heard of a case where the defense tried to blame a young man’s conduct on the parents’ wealth. And the use of the term and the judge’s sentence have outraged the families of those Mr. Couch killed and injured, as well as victim rights advocates who questioned whether a teenager from a low-income family would have received as lenient a penalty.[ 19] "This has been a very frustrating experience for me," said prosecutor Richard Alpert. "I'm used to a system where the victims have a voice and their needs are strongly considered. The way the system down here is currently handled, the way the law is, almost all the focus is on the offender.”
“On December 11, 1996 in a posting on the internet list [email protected], Dr Peter Freyd, husband of the Executive Directory of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, wrote:
Since we all want to be open about any money we might have received from military-related sources, let me confess I, too, must go on record. Starting in 1998, I've been getting a lot of money from the U.S. Office of Naval Research. In 1968 I received a lot of money from the Kingdom of Iran. There were some who thought the Kingdom was a CIA front. Actually, the evidence is that the money was flowing in the other direction: the CIA might have been something of a Savok front.”
Source: The CIA Doctors: Human Rights Violations by American Psychiatrists
“On December 12, 1829, Paganini wrote his friend Germi: "The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I can't describe it!" He was writing from Karlsruhe, in the midst of his triumphal tour through Germany. That letter marks the earliest known mention of the variations that would become famous as "The Carnival of Venice." At the time of his letter, Paganini had already performed the piece in at least four concerts. From then on, it would be one of his most popular compositions.”
“On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS.”
“On December 18, 1940, Hitler signed Directive Number 21, better known as Operation Barbarossa.”
“On December 22, 1946, it was during a meeting at the Hotel Nacional that Meyer Lansky, Santo Trafficante, Jr. from Tampa, Florida, and other underworld figures planned Havana’s future as the new playground for the Americas. Joe Bananas, Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, just to mention a few of the Mafia hierarchy, were present for the largest Mafia forum since the Chicago meeting of 1932.
One of the main topics at the Havana Convention was the narcotics trade. It was a long-standing myth that the Mafia was against narcotics trafficking. Their involvement actually started when Luciano was a kid and running narcotics for the mob in New York City.”
“On December 22, 1986, finding I was body positive, I set myself a target: I would disclose my secret and survive Margaret Thatcher. I did. Now I have set my sights on the millennium and a world where we are all equal.”
“On December 7, 1941, an event took place that had nothing to do with me or my family and yet which had devastating consequences for all of us - Japan bombed Pearl Harbour in a surprise attack. With that event began one of the shoddiest chapters in the tortuous history of democracy in North America.”
Source: Metamorphosis: Stages in a Life
“On December 8, 1921, when the Leopoldina set sail for Europe, we were on board. Our life together had finally begun. We held on to each other and looked out at the sea. It was impossibly large and full of beauty and danger in equal parts-and we wanted it all.”
Source: The Paris Wife: A Novel
“On December 9, 1994, Yeltsin issued a statement ordering the Federal army to execute the disarmament of all illegal armed units in Chechnya, or as they were known locally, the government.”
Source: A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
“On Decoration Day, while everyone else in town was at the cemetery decorating the graves of our Glorious War Dead, Willie Beaner and me, Robert Burns Hewitt, took Mabel Cramm's bloomers and run them up the flagpole in front of the town hall. That was the beginning of all my troubles.”
Source: Preacher's Boy
“On Deepavali, let the lights of Diwali remove the darkness of ignorance from our hearts and minds, and fill them with compassion and kindness. Then our lives will glow with true happiness and peace.”
Source: Verses of Peace
“On devient moral de' s qu'on est malheureux. We become moral once we are miserable.”
“On digital photography: It's fantastic, but it's not a freebie for anything. You still have to have this (he points to his eyes), and this (points to his heart), and feet.”
“On discovering a fire, the instructions ran, shout Fire and try to put it out. It was useful, heart-of the matter advice, and could be extended almost indefinitely in any direction. On discovering your husband's guests are arseholes, shout Arseholes and try to put them out.”
Source: Down Cemetery Road
“On dispersive ground, therefore, fight not. On facile ground, halt not. On contentious ground, attack not. On open ground, do not try to block the enemy's way. On the ground of intersecting highways, join hands with your allies. On serious ground, gather in plunder. In difficult ground, keep steadily on the march. On hemmed-in ground, resort to stratagem. On desperate ground, fight.”
Source: The Art of War (The Classic Lionel Giles Translation)
“On dit de moi que je suis bleue, que parfois je vire au mauve, au violet. Je suis de la couleur du ciel du Michigan.”
Source: Le ciel de Bay City
“On dit qu'il faut un an pour se remettre d'un chagrin d'amour. On dit aussi des tas d'autres choses dont la banalité finit par émousser la vérité.”
Source: Titus n'aimait pas Bérénice
“On dit que la chance ne passe qu'une fois à votre portée, qu'il faut la saisir à son tour. Après c'est fini. Elle est partie ailleurs et ne reviendra plus. Seuls les amnésiques n'ont pas de regrets.”
Source: Le Club des incorrigibles optimistes
“On dit que le Vaisseau est si immense qu’un enfant pourrait marcher toute sa vie le long de la nef vers le chœur, sans jamais l’atteindre ; que ce seraient ses petits-enfants qui atteindraient finalement les murs de la Cité de Contrôle, et qui tambourineraient sur les vantaux d’uranium, dans le vain espoir d’être admis à l’intérieur… (nouvelle "Équinoxe")”
Source: L'Enfant des Mondes Assoupis
“On dit que nous avons droit à l’indépendance mais certainement oui. D’ailleurs l’indépendance quiconque la voudra pourra la prendre aussitôt. La métropole ne s’y opposera pas.”
“On doing what you want to do.”
“on doit des égards aux vivants, on ne doit aux morts que la vérité.”
“On doit laisser pousser ses ongles pendant quinze jours. Oh ! Comme il est doux d’arracher brutalement de son lit un enfant qui n’a rien encore sur la lèvre supérieure, et, avec les yeux très ouverts, de faire semblant de passer suavement la main sur son front, en inclinant en arrière ses beaux cheveux! Puis, tout à coup, au moment où il s’y attend le moins, d’enfoncer les ongles longs dans sa poitrine molle, de façon qu’il ne meure pas; car, s’il mourait, on n’aurait pas plus tard l’aspect de ses misères. Ensuite, on boit le sang en léchant les blessures ; et, pendant ce temps, qui devrait durer autant que l’éternité dure, l’enfant pleure.”
“On doit tous être pareils. Nous ne naissons pas libres et égaux, comme le proclame la Constitution, on nous rend égaux.”
Source: Fahrenheit 451
“On doit tous être pareils. Nous ne naissons pas libres et égaux, comme le proclame la Constitution, on nous rend égaux. Chaque homme doit être l'image de l'autre, comme ça, tout le monde est content; plus de montagnes pour les intimider, leur donner un point de comparaison. Conclusion ! Un livre est un fusil chargé dans la maison d'à côté. Brûlons-le. Déchargeons l'arme. Battons en brèche l'esprit humain. Qui sait qui pourrait être la cible de l'homme cultivé ?”
Source: Fahrenheit 451
“On doit vivre en soi, ne dépendre que de soi, et, toujours à pied d’œuvre et prêt à repartir, ne pas s’encombrer de multiples affaires.”
Source: Civil Disobedience
“On domestic policy, Donald Trump agreed with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the Wall Street bailout, the TARP bailout of big bank. I think the government ought to be standing with mainstream, with working men and women. And then you put on top of that the ethical issues, whether it is refusing to release his taxes. And that's a real problem.”
“On domestic policy, one of the major stories in American politics has been the growing ideological and political self-confidence of the Democratic Party, and the growing ideological and political pessimism of the Republican Party.”
“On Dorne and the North:
One is hot and one is cold, yet these ancient kingdoms of sand and snow are set apart from the rest of Westeros by history, culture, and tradition.
Both are thinly peopled compared to the lands betwixt. Both cling stubbornly to their own laws and their own traditions. Neither was ever truly conquered by the dragons. The king in the North accepted Aegon Targaryen as his overlord peaceably, whilst Dorne resisted the might of the Targaryens valiantly for almost two hundred years, before finally submitting to the Iron Throne through marriage.
Dornishmen and Northmen alike are derided as savages by the ignorant of the five 'civilized' kingdoms, and celebrated for their valor by those who have crossed swords with them.”
Source: The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones
“On dreams and reality
“The Dream Workshop” is a blend of reality and dreams.
How many times in dreams can we return, search and not find — or find something, but not what we hoped to see.”
“On dreams
Images and visions in dreams can explain so much. Dreams are the past and the future, states and thoughts, the sublime and the real. You just have to pause and reflect.”
“On Dreams
Only one thing supersedes the importance of thinking about a better tomorrow. It's taking action today.”
“On dreams (page 114)
I. To what faculty of the soul does dreaming belong?
Next it is necessary to inquire about dreams. First, to what faculty of the soul do they appear, and does this affection belong to the faculty of thought or to the faculty of sense-perception? For these are the only faculties within us by which we are aware of anything.”
Source: On the Soul: And Other Psychological Works
“On dreary night let lusty sunshine fall.”
Source: Poems and Ballads ... translated by Sir E. B. Lytton ... With a brief sketch of Schiller's life
“On dying...
I consider one lifetime a cosmic day, and death it's cosmic night. Sleep well dear one then awaken anew....”
Source: Random Molecular Mirroring
“On each landing, opposite the lift shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran.”
“On each piece of paper I found addresses, telephone numbers, memos of various rendezvous made and kept—or perhaps not kept—people met and remembered, or perhaps not remembered, hopes probably not fulfilled: certainly not fulfilled, or I would not have been standing on that street corner.”
Source: Giovanni’s Room
“On each race is laid the duty to keep alight its own lamp of mind as its part in the illumination of the world. To break the lamp of any people into deprive it of its rightful place in the world festival.”
Source: Essays
“On each side of the war against war, hopes soar, hopes dive, hour by hour now. Resignations abound, timetables slip, and the world waits, mesmerised. I'm off to Melbourne to record an arts chat show.”