O Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with O. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“One should try to locate power at the extreme of its exercise, where it is always less legal in character.”
Source: Critique and Power: Recasting the Foucault/Habermas Debate
“One should turn towards the main ocean of the-beautiful-in-the-world so that one may by, contemplation of this Form, bring forth in all their splendor many fair fruits of discourse and meditation in a plenteous crop of philosophy.”
“One should use common words to say uncommon things”
Source: The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer (illustrated)
“One should use great care to select an employer who will be an inspiration, and who is, himself, intelligent and successful”
Source: How to overcome Failure and achieve SUCCESS
“One should use praise to recognize what one is not.”
“ONE SHOULD WAKE UP WHEN THERE'S DAWN IN THE SOUL
उठना तब चाहिए
जब मन में सवेरा हो
UTHNA TAB CHAHIYE JAB MANN ME.N SAVERA HO”
“One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything, and consequently get nothing.”
“One should waste as little effort as possible on improving areas of low competence. It takes far more energy and work to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than it takes to improve from first-rate performance to excellence.”
“One should write not unskillfully in the running hand, be able to sing in a pleasing voice and keep good time to music; and, lastly, a man should not refuse a little wine when it is pressed upon him.”
Source: Essays in Idleness
“One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk.”
Source: Earthly Signs: Moscow Diaries, 1917-1922
“One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.”
“One should, I think, always give children money, for they will spend it for themselves far more profitably than we can ever spend it for them.”
“One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn't merely that of a pygmy blocking out the sun.”
Source: Pollen and fragments: selected poetry and prose of Novalis
“One shouldn't be fooled by how quickly they startle. Bluebirds just like open spaces, that's all. Open fields where they're free. And when they find a place, they come in hordes, and they keep coming. They're faithful little settlers. They know when they've found a place of beauty.”
Source: Paint and Nectar
“One shouldn't envy another person's Destiny!
As the fate written for everyone is not the same but surely a good one.”
“One shouldn't get married with the intention of completing their selves instead one should get married with the intention of enriching the life of their partner because a marriage is bound to fail if partners are only in it for themself.”
“One shouldn’t live in the past, Parker. You’ll smack into something in the present looking backward and not get a clear view of your future. Trust me.”
Source: Under Pressure
“One shouldn't allow oneself to be intimidated by something that can be picked up and tucked under one's arm.”
Source: Bride of the Rat God
“One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.”
“One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to be the best. This is normal. This is what sport is about. This is why I love it.”
“One shouldn't be too inquisitive in life Either about God's secrets or one's wife.”
Source: The Canterbury tales
“One shouldn't ever be conscious of the author as lecturer. When social or moral points are too heavily stressed, I always get uncomfortable.”
Source: This is Orson Welles
“One shouldn't go to the woods looking for something, but rather to see what is there.”
“One shouldn't pursue the wrong policies just because one is afraid of not being reelected. Those who intend to govern have to take responsibility for their countries and for Europe as a whole. This means, if need be, that they have to pursue the right policies, even if many voters think they are the wrong ones.”
“One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.”
Source: Don Quixote
“One shouldn't work on semiconductors, that is a filthy mess; who knows whether any semiconductors exist.”
“One shouldnt ask oneself how a person flies or why, but simply start flying.”
“One shouldn’t be only two photographers but thousands.”
“One shouldn’t believe in all those so-called innovations. There is only one nature and only one way to see it. Nowadays, they want to succeed too fast, this is how they go about inventing new aesthetics, pointillism, pipisme! All this is just to make noise.”
“One shouldn’t despair over the fact that some of the developments one has hoped for were never produced but only became a beginning. Perhaps they will be revived some day in the future if necessary or reasonable, when the time is ripe”
“One shovelful of dirt at a time.”
Source: Florence Adler Swims Forever
“One show was talking about how guys can have sex without love, so women can do it too? And I have girlfriends who do that. But I just really have to be into someone. If not, what's the purpose?”
“One sickness of your family members can lead to a downward spiral in your finances. Encourage your family members to have insurance while they are healthy.”
“One side is not braver than the other. Bullets fly, and men get swept away. They rush into the thick of fighting, and ‘kill’ is written on every face. In a battle the commander who has more men—not afraid to die–drives his opponent off the field and declares a victory.”
Source: Journal of a Cavalry Bugler
“One side love is just like a never ending pain..we can't come out from this pain with time too and we can't blame anyone for this pain because this is our own mistake..why we attach with someone emotionally..even one side love is also not less than True Love..just give the full respect to your love..may be your love one has some own issues..death is the end of this pain..a big respect for those who died in Love..”
“One side love is just like a never ending pain..we can't come out from this pain with time too and we can't blame anyone for this pain because this is our own mistake..why we attach with someone emotionally..even one side love is also not less than True Love..just give the full respect to your love..may be your love one has some own issues..death is the end of this pain.because once you find it,it can never be replaced...a big respect for those who died in Love..”
“One side of his lips quirked up in a sexy smirk. “Got a cure for
that frustration you got going on,” he said.
“Got a cure for your ego?”
Source: Smittened
“One side of service is serving, but the other side is creating the space in oneself where the possibilities of giving one's best become feasible. If you let go of your own compulsion and greed the things you are conditioned into by your culture then the more archetypal, more universally valid, more human, more compassionate, wiser activities and thoughts can come to your mind and you can dedicate yourself to them more fully.”
“One side of the church auditorium was shouting, “Halle-Loo, Halle-Loo, Halle-Loo, Halle-loo-yah!” The other side would retort at a volume many decibels above a jet airplane’s with the phrase, “Praise – Ye – The – Lord.” They would counter each other several times before switching roles.
If there ever was a perfect illustration of making a joyful noise, this was it. Several kids appeared to be close to unconsciousness from over-exertion. There’s not a shadow of a doubt that God heard it, but I wasn’t quite sure how He’d feel about the display. He hadn’t accepted Cain’s gift, and this seemed kind of along the same lines to me.”
Source: Her Schemes and Plans
“One side of the road:
She said to his Him: You are the man I prayed for
Another side of the road:
He said to his Her: You are the woman I prayed for. She wasn't as beautiful as you are.”
“One side of the street is a Church; across the road is a liquor store. Both of 'em keepin us poor.”
“One side sticks to the facts, and the other side is close to playing with its poop.”
“One side thinks the president's request for war-making powers is too brazen and even reckless. The other side thinks it is too spineless and probably ineffectual. 'It does not seem to have resonated with anyone,' said Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine and a member of the Intelligence Committee. 'I haven't found any colleague who's been enthusiastic about it.'”
“One side-effect of the so-called war on terror has been a crisis of liberalism. This is not only a question of alarmingly illiberal legislation, but a more general problem of how the liberal state deals with its anti-liberal enemies.”
“One Sided Love is nothing but we can say its a one way hurt to yourself in any little moment while you see her”
“One-sided love looks pure, but feels painful.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“One sign of a great actor is when he can be alone by himself on the screen, doing almost nothing, and producing one of a film's defining moments.”
Source: The Great Movies IV
“One sign of an excellent speech? 'Can people repeat something they heard, word for word?'”
“One sign of maturity is knowing when to ask for help.”
Source: Are you happy?: some answers to the most important question in your life
“One significant thing that you can do for your children is to invest some time into taking them out into nature.”