O Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with O. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Only teenagers think boring is bad. Adults, grown men and women who've been around the block a few times, know that boring is a gift straight from God. Life has more than enough excitement up its sleeve, ready to hit you with as soon as you're not looking, without you adding to the drama.”
Source: The Likeness: Dublin Murder Squad: 2
“Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.”
“Only ten months until June.”
Source: The Unteachables
“Only Texans and Jews understand brisket”
“Only thanks to Pop Art, my painting has become understandable.”
“Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.”
Source: Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
“Only that education deserves emphatically to be termed cultivation of the mind which teaches young people how to begin to think.”
Source: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
“Only that 'holy' book which teaches you to love all beings - animals or human things - read. Another one, idiots do, You let go, God speed.”
“Only that I insist upon your dining with us. It will be ready in half an hour. I have oysters and a brace of grouse, with something a little choice in white wines. Watson, you have never yet recognized my merits as a housekeeper. ~ Sherlock Holmes”
Source: All about Sherlock Holmes
“Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.”
“Only that man who has offered up himself entire to the blood of war, who has been to the floor of the pit and seen the horror in the round and learned at last that it speaks to his inmost heart, only that man can dance.”
Source: Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
“Only that man who has offered up himself entire to the blood of war, who has been to the floor of the pit and seen the horror in the round and learned at last that it speaks to his inmost heart, only that man can dance. - The judge”
Source: Blood Meridian: Picador Classic
“Only that Swiss in the heart want still a king or at least a strong Upper House of Parliament. Swiss long themselves for less democracy and more dictatorship.”
“Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.”
“Only that type of story deserves to be called moral that shows us that one has the power within oneself to act, out of the conviction that there is something better, even against one's own inclination.”
“Only that which can be switched, can be.”
“Only that which cannot be lost in a shipwreck is yours.”
“Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.”
Source: The Cutting of an Agate
“only that which is deeply felt can change us. Rational arguments alone cannot penetrate the layers of fear and conditioning that comprise our crippling belief system.”
Source: The Aquarian Conspiracy: Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980s
“Only that which is given by the unsearchable freedom of love has power to reveal.”
“Only that which is got by hard effort will yield lasting benefit.”
“Only that which is not said is sincere.”
Source: A time to meet
“Only that which is opposite the enemy can victoriously oppose it. Darkness can only be overcome, then, with light. There is not substitute.”
Source: Hunting Red, Part I
“Only that which is well done is quickly done.”
“Only that which lasts forever is real. That which is done in the temple lasts forever; therefore, the temple is the real world. Most of what we experience "out there," such as sickness, wealth, poverty, fame, etc., lasts for only a short period of time, so it is not the real world.”
“Only that which makes you feel bad after doing is immoral.”
“Only that which points the human spirit beyond its own limitations into what is universally human gives the individual strength superior to his own. Only in suprahuman demands which can hardly be fulfilled do human beings and peoples feel their true and sacred measure.”
“Only that which serves no end is beautiful; everything useful is ugly.”
“Only that which was effective for the first of this community will be effective for the last of it”
“Only that, nothing more - a tiny beam of light to show some hidden aspect of reality, to help decipher and understand it and thus to initiate, if possible, a change in the conscience of some readers.”
“Only the # gospel can do two seemingly contradictory things: destroy pride and increase courage.”
“Only the [Catholic] Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler’s campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special interest in the Church before, but now I feel a great affection and admiration because the Church alone has had the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual truth and moral freedom. I am forced thus to confess that what I once despised I now praise unreservedly.”
“Only the absolutely determined people succeed.”
“Only the action that is moved by love for the good at hand has the hope of being responsible and generous.”
Source: Standing by Words
“Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.”
“Only the Army conducts an annual assessment, and they appear to do relatively little to analyze the problem, contributions to the problem, and potential solutions.”
Source: Gangs and the Military: Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training
“Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers.”
“Only the autodidacts are free.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“Only the bad artists of the nineteenth century were frightened by the invention of photography; the good ones all welcomed it and used it.”
Source: The romantic rebellion: romantic versus classic art
“Only the bad artists of the nineteenth century were frightened by the invention of photography; the good ones all welcomed it and used it. Degas liked it not only because it provided an accurate record, but because the snapshot showed him a means of escape from the classical rules of design. Through it he learnt to make a composition without the use of formal symmetry.”
Source: The romantic rebellion: romantic versus classic art
“Only the bad can be influenced”
Source: From Blood and Ash
“Only the bad man is alone.”
“Only the barbarian fights and shouts. The cultivated individual negotiates diplomatically, with exceptional etiquette.”
“Only the basic situations in life occur only once, never to return. For a man to be a man, he must be fully aware of this never-to-return. (p.148)”
“Only the beautiful can acknowledge all that is beautiful, and only the ugly can acknowledge all that is ugly as being beautiful.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“Only the beautiful can acknowledge all that is beautiful, and only the ugly can acknowledge all that is ugly as being beautiful. Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.”
“Only the believer obeys — obedience follows faith, the way good fruit comes from a good tree. Only the obedient believe.”
“Only the believers pick up the prizes in life.”
Source: You Can If You Think You Can
“Only the best are bullied.”
“Only the best is good enough”