All Quotes

One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.
‐‐ Robert Collier

One might be led to suspect that there were all sorts of things going on in the universe which he or she did not thoroughly understand.
‐‐ Kurt Vonnegut

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.
‐‐ Georg C. Lichtenberg

One might expect that the families of murder victims would be showered with sympathy and support, embraced by their communities. But in reality they are far more likely to feel isolated, fearful, and ashamed, overwhelmed by grief and guilt, angry at the criminal-justice system, and shunned by their old friends.
‐‐ Eric Schlosser

One might have thought that the most significant change in the film industry that would come about with a transition from the communist economy to capitalism would fundamentally concern the sources of funding.
‐‐ Andrzej Wajda

One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism and acts of punishing terrorism. It has not happened that way.
‐‐ Theodore Bikel

One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find.
‐‐ Dan Flavin

One might rationally argue that individual human beings should be free choose what moral behavior they approve of, and which they don't, subject to the constraints of the law.
‐‐ Lawrence M. Krauss

One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes we have.
‐‐ Joyce Meyer

One might say that the novel is the genre that most predisposes one to a profound insight into the tremendous life around us, instead of putting forward one's own tiny ego as the centre of the universe.
‐‐ Mikhail Sholokhov

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
‐‐ Thomas A. Edison

One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.
‐‐ Max Beerbohm

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.
‐‐ Orson Scott Card

'One Minus One' and 'Barcelona, 1975' are more or less autobiographical.
‐‐ Colm Toibin

One minute, I really am in awe of filmmakers, and I want to be working in film, and then the next minute, I get the itch to get back on stage.
‐‐ Julia Stiles

One minute I was a clapped-out, two-guinea, legal-aid lawyer, and the next minute I was in parliament.
‐‐ David Lange

One minute I was completely unknown, barely able to feed my family, living on pennies. The next minute, Katie Couric was interviewing me on the breakfast show.
‐‐ Nick Bantock

One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next - no one wanted me.
‐‐ Sal Mineo

One minute we can be in a small club, the next minute we can be in a coliseum, and the next minute we can be in a small auditorium. It varies, depending on the promoter, the budget, and the travelling distance.
‐‐ Ben E. King

One minute we're over here, the next minute we're doing something completely different. But it's interesting because you are producing so many things you couldn't do with analog.
‐‐ Les Paul

One minute you're a developing athlete trying to get to the top, then the next minute you do well and win a medal somewhere, and then it's all foisted on you. You never know when it's going to happen. You don't think about the media side of things when you're a young athlete trying to do well.
‐‐ Jessica Ennis

One minute you're a slug and the next minute you're a hero, so you don't know what to think.
‐‐ Ed Belfour

One misconception is that entrepreneurs love risk. Actually, we all want things to go as we expect. What you need is a blind optimism and a tolerance for uncertainty.
‐‐ Drew Houston

One misconception is that if we follow God in the life of faith, and that means obedience - that we read His Word, we're obedient, we pray, we go to church, we do the right things - that somehow His blessing means we're going to be okay.
‐‐ Anne Graham Lotz

One missing child is one too many.
‐‐ John Walsh

One mistake with beginners in writing is, that they think it important to spin out something long. It is a great deal better not to write more than a page or two, unless you have something to say, and can write it correctly.
‐‐ Lucy Larcom

One moment cannot be the most important.
‐‐ Fiona Shaw

One moment I can be happy and laughing, but then it comes over me. It's my mom.
‐‐ Bobbi Kristina Brown

One Moment in Time because I think it describes me as a person and how I felt about being on the show.
‐‐ Anwar Robinson

One moment you appear to be riding the crest of a wave, only to have the rug pulled away from you, bringing you back down to earth with a sickening thud.
‐‐ John Barrow

One month I'll be completely obsessed with Bob Dylan and the next Arcade Fire. I like early Elton John and David Bowie, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. I listen to a lot of American bands. But I like listening to new bands, too.
‐‐ Tom Odell

One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors.
‐‐ Jacques Chirac

One more recent novelist to come along is Cormac McCarthy. Him, I like.
‐‐ Leslie Fiedler

'One More Summer' is one of those songs that I think will go over really well.
‐‐ Tom Dumont

One morning, about four o'clock, I was driving my car just about as fast as I could. I thought, Why am I out this time of night? I was miserable, and it came to me: I'm falling in love with somebody I have no right to fall in love with.
‐‐ June Carter Cash

One morning every spring, for exactly two minutes, Israel comes to a stop. Pedestrians stand in place, drivers pull over to the side of the road, and nobody speaks, sings, eats, or drinks as the nation pays respect to the victims of the Nazi genocide. From the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea, the only sounds one hears are sirens.
‐‐ Michael Specter

One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
‐‐ Jack Henry Abbott

One morning, in February 1986, out of nowhere, I experienced a realization. In an instant, I discovered that when I believed my stressful thoughts, I suffered, but when I questioned them, I didn't suffer.
‐‐ Byron Katie

One morning, just like 9/11, there's going to be a disaster. I have yet to see the United Nations do anything effective with either Iran or North Korea.
‐‐ Newt Gingrich

One motivation for the 'Soul Train' awards was the grumbling that all of us in the industry have heard about the way black music tends to be viewed as a secondary phenomenon by the other awards shows.
‐‐ Don Cornelius

One moves more slowly in heels. Walking fast is neither sexy nor engaging. Nobody notices the people who race around. If you're walking in heels, you've got time. It's much more attractive.
‐‐ Christian Louboutin

One movie I come back to time and again is 'The Hustler.' I don't think there's better dialogue in any film.
‐‐ Simon Kinberg

One movie I think is just terrific is 'Bernie,' with Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine. That was a great surprise to me - so witty, so entertaining, a true story, and I'm not a great Jack Black fan, but he's great in it. I think it's a gem.
‐‐ Robert Osborne

One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
‐‐ Sam Mendes

One murder made a villain, Millions a hero.
‐‐ Beilby Porteus

One must act in painting as in life, directly.
‐‐ Pablo Picasso

One must always be aware, to notice even though the cost of noticing is to become responsible.
‐‐ Thylias Moss

One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.
‐‐ Balthus

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.
‐‐ Gustave Flaubert