All Quotes

Of all the stars whom I worked with, I think Steve knew better what worked for him on the screen than any other. He had such a sense of what he could register, and that helped a lot in terms of shaping the character and the script.
‐‐ Robert Wise

Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology to securing the keys to an executive bathroom.
‐‐ J. K. Rowling

Of all the thankless jobs that economists set for themselves when it comes to educating people about economics, the notion that society is better off if some industries are allowed to wither, their workers lose their jobs, and investors lose their capital - all in the name of the greater glory of globalization - surely ranks near the top.
‐‐ Edward C. Prescott

Of all the things a body loves, predictability is one of them.
‐‐ David Agus

Of all the things Christ wants for us, loving Him and focusing our attention on Him are the most important.
‐‐ Charles Stanley

Of all the things I could know, my own faults and weaknesses are pretty much the most important.
‐‐ Simon Travaglia

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.
‐‐ Jane Asher

Of all the things I've done, the first 'Strongman' story was one of the easiest things to write. It was almost fully formed from the get-go. It's almost a 'Dark Knight Returns' riff, except you have a battle-worn Mexican wrestler instead of Batman.
‐‐ Charles Soule

Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.
‐‐ Ozzy Osbourne

Of all the things people have taught me regarding life lessons or anything that would benefit me, I don't think anything helped me learn more about life than football. You go through so many different things: adversity, how to handle adversity, how to handle success, how to lead, how to be a teammate, how to communicate.
‐‐ Josh McDaniels

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
‐‐ Epicurus

Of all the things you choose in life, you don't get to choose what your nightmares are. You don't pick them; they pick you.
‐‐ John Irving

Of all the toys available, none is better designed than the owner himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a sound when you jump on it.
‐‐ Stephen Baker

Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.
‐‐ Thomas Paine

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.
‐‐ John Sterling

Of all the unhappiness I went through, you must know I wouldn't live a moment of my life differently for what I have now. Would I do it all again? I wouldn't want to, but if it got me to the same place, yeah, I'd do it. Because I realize now that God would not give more than I could handle.
‐‐ Nell Carter

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
‐‐ Aristotle

Of all the waste we generate, plastic bags are perhaps the greatest symbol of our throwaway society. They are used, then forgotten, and they leave a terrible legacy.
‐‐ Zac Goldsmith

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.
‐‐ Anna Garlin Spencer

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal.
‐‐ Anatole France

Of all the writers I have read, Vladimir Nabokov has made the biggest impression on me because he, despite living through the 1917 February Revolution, forced exile amidst the anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany, the two World Wars and quite a lot of controversy, was an author who never gave up.
‐‐ Ashwin Sanghi

Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.
‐‐ Nicolaus Copernicus

Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
‐‐ Andre Breton

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.
‐‐ Sun Tzu

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
‐‐ C. S. Lewis

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.
‐‐ Francis Bacon

Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
‐‐ G. Stanley Hall

Of any guitarist, Jimmy Page was my biggest influence. I wanted to look, think and play like him. Zeppelin had a heavy influence on Rush during our early days. Page's loose style of playing showed an immense confidence, and there are no rules to his playing.
‐‐ Alex Lifeson

Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain.
‐‐ Mary Catherine Bateson

Of capital importance is to have a good diet and exercise a lot.
‐‐ Evelyn Lauder

Of causes, some are complete and primary, others auxiliary and proximate. Hence, when we say that all things come about through fate by antecedent causes, we do not mean this to be understood as 'by complete and primary causes,' but 'by auxiliary and proximate causes.'
‐‐ Chrysippus

Of course, a law that is selectively used is in one aspect even worse than a law that is generally used because it puts a lot of power in individuals' hands and makes government a rule, not of laws, but of people.
‐‐ Vikram Seth

Of course a lot of the journalists hated Nixon, but they were always blown away by how smart he was.
‐‐ Roger Stone

Of course a poem is a two-way street. No poem is any good if it doesn't suggest to the reader things from his own mind and recollection that he will read into it, and will add to what the poet has suggested. But I do think poetry readings are very important.
‐‐ James Laughlin

Of course a politician's promise isn't worth the paper it's written on.
‐‐ Russell Pearce

Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.
‐‐ Garrett Hardin

Of course, a secret is no good if it doesn't need to be a secret.
‐‐ Stacey D'Erasmo

Of course a woman who decides to work full time as a mother in the home can be happy and deserves full respect from us. Motherhood is one of the most challenging and creative jobs anyone can do. The goal is to remake the world so that our choices are not so stark.
‐‐ Naomi Wolf

Of course, actors look forward to the day when they can do a big courtroom scene.
‐‐ Greg Kinnear

Of course, after I retire I want to be the housewife, really.
‐‐ Li Na

Of course after the fight you want to make sure that you're okay and so is the other guy, it's a brotherhood in there, so you want to make sure everyone is okay after the war is over.
‐‐ Alexis Arguello

Of course, aid is only one small part of international development. Some of the greatest benefits to the world's poorest can be achieved through policy changes by developed countries.
‐‐ Nicola Sturgeon

Of course all novelists are egomaniacs and want to draw everyone to their fold just like any other preacher. The snake-oil peddler, the false prophet, all of this is fascinating to me. But I certainly hope that I'm more humane than that.
‐‐ T. C. Boyle

Of course, all of the software I write runs on Linux; that's the beauty of standards, and of cross-platform code. I don't have to run your OS, and you don't have to run mine, and we can use the same applications anyway!
‐‐ Jamie Zawinski

Of course, all writers draw upon their personal experiences in describing day-to-day life and human relationships, but I tend to keep my own experiences largely separate from my stories.
‐‐ Jeffery Deaver

Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith.
‐‐ Herbert Croly

Of course, animals have to be killed for food or to prevent their doing injury to others or to property. But such killing is too often carried out without regard to the pain inflicted.
‐‐ Robert Baden-Powell

Of course any kind of film process has ups and downs and days where you're stuck and have breakthroughs.
‐‐ Bryce Dallas Howard

Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics aren't necessarily more high-minded than gallerists.
‐‐ Jerry Saltz