One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition.
‐‐ Alvin Toffler
One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going.
‐‐ Anthony Burgess
One of the delights of life is eating with friends; second to that is talking about eating. And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.
‐‐ Laurie Colwin
One of the differences between HBO and other television is that they demand the same coverage that you would have in a feature film. We need to have all the shots in order to make it as rich and as stunning as it looks. We can't cut any corners.
‐‐ Mark Addy
One of the differences between real documentaries and reality television, besides the artificial construct of reality television, is that the people who are recruited to be on those shows, and the people who are interested in going on those shows, basically want to be famous. Or maybe they can win a million dollars or something.
‐‐ Steve James
One of the difficult things, especially about blogging, is that you put all of your personal out there, into the political. And what's been difficult, for me at least, is trying to keep some of the personal for myself.
‐‐ Jessica Valenti
One of the difficult things of making a horror sequel in general is because the horror genre is so founded on surprise.
‐‐ Ehren Kruger
One of the difficulties about interviewing people in Rwanda is that the country is trying to get on with ordinary life and some people just don't want to get involved in this.
‐‐ Tony Greig
One of the difficulties in living the lifestyle I lead is that it is hard to get my friends in one place.
‐‐ Sean Parker
One of the difficulties of not knowing for so long whether we were doing a fifth season or not was that we weren't really allowed to go out shopping for work.
‐‐ Claudia Black
One of the difficulties of photography is that it is much better at being explicit than at being reticent.
‐‐ Teju Cole
One of the difficulties you run into is that acting and celebrity are so closely intertwined. People make careers out of being charismatic personalities. It's one of those things that people have come to expect from actors. Personalities that don't change from role to role. I don't want it that way.
‐‐ Billy Crudup
One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one.
‐‐ Dalton Trumbo
One of the disadvantages of poetry over popular music is that if you write a pop song, it naturally gets into people's heads as they listen in the car. You don't have to memorize a Paul Simon song; it's just in your head, and you can sing along. With a poem, you have to will yourself to memorize it.
‐‐ Billy Collins
One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
‐‐ Samuel Johnson
One of the disconcerting things about writing for publication is that you're trying to clear your little parcel of land in a field where Taste is king - and, as we all know, there's no accounting for Taste.
‐‐ Darin Strauss
One of the distinguishing features of anything that aspires to the name of science is the reproducibility of experimental results.
‐‐ Matthew Stewart
One of the dominant styles of the decade following the Second World War was that of Dan Barry. He flourished in the years during which comic books were expanding into new categories - realistic adventure, true crime, romance, Western, sophisticated fantasy.
‐‐ Ron Goulart
One of the downsides of being a poker pro is that people see exactly how you play.
‐‐ Jason Alexander
One of the downsides of being famous is that folks pay far more attention to you than they should. American celebrities are constantly under surveillance, and every word they say is subject to scrutiny. So, be careful what you wish for if you desire fame. No human being should be a goldfish.
‐‐ Bill O'Reilly
One of the drawbacks of English is you can't spell things by hearing them.
‐‐ Bill Nye
One of the drawbacks of fame is that one can never escape from it.
‐‐ Nellie Melba
One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more.
‐‐ A. B. Yehoshua
One of the dreams on my wish list is to spend more time in Thailand.
‐‐ Kevin Kwan
One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.
‐‐ Faith Baldwin
One of the dumber things my manager said was, Stick to the melody. But I can't.
‐‐ Shawn Colvin
One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our own souls; a third, both to disregard humiliations, and to do what is right with an even mind. All these clearly ought to be fulfilled by all Christians, and especially by the clergy.
‐‐ Saint Ambrose
One of the earliest institutions in every New England community was a pair of stocks. The first public building was a meeting-house, but often before any house of God was builded, the devil got his restraining engine.
‐‐ Alice Morse Earle
One of the earliest requested features was to do premium filters where a brand could sponsor a filter. It's just not in our wheelhouse. It doesn't feel 'Instagram'-my in the way that the high-quality brand ads do.
‐‐ Kevin Systrom
One of the earliest resurrection scenes in the Bible is that of Thomas demanding evidence - he wanted to see, to touch, to prove. Those who question and probe and debate are heirs of the apostles just as much as the most fervent of believers.
‐‐ Jon Meacham
One of the effects of cheap food is, we have food that is so unsatisfactory. We need to go back to flavor.
‐‐ Ruth Reichl
One of the effects of living with electric information is that we live habitually in a state of information overload. There's always more than you can cope with.
‐‐ Marshall McLuhan
One of the elements in the film that really fascinated me was not to look at the world in bi-polar terms of us vs them or east vs west, which was a by-product of the Cold War.
‐‐ Kathryn Bigelow
One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the United States was an orthodox Christian.
‐‐ Mortimer Adler
One of the enduring mysteries of America's occupation of Iraq is why a nation that so little relishes peacekeeping nonetheless refuses to turn the job over to the United Nations.
‐‐ Timothy Noah
One of the enduring myths of campaign analysis is that you can actually count the number of 'undecided' voters by asking voters if they are undecided or not. Sometimes, significant numbers of voters actually change their minds.
‐‐ Jeff Greenfield
One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history.
‐‐ P. J. O'Rourke
One of the essential and most valid objections against the act of faith is that it is irrational, inasmuch as it offends against the syllogistic rule that the conclusion of an argument shall contain nothing more than the premises.
‐‐ Vincent McNabb
One of the essential elements of government responsibility is to communicate effectively to the American people, especially in time of a potential terrorist attack or a natural disaster.
‐‐ Vito Fossella
One of the eternal mysteries of ballet is how untalented choreographers find backers for their work, and then find good dancers to perform in it. Is it irresistible charm? Chutzpah? Pure determination? Blackmail? Or are so many supposedly knowledgeable people just plain blind?
‐‐ Robert Gottlieb
One of the eternal truths is that happiness is created and developed in peace, and one of the eternal rights is the individual's right to live.
‐‐ Bertha von Suttner
One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.
‐‐ E. M. Forster
One of the exciting and enjoyable aspects of acting is being in the environment with another actor.
‐‐ Dominic Cooper
One of the exciting things about reporting is going to places you've never been to before.
‐‐ H. G. Bissinger
One of the experts bought his first piece at the age of four, so they did start very young, most of them. They did it out of genuine interest but today's kids are much more materialistic and there's a danger, I suppose, that they might just be out to make dosh.
‐‐ Michael Aspel
One of the extraordinary features of the Blair government has been its slavish support for the central tenets of Bush's foreign policy - above all, the war in Iraq. During the Cold War, the Wilson government resisted the suggestion that it should send troops to Vietnam.
‐‐ Martin Jacques
One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.
‐‐ Salman Rushdie
One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits.
‐‐ Michelle Bachelet
One of the fantastic things about books, fiction or non-fiction, is the way they give you a chance to look into different lives.
‐‐ Gillian Cross