O Quotes
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“Of all the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books.”
Source: On heroes, hero-worship, & the heroic in history: six lectures ; reported, with emendations and additions
“Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.”
“Of all the things worth investing in, the mind is still at the top of the list, we can never go wrong with it.”
“Of all the things you can now do, which do you choose to do?”
“Of all the things you can spend a lot of money on, the only things you expect to fail frequently are software and medicine.”
“Of all the things you must earn in life, God's unending affection is not one of them. You have it.”
“Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.”
“Of all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto souls afar, Along the Psalmist's music deep, Now tell me if that any is. For gift or grace, surpassing this-- He giveth His beloved sleep.”
Source: Poetical works
“Of all the thoughts that hover in your mind, the one you deliberately choose and act upon - changes your LIFE!””
“Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought 'I' is the first thought.”
“Of all the time-saving techniques ever developed, perhaps the most effective is the frequent use of the word no.”
“Of all the times - Time be the recorder,
Of all the things - Time be the robber,
Of all the sorrows - Time be the healer,
Of all the powers - Time be the taker.
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Source: Eddies of Life
“Of all the towns in the world, Geneva seems to be the place where people could come closest to happiness”
“Of all the traps and pitfalls in life, self-disesteem is the deadliest, and the hardest to overcome: for it is a pit designed and dug by our own hands, summed up in the phrase, 'It's no use - I can't do it.'”
Source: Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded
“Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.”
“Of all the trees that grow so fair Old England to adorn,
Greater are none beneath the Sun
Than Oak, and Ash and Thorn.”
“Of all the trees that have ever been cultivated by man, the genealogical tree is the driest. It is one, we may be sure, that had no place in the garden of Eden. Its root is in the grave; its produce mere Dead Sea fruit.”
“Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to get one that hits back.”
Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind.”
Source: The Poetical Works of John Dryden
“Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live in; but this attempts to stride beyond the grave, and seeks to pursue us into eternity.”
“Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.”
“Of all the tyrannies that effect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live in; but this attempts to stride beyond the grave, and seeks to pursue us into eternity.”
Source: The life and major writings of Thomas Paine
“Of all the tyrannies which have usurped power over humanity, few have been able to enslave the mind and body as imperiously as drug addiction.”
“Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.”
“Of all the unbearable nuisances, the ignoramus that has traveled is the worst.”
“Of all the uncertain things marriage is the uncertainest.”
Source: ANNE SHIRLEY Complete Series - ALL 14 Books in One Volume: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Rainbow Valley, The Story Girl, Chronicles of Avonlea and more: Including the Memoirs & Letters of Lucy Maud Montgomery
“Of all the unchristian beverages that ever passed my lips, Turkish coffee is the worst. The cup is small, it is smeared with grounds; the coffee is black, thick, unsavory of smell, and execrable in taste. The bottom of the cup has a muddy sediment in it half an inch deep. This goes down your throat, and portions of it lodge by the way, and produce a tickling aggravation that keeps you barking and coughing for an hour.”
Source: The Innocents Abroad
“Of all the unexpected qualities of an unexpected universe, the sheer organizing power of animal and plant metabolism is one of the most remarkable. . . . Where it reaches its highest development, in the human mind, we forget it completely. . . . So important does nature regard this unseen combustion . . . that a starving man's brain will be protected to the last while his body is steadily consumed.”
“Of all the unexpected things in contemporary literature, this is among the oddest: that kids have an inordinate appetite for very long, very tricky, very strange books about places that don't exist...”
“Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to do.”
Source: On the Wisdom of America
“Of all the universal lies she accepted unquestioningly, the happy ending was the most absurd. The hero and heroine lived happily ever after, and the ending seemed indisputable, definitive. No questions asked about how long love or happiness lasts in that 'forever' that can be divided into lifetimes, years, months. Even days”
Source: The Club Dumas
“of all the unusual features of Stargirl, this struck me as the most remarkable. Bad things did not stick to her. Correction: her bad things did not stick to her. If we were hurt, if we were unhappy or otherwise victimized by life, she seemed to know about it, and to care, as soon as we did. But bad things falling on her -- unkind words, nasty stares, foot blisters -- she seemed unaware of. I never saw her look in a mirror, never heard her complain. All of her feelings, all of her attentions flowed outward. She had no ego.”
“Of all the varieties of modern pollution, noise is the most insidious.”
“Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.”
“Of all the various kinds of sexual intercourse, this has the least to recommend it. As an amusement, it is too fleeting; as an occupation, it is too wearing; as a public exhibition, there is no money in it. It is unsuited to the drawing room, and in the most cultured society it has long been banished from the social board. It has at last, in our day of progress and improvement, been degraded to brotherhood with flatulence. Among the best bred, these two arts are now indulged in only private--though by consent of the whole company, when only males are present, it is still permissible, in good society, to remove the embargo on the fundamental sigh.”
Source: On Masturbation
“Of all the various out-door recreations I have tried, when it comes to genuine, exciting sport, give me hunting with a camera.”
“Of all the various unpleasant ways to be aroused from a sound sleep, one of the worst is the noise of a dragon and a unicorn playing tag. Myth Conceptions by Robert Asprin”
“Of all the vices incident to man, lying is the most mean, most contemptible; it evinces a very weak, depraved heart, which shrinks at the exposure of motives and of actions.”
“Of all the vices, avarice is the most generally detested; it is the effect of an avidity common to all men; it is because men hate those from whom they can expect nothing. The greedy misers rail at sordid misers.”
“Of all the views that are detached from reality, the most delusional is that Christians are persecuted in the U.S.”
“Of all the violent passions, the one that becomes a woman best is love.”
“Of all the virtues necessary to the completion of the perfect man, there is none to be more delicately implied and less ostentatiously vaunted than that of exquisite feeling or universal benevolence.”
“Of all the virtues related to intellectual functioning, the most passive is the virtue of knowing the right answer. Knowing the right answer requires no decisions, carries no risks, and makes no demands. It is automatic. It is thoughtless”
“Of all the virtues, discretion began to seem the most rewarding: it kept people guessing and sometimes, by default, admiring.”
“Of all the vulgar arts of government, that of solving every difficulty that might arise by thrusting the hand into the public purse is the most illusory and contemptible.”
“Of all the warriors in the world, The Māori may be the best dancers. When other fighters prepare for battle, The Māori break out into a choreographed routine.”
Source: Me and memes and memories
“Of all the wastes of human ignorance perhaps the most extravagant and costly to human growth has been the waste of the distinctive powers of womanhood after the child-bearing age.”
Source: Woman's Share in Social Culture
“Of all the ways I had imagined my death, getting beaten by my zombified mentor while trapped by a cannibalistic window handle wasn’t one of them”
Source: Dead To Me
“Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.”
Source: Selected Writings: 1927-1934
“Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal.”