O Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with O. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“One thing I have learned in my painful career as a gambler is that bragging when you get lucky and win a few games will plunge you into gloom and unacceptable beatings very soon. It happens every time.”
Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness
“One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless.”
“One thing I have learned is that I should trust my 'gut' instincts. Ultimately, only we know what is best for us.”
Source: Treasure Yourself
“One thing I have learned is, if people tell you they had a "frank" discussion with someone, it is usually code for a yelling match with clenched fists.”
“One thing I have no worry about is whether God exists. But it has occurred to me that God has Alzheimer's and has forgotten we exist.”
“One thing I have noticed about my life is that I am always on borrowed time. I have to think quickly on my feet because time doesn’t allow me to rest. Instead, it keeps me on my tippy toes as I play ‘guess who’s trying not to cheat.’ However, every time I try to guess just a little ... just a tad bit, I stumble and fall.”
Source: Pinwheels and Dandelions
“One thing I have seen over and over again in life is that there is virtually no correlation between intelligence and common sense. IQ doesn't seem to translate that way.”
Source: No Island of Sanity: Paula Jones V. Bill Clinton : the Supreme Court on Trial
“One thing I have seen spread faster than coronavirus: Connection – with family, friends, and our communities.”
“One thing I have seen, regardless of the method of aprehenesion of the dimensional plane one is in, is self-giving and how effective it is.”
“One thing I hear from fans is, 'My Dad's got one foot in the grave, and he wants to see the Pirates win ' I've heard that more than anything. That's our goal.”
“One thing I hold against Americans is that they have no flair for the rain. They seem unsettled by it; it's against them: they take it as an assault, an inconvenience! But rain is so wonderfully cleansing, so refreshing, so calming...”
Source: D.V.
“One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.”
“One thing I knew about the novelist’s task: when in doubt, write; when empty, write; when afraid, write. Nothing is more impenetrable than the blank page. The blank page is the void, the absence of sense and feeling, the white light of literary death.”
“One thing I know about the rich, being rich, is that you can take money from me and tomorrow, I'm still going to be rich.”
“One thing I know about Willie Hutch: my homie, [Big] Jerm, listens to nothing but Soul music, so he put me on to all this Soul music back in the day.”
“One thing I know: For helping me forget how awful the world is, I prefer her to alcohol.”
Source: Four: A Divergent Story Collection
“One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break.”
“One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.”
Source: A Survival Guide for Life: How to Achieve Your Goals, Thrive in Adversity, and Grow in Character
“One thing I know from living with Jack is that war, any war, stains a man deep, and nothing can get the stain out. They can wear clothes like a rancher or a banker, but the stains are under there, never far from the surface of their skin.”
Source: Sarah's Quilt
“One thing I know from personal experience, judges hate it when parties talk publicly about their cases. There are a lot of things about our criminal legal system that need to be changed, and this is just one of them. Prosecutors know how to play the press. Most defendants don't.”
“One thing I know is that I don't want to be a director for hire, making genre films.”
“One thing I know is that it is a bad idea to marry someone who had bad parents. If they hated their mother, if they were hated by their mother or father, your marriage will pay for it in ways both obvious and subtle. When the chips are down, when someone is sick or loses their job or gets scared, the old patterns will kick in and he will treat you the way he treated his mother or the way she treated him.”
“One thing I know that's really cool - it seems to me that Blake Schwarzenbach [Jets to Brazil frontman; ex-Jawbreaker] is someone who's made music that's people continue to take really personally.”
“One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.”
“One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is not penalty for breaking it”
“One thing I learned a long time ago is that even if you think you're meant to be with someone, that doesn't necessarily mean you get to be with them.”
Source: Catching Jordan
“One thing I learned about people is that they love to give their opinions about things.”
“One thing I learned as a journalist is that there is at least one disgruntled person in every workplace in America - and at least double that number with a conscience. Hard as they try, they simply can't turn their heads away from an injustice when they see one taking place.”
“One thing I learned from drinking is that if you ever go Christmas caroling, you should go with a group of people. And also go in mid-December.”
“One thing I learned from his holiness the Dali Lama is the importance of humor.”
“One thing I learned from meteorology is that being an actual science was no guarantee of exactness.”
“One thing I learned in '97, when I thought the right time to found a company was during a swing-up, is that it's much better to start during an economic downturn. Partnerships are easier; hiring is easier; and the competition starts later.”
“One thing I learned in here is the past is for learning. It's not for punishing others or yourself. It's not for dwelling on and getting angry about things you can't change. It's for learning how to do better in the rest of your life. And being grateful you get another chance to try and do better.”
Source: The Davis Years
“One thing I learned in sobriety is to stop being judgmental, to always be discerning. When I drive, that will be my bumper sticker.”
“One thing I learned in the NBA is that the No. 1 job of a general manager is to keep his job. They are only 30 positions where you make millions and hang around with basketball players all day.”
“One thing I learned is that it's never OK to walk through a cemetery dressed as a mummy - even if that was a shortcut on the way to the costume party.”
“One thing I learned is that the mind, rather than being the master, should be the servant of the heart.”
Source: The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart
“One thing I learned over the years is that you have to love wholeheartedly when your loved ones are with you. I loved my parents. I still miss them every day of my life, and they’ve been gone for centuries. One thing they taught me is when you love, you love hard. You carry that with you always, even when the ones you love are no longer in this world. I don’t think I truly appreciated that until Dylan came into my world, and then you, but that’s two different types of love.”
Source: Santa Claus & His Unexpected Mate
“One thing I learned over the years since then is that the hours you work on a show are directly related to the happiness of the head writer's marriage.”
Source: The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee
“One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others”
“One thing I learned there on that beautiful front porch was if I wanted to be successful, if I wanted to do important work one day, I would have to increase my capacity. I had to learn to manage disappointment. I needed to learn how to make the most out of those “opportunities” Chip seemed to keep finding.”
Source: The Magnolia Story
“One thing I learned, with permission of the school committee of Indianapolis, was that when a tyrant or a government gets in trouble it wonders what to do. Declare war! Then nothing else matters. It's like chess; when in doubt, castle.”
“One thing I like about Argentina, they only cook with salt; that's it.”
“One thing I like about getting older is things, your spectrum widens, your capacity for compassion widens.”
“One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.”
“One thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?”
“One thing I like about the United States, and I kind of miss about the United States, is there's an election coming up here in England, but no one's going to have a sign in front of their house. Nobody's going to wear buttons. And in France, same thing. In America I like that people have signs and buttons and bumper stickers. Sometimes you'll smile at someone from a distance, then you'll get up close and you'll see their pin, and you're like, "Oh my god. I wasted a smile on you?"”
“One thing I like about trying to write is that I can possibly write myself a role. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of whatever roles are out there that people are willing to give to you.”
“One thing I like about writing is that it provides such a wonderful opportunity for confidential chats with readers. In the privacy of writing, and reading, we can discuss topics that are a little touchy, a bit embarrassing, and feel less alone in the process. Feeling consumed by memories from high school. Feeling wimpy. Feeling time-obsessed. Yearning for our fathers. Wishing we were taller, or shorter, or less average. To name just a few.”
“One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth.”