O Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with O. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“On est heureux quand
on cesse de penser à soi
et de juger les autres”
“On est puceau de l'horreur comme on l'est de la volupté.”
Source: Voyage au bout de la nuit
“On est tous le monstre de quelqu'un.”
Source: Chromatopsie
“On every album I've put out, I've put diverse Canadian songs on it. They're not provincial album; my albums are national albums. There'll be a song about Saskatchewan and Vancouver and Nova Scotia on there.”
“On every birthday, I ask my wife, 'What would you like this year?' and her instant reply is, 'Diamonds! Diamonds! Diamonds!' I'm always living in hope that one day she'll say she just wants me!”
“On every Bright Eyes record, there's some kind of sound collage that begins it. Some of them have dialogue, some don't. I like it because it can kind of slow down the attention span a bit. It's a way to draw you in to the rest of the record.”
“On every commercial flight, the traveler is told, "Your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device". The question is, why doesn't the plane just become a boat?”
“On every continent and in every epoch the peoples who have excelled in creating wealth have been the victims of some of society's greatest brutalities.”
Source: Wealth and Poverty: A New Edition for the Twenty-First Century
“On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.”
“On every dishonest man, there are two watchmen, his possessions, and his way of living.”
“On every film I do, whenever there are other girls my age, I think it's definitely up to me to set the pace. That's because I've had a lot of experience and I think there's always a certain amount of professionalism that should be maintained. If I was catty or whatever, it would just make the whole shoot unpleasant. And what's the point of that?”
“On every film, the clothes are half the battle in creating the character. I have a great deal of opinion about how my people are presented. We show a great deal by what we put on our bodies.”
“On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provisions for discourse.”
“On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we're going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.”
“On every full moon, rituals ... take place on hilltops, beaches, in open fields and in ordinary houses. Writers, teachers, nurses, computer programmers, artists, lawyers, poets, plumbers, and auto mechanics -- women and men from many backgrounds come together to celebrate the mysteries of the Triple Goddess of the Dance of Life. The religion they practice is called Witchcraft.”
Source: Spiral Dance: Slipcase
“On every hand there seems to be design to defeat design. If God created man - if he is the father of us all, why did he make the criminals, the insane, the deformed and idiotic? Should the mother, who clasps to her breast an idiot child, thank God?”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“On every inch of her flesh she felt some new stimulation.”
Source: Beauty's Punishment
“On every journey, we encountered beautiful souls.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“On every journey you take, you are met with options. At every fork in the road, you make a choice. These are the decisions that shape your life.”
“On every level I have played I've heard, `Am I going to perform or not because of my size?' I think I have proved to people I can perform regardless of how big I am.”
“On every level of human life, compassion is the key thing.”
“On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgement and effort to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.”
Source: One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
“On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.”
“On every level, despite differences in personalities and jobs, every single human being needs recognition and support.”
“On every mountain height is rest.”
“On every mountain of despair, there is a rock of hope; keep looking.”
“On every movie I’ve done as a director, I look at the producers and having done it, I don’t envy them, at all.”
“On every occasion of uneasiness, we should retire to prayer, that we may give place to the grace and light of God and then form our resolutions, without being in any pain about what success they may have. In the greatest temptations, a single look to Christ, and the barely pronouncing his name, suffices to overcome the wicked one, so it be done with confidence and calmness of spirit.”
Source: The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.
“On every parable you ride to every truth.”
Source: The Portable Nietzsche
“On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit of the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.”
Source: Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Late President of the United States
“On every shopping trip, there is one indulgence.”
Source: What I Saw and How I Lied
“On every side lay ridges covered with blue-green fir trees; above them rose the horny backbones of mountains. The sky was very low; purplish lead-coloured clouds let down curtains of mist into the valleys between the pine ridges. There was not a glimmer of white light in the dark vapours working overhead—rather, they took on the cold green of the evergreens.”
Source: Death Comes for the Archbishop
“On every side of us are men who hunt perpetually for their personal northwest passage, too often sacrificing health, strength, and life itself to the search; and who shall say they are not happier in their vain but hopeful quest than wiser, duller folks who sit at home, venturing nothing and, with sour laughs, deriding the seekers for that fabled thoroughfare?”
Source: Northwest Passage
“On every side, and at every hour of the day, we came up against the relentless limitations of pioneer life.”
Source: The Story of a Pioneer
“On every single property of good money, Bitcoin is equal to or better than gold. And it's far better than the dollar.”
Source: Bitcoin: Why You're Still Early: The Once In A Generation Monetary Shift Most People Haven't Seen Yet
“On every stem, on every leaf,... and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar, aphis, or other expert, whose business it was to devour that particular part.”
“On every team, there is a core group that sets the tone for everyone else. If the tone is positive, you have half the battle won. If it is negative, you are beaten before you ever walk on the field.”
“On every thing are traced decay and change. Look! how the shifting seasons slip away.”
Source: The Fall of the Indian: With Other Poems
“On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows.”
Source: The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts
“On every travel, we saw beautiful landscapes.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“On every trip back to the Midwest, I step aside from my schedule and visit my parent’s graves. And with trimmers in hand I kneel down and I cut back the intruding grasses and occasional weed that has edged up against their headstones. It is not in grief that I do this, but in the fondest recollection. The tears that often visit me there are those of joy; that God had thought enough of me to bless me with parent’s rich in love, ever bound by sacrifice, and sturdy in faith despite the nature of the adversities that so often beset them. And as I leave their graves and head back to the pressing demands of my world, I depart with the commitment to live my life in a manner that my children will find no grief at my grave, but joy in knowing that God chose me for them.”
“On every unauthoritative exercise of power by the legislature must the people rise in rebellion or their silence be construed into a surrender of that power to them? If so, how many rebellions should we have had already?”
Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson
“On everything I do I'm always taking someone's money, whether it's a movie studio or a record label. Somebody's paying for it, and I'm always respectful of that. But I'm never going to compromise.”
“On everything you need to hear other people's opinions. It's the only way to do things. You ask a friend's advice and then between the two of you things somehow get clearer.”
“On examinations: Das Wissen ist der Tad der Forschung. Knowledge is the death of research. Nernst's motto.”
“On Eye of the Zombie, I had so-called studio musicians.”
“On eyes that watch as well as eyes that weep
Descends the solemn mystery of sleep,
Toiling and climbing to the very close,
The weary Body, longing for repose,
On the gained level of the day's ascent,
Halts for the night and pitches there its tent.”
Source: The Microcosm: A Poem, Read Before the Medical Society of New Jersey at Its Centenary Anniversary: with the Address Delivered as President, Jan. 24, 1866
“On Facebook, a lie can seem as convincing to some as an article from SPIEGEL or the Washington Post. That's a problem. I can then like it and like it again and start creating my own media universe, both for me and for my friends, and so we become more and more fenced off from one another.”
“On Facebook, the definition of great content is not the content that makes the most sales, but the content that people most want to share with others.”
“On Facebook, Twitter, texting, e-mails, remember, it's a mode of communication, it is not communication. It's not real life. So step aside, make sure people see something other than the top of your head and live in real time, in the real world.”