O Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with O. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“On parochial school I was told I had an overabundance of original sin.”
“On parties it's not about who you are. The real reason to which a party revolves is how good you look.”
“On past records I usually did start with a story or an idea for a song and then write around it, but on Achilles' Heel I would just start writing and try to let the song and my sub-conscience determine the direction. which is a goofy way of saying I tried not to decide before hand what the song and or the characters would do and be like.”
“On patriotism, I have very little political trust for people who love their country only when their preferred party is in power.”
“On pavements and the bark of trees I have found whole worlds.”
“On perception:
Angles in film are as invented as the relationship between objects and space in paintings. In the end, everything is open to debate — and can be reshaped, reframed, reimagined…”
“On personal integrity hangs humanity's fate”
Source: Critical Path
“On peut chercher dans Dieu le complice et l'ami qui manquent toujours. Dieu est l'éternel confident dans cette tragédie dont chacun est le héros.”
Source: Intimate Journals
“On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dépens de sa mémoire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his memory).”
“On peut faire la grève tout, sauf d’être.”
Source: La Sagesse de l'amour
“On peut non seulement ce qu'on a, mais aussi ce que l'on est.”
Source: Mon testament spirituel
“On peut obliger le peuple à obéir. On ne peut pas le forcer à comprendre.”
“On peut rire de tout mais pas avec n'importe qui.”
“On peut s'arrêter quand on monte, jamais quand on descend.”
“On peut vivre sans philosophie, sans musique, sans joie et sans amour. Mais pas si bien.”
“On Phantom... I listened to the music while I was reading the script. And it had just blown me away. I really... I was so excited about it. It's been a long time since I really got so excited about something.”
“On planes I always cry. Something about altitude, the lack of oxygen and the bad movies. I cried over a St. Bernard movie once on a plane. That was really embarrassing.”
“On Planet Dragos, everything goes the way he arranges it – unless you decide to cross him, and God help you then, because he doesn’t know how to back down, and he doesn’t ever, ever let up.”
Source: Planet Dragos
“On Planet of the Apes, I had a very knowledgeable team who knew good materials, but I had one main source person who worked online and on the street continually looking for the proper materials.”
“On Platini's presidential watch... he has to balance all the leagues, all the dreams and needs of hundreds of clubs across his continent.”
“On played the Mayor's daughters in Horton Hears a Who: I had never done animation, so I thought it would be cool to try something different.”
“ON PLAYING back the 911 recording, it’d seem that Mrs. Stegman was more concerned that the man outside her apartment door was naked than that he had a big shotgun.”
Source: Gun Machine
“On playing Batman and his daughter: If I was doing the sequel to Frozen I would be a hero. My two older daughters could give a sh-t about Batman and they've now passed that affection onto my son. He's always like, 'Papa, can I watch Frozen?' And I'm like, 'No, dude, it's not on again!'.”
“On Pleasure
Pleasure is a freedom-song,
But it is not freedom.
It is the blossoming of your desires,
But it is not their fruit.
It is a depth calling unto a height,
But it is not the deep nor the high.
It is the caged taking wing,
But it is not space encompassed.
Aye, in very truth, pleasure is a freedom-song.
And I fain would have you sing it with fullness of heart; yet I would
not have you lose your hearts in the singing.
Some of your youth seek pleasure as if it were all, and they are judged
and rebuked.
I would not judge nor rebuke them. I would have them seek.
For they shall find pleasure, but not her alone;
Seven are her sisters, and the least of them is more beautiful than
pleasure.
Have you not heard of the man who was digging in the earth for roots
and found a treasure?
And some of your elders remember pleasures with regret like wrongs
committed in drunkenness.
But regret is the beclouding of the mind and not its chastisement.
They should remember their pleasures with gratitude, as they would
the harvest of a summer.
Yet if it comforts them to regret, let them be comforted.
And there are among you those who are neither young to seek nor old
to remember;
And in their fear of seeking and remembering they shun all pleasures,
lest they neglect the spirit or offend against it.
But even in their foregoing is their pleasure.
And thus they too find a treasure though they dig for roots with quivering
hands.
But tell me, who is he that can offend the spirit?
Shall the nightingale offend the stillness of the night, or the firefly the
stars?
And shall your flame or your smoke burden the wind?
Think you the spirit is a still pool which you can trouble with a staff?
Oftentimes in denying yourself pleasure you do but store the desire in
the recesses of your being.
Who knows but that which seems omitted today, waits for tomorrow?
Even your body knows its heritage and its rightful need and will not
be deceived.
And your body is the harp of your soul,
And it is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds.
And now you ask in your heart, “How shall we distinguish that which
is good in pleasure from that which is not good?”
Go to your fields and your gardens, and you shall learn that it is the
pleasure of the bee to gather honey of the flower,
But it is also the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee.
For to the bee a flower is a fountain of life,
And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love,
And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving of pleasure
is a need and an ecstasy.”
Source: The Prophet
“On plenty of days the writer can write three or four pages, and on plenty of other days he concludes he must throw them away.”
Source: The Writing Life
“On poetry: Everyone wants to know what it means. But nobody is asking, How does it feel?”
“On politics I strive as much as possible to let my passions be for God and for the Church and for others (the Jesus Creed). I place no confidence in redemption by way of politics. The political hope ebbs and flows every 8 years now; I don't get all riled up if a Republican or a Democrat wins; I don't think it matters that much to what we are called to do on a daily basis.”
“On Politics: When our people get to the point where they can do us some good, they stop being our people.”
“On popular issues like poverty and slavery, where Christians are likely to be applauded for our social action, we are quick to stand up and speak out. Yet on controversial issues like homosexuality and abortion, where Christians are likely to be criticized for our involvement, we are content to sit down and stay quiet.”
Source: Counter Culture: Following Christ in an Anti-Christian Age
“On Positive Liberty: The business of the State is to use its organizing powers for the purpose of furnishing the necessary conditions which allow this people freely to unfold its creative faculties.”
“On practical level I can't pick up the camera until I think I know what I want. I don't wander around. It's almost impossible for me to pick up a camera... it's really hard.”
“On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.”
Source: Pragmatism
“On previous occasions when God incarnated on earth, the bliss of recognising Him in the incarnation was vouchsafed only after the physical embodiment had left the world, in spite of plenty of evidences of His Grace. But, ponder a moment on this Sathya Sai Manifestation; in this age of rampant materialism, aggressive disbelief and irreverence, what is it that brings to It the adoration of millions from all over the world? You will be convinced that the basic reason for this is the fact that this is the Supra-worldly Divinity in Human Form.”
“On Pride: This sickness is most dangerous when it succeeds in looking like humility. When a proud man thinks he is humble his case is hopeless.”
Source: Seeds of contemplation
“On prime time entertainment television, scientists are most at risk. Ten percent of scientists featured in prime-time entertainment programming get killed, and five percent kill someone. No other occupational group is more likely to kill or be killed.”
“On principle, I don't want to teach English. It's a slippery slope. You agree to teach English and then suddenly you're forty-five, with a fanny pack and Teva sandals, still teaching English, except inexplicably you have become a white male and you have a hot Chinese girlfriend and everyone else thinks you're a creep.”
Source: Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults
“On principle, Leo Kincaid didn’t gamble. When he made a move, it was meticulously researched, airtight for leaks, and remained under his control, always.”
Source: Tempting Ballad
“On principle, she believed that anyone who really wanted to know her should be willing to do some work.”
Source: Evensong
“On pristine parchment I draw with my skis calligraphic lines of joy, writing poems of movement.”
“On private transactions, I'll just go very quickly now, a major difference between the United States and Euroland is that in Europe banks are much more important in financial transactions than in the United States.”
“On problems finding female ancestors,of any background, remember "I cannot put gas in my car without a note from my husband. The Car, the house, and everything else I think that I own is in his name. When I die, I cannot decide who will receive my personal effects. If he dies first I may be allowed to stay in my own home, or may be given a certain number of days to vacate the premises. Any real estate I inherit from my husband is not mine to sell of devise in a will. All the money I earn belongs to my husband. I cannot operate or engage in business in my own name. If my ancestor is enslaved, I cannot marry, may not be allowed to raise my own children, join a church, travel freely, own property or testify against those who harm me.”
“On prohibiting anybody from learning anything: Why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.”
Source: Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)
“On prophecy through sleep (page 122)
I. Do prophetic dreams have any credibility?”
Source: On the Soul: And Other Psychological Works
“On Prozac, Sisyphus might well push the boulder back up the mountain with more enthusiasm and creativity. I do not want to deny the benefits of psychoactive medication. I just want to point out that Sisyphus is not a patient with a mental health problem. To see him as a patient with a mental health problem is to ignore certain larger aspects of his predicament connected to boulders, mountains, and eternity.”
“On
Przyszedł
Niewiele miał do powiedzenia
Pokazał ostrze i uśmiechnął się
Wszystkim nam
nagle
zrobiło się
niedobrze
Usiadł na ławeczce zerwał stokrotkę
Powąchał
i przytwierdził ją do klapy
Kiedy roześmiał się
ze strachu zaczęło śmierdzieć
Ale on miał słabą głowę
Pierwszy nie wytrzymał i wstał
Odszedł na stronę
a my zaczęliśmy oddychać
A potem poszedł już całkiem
i nie wrócił”
Source: Sezon
“On Pt. K.L. Misra
Panditji lived a full life replete with achievements and honours. He was such a versatile and noble man that the like of him may not be born again. - Shanti Bhushan, Senior Advocate”
Source: Pt. Kanhaiya Lal Misra - My Father
“On Pt. K.L. Misra
To write about him is to write about Greatness. To discuss him is to discuss Intellectual Brilliance. To think of him is to think of Modesty, Simplicity and Lucidity. To remember him is to remember Nationalism at its finest hour. He was not one of those who merely achieved greatness nor certainly one of those upon whom greatness was thrust-he was in fact born great. - Siddharth Shankar Ray, Senior Advocate”
Source: Pt. Kanhaiya Lal Misra - My Father
“On quantum theory I use up more brain grease (rough translation of German idiom) than on relativity.”
“On questions relating to the human condition, no single metaphor has all the answers.”
Source: Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse
“On quiet nights, when I'm alone, I like to run our wedding video backwards, just to watch myself walk out of the church a free man.”