O Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with O. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Of all the things about de Sade, I would argue he is funny. A lot of people didn't understand de Sade. No. 1, he is a very good writer, and No. 2, he had the courage to talk about a lot of things that in public, even now, almost nobody has the courage to talk about. He would do it with a kind of funny way - not the stories themselves, but the way he tells them. He is never serious.”
“Of all the things Christ wants for us, loving Him and focusing our attention on Him are the most important.”
Source: How to Listen to God
“Of all the things God created, I am often most grateful He created laughter.”
“Of all the things he wants," Liberty said, "money's the easiest to get.”
Source: The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy
“Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is perhaps the most outstanding.”
“Of all the things I could not say in the haunting silence,
This poetry came out of that burning urge to live once again,
as the silky thread of words.”
“Of all the things I currently want these Cambridge people to think I am – witty, clever, sophisticated, ambiguous, sexy, ironic, exciting, artistic, self-possessed, self-aware – it doesn’t occur to me that ‘kind’ should be at the top of the list. Nor ‘brave’ or ‘honest’ or even ‘reliable’. I think, at this time, that these virtues are too obvious, too boring and too typical of some kind of normal man.
No, as long as you’re very serious about not being like your dad, you don’t really need to be ‘good’ at all. What is ‘good’ anyway? This is the method by which I give myself permission to start acting like a liar and a sleazebag.”
Source: How Not to Be a Boy
“Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody.”
“Of all the things I expected out of you, swords were not it."
"Why? I like shiny things that make other things go squish."
[...]
“Tell me that’s a lightsaber.”
Zia came around to join them, and she was quick to correct. “No, not quite. It’s a bejeweled magical sword, activated by runes that—”
“It’s totally a lightsaber,” Wicky cut in, handing it over with glee.
[...]
Nico was already bounding ahead, lightsaber in full swing. “My name is Nicholas di Rocci. You threatened my mage. Prepare to die!”
And then he promptly started making lightsaber noises as he cut into two ROUSes. “Vrãu, vrãu—”
Source: A Mage's Guide to Human Familiars
“Of all the things I have been privileged to do and experience in life, the highest honor has been fatherhood. Wishing Fathers everywhere a wonderful day.”
“Of all the things I have learned since becoming a parent(and sometimes, it feels as if this might be everything I've learned), perhaps the hardest to accept is that it is selfish and possibly even dangerous to desire particular outcomes for our children.”
“Of all the things I love about Nick, this is what I love most. I love his calmness. I love the way my brain spirals out of control while next to it his moves in a straight and steady path. As if I'm a little tugboat in a storm, being thrown about by the waves and the currents, and he's the big ship I'm anchored to for safety.”
Source: Picture Perfect
“Of all the things I love to taste, sweetest is the kiss of love.”
“Of all the things I once cared for, I had none then. I have none now.”
Source: R.I.P. In the Name of Love
“Of all the things I've ever done, perhaps none was more difficult than turning away from my beautiful girl and walking away, leaving her there, never to look back. But my friend Tom, my ever-faithful good friend Tom said, pointing down the hall away from Cec's room, 'Life's that way. Let's go home.'
And so we did.”
Source: Life's That Way
“Of all the things I wish for her, above all, I want her to know and love the sea.”
Source: Dancing With the Wind: A True Story of Zen in the Art of Windsurfing
“Of all the things I wish for in this world, I want you to find happiness. I suspect you never will have that with me, and I've resigned myself to the matter.”
Source: Unlocked
“Of all the things I've done in life, directing a motion picture is the most beautiful. It's the most exciting and the nearest than an interpretive craftsman, such as an actor can possibly get to being a creator.”
“Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.”
“Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.”
“Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most [borrowed from Mark Twain]”
“Of all the things in nature, the formation and endowment of man was singled out by the ancients.”
“Of all the things in sports, getting a sack is one of the hardest things to do. It's like a last-second, game-winning shot in the NBA. A guy hits the last-second shot, and the fans scream. For us (defensive ends), the sack is everything. It's hard to get there. But once you do, there's nothing like it.”
“Of all the things in the world, I'm particularly amazed at, is the conviction with which the MIND, endorses an Idea, which is phenomenal, as it differentiates the Genius from Mediocre, or not to forget the human stupidity in particular!””
“Of all the things in the world that can set the heart burning, there is nothing like the presence of Jesus!”
Source: Strengthen My Spirit
“Of all the things I’d been skeptical about, I didn’t feel skeptical about this: the wilderness had a clarity that included me.”
Source: Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found
“Of all the things of a man's soul which he has within him, justice is the greatest good and injustice the greatest evil.”
Source: The Republic
“Of all the things one can be known for in their lifetime, I think quitter is among the worst.”
“Of all the things that are beyond my power, I value nothing more highly than to be allowed the honor of entering into bonds of friendship with people who sincerely love truth. For, of things beyond our power, I believe there is nothing in the world which we can love with tranquility except such men.”
“Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest.”
“Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest. We can talk about sales growth, profit growth, asset growth, but all of this probably will not happen without personal growth.”
“Of all the things that God could have done, I have yet to get over the fact that He chose us to fix the world that we screwed up. And in terms of second-chances, this is one of the biggest ones we’ll ever get.”
“Of all the things that God has made, the human heart is the one which sheds the most light, alas! and the most darkness.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated)
“Of all the things that human beings did together, the sexual act was the one with the most various of reasons.”
Source: The Skull Beneath the Skin: A Cordelia Gray Mystery
“Of all the things that it is possible to donate, to donate your own body is infinitely more worthwhile.”
“Of all the things that make for happiness, the love of books comes first. No matter how the world may have used us, sure solace lies there.”
Source: The Master's Violin
“Of all the things that matter, that really and truly matter, working more efficiently and getting more done, is not one of them.”
“Of all the things that men may heed 'Tis most of love they sing indeed.”
“Of all the things that one can do spiritually, to re-merge with your soul provides the greatest benefit.”
“Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of nature herself -my disgust at her barbarity -clumsiness -darkness -bitter mockery of herself -is the most desolating.”
“Of all the things that send women to therapy, I bet the main one is a sense of being invisible to themselves.”
Source: Audrey's Gone AWOL
“Of all the things that your company owns, brands are far and away the most important and the toughest. Founders die. Factories burn down. Machinery wears out. Inventories get depleted. Technology becomes obsolete. Brand loyalty is the only sound foundation on which business leaders can build enduring, profitable growth.”
“Of all the things to lose, to lose one's mind? Let them take a leg or a lung; let them take anything before they take that. Before you become "poor Rosemary" or "poor Frank," catching the last glimpses of the sun and seeing them for what they were. Before there were no more trips, no more games, no more Murder Clubs. Before there was no more you.”
Source: The Thursday Murder Club
“Of all the things to worry about; the Wookie has no pants.”
“Of all the things we are wrong about, error might well top the list ... We are wrong about what it means to be wrong. Far from being a sign of intellectual inferiority, the capacity to err is crucial to human cognition. Far from being a moral flaw, it is inextricable from some of our most humane and honourable qualities: empathy, optimism, imagination, conviction, and courage. And far from being a mark of indifference or intolerance, wrongness is a vital part of how we learn and change. Thanks to error, we can revise our understanding of ourselves and amend our ideas about the world.”
“Of all the things we can feel with our minds and bodies, severe pain is the purest, for it drives everything else from our awareness and focuses us as perfectly as we can ever be focused.”
Source: Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel
“Of all the things we could not say in the haunting silence,
This poetry came out of that burning urge to live once again,
as the silky thread of words.”
“Of all the things we've learned, we still haven't learned where did this desire to want to know come from?”
“Of all the things which a man has, next to the gods his soul is the most divine and most truly his own.”
Source: Laws
“Of all the things which make up our Short-Time lives, sleep is surely the best.”
Source: Insomnia