All Quotes

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.
‐‐ Katherine Anne Porter

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.
‐‐ Eric Hoffer

One of the marvelous blessings of the Book of Mormon is that it contains, in clarity, revelations reserved to come forth in this dispensation of time. Much of the knowledge that we have relating to the principle of moral agency is found in these modern revelations.
‐‐ L. Lionel Kendrick

One of the marvelous things about Churchill is that whatever he was doing, whether fighting or arguing or despairing or bouncing about full of energy, jokes are never far away.
‐‐ Paul Johnson

One of the matters that must be addressed is that Rwanda and Uganda have to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We're also supporting processes to ensure that the political dialogue among the Congolese themselves takes place so that the people there can decide their future.
‐‐ Thabo Mbeki

One of the members of the group, I can't remember which one, found out we were making $3 - $5,000 a night. We were getting a hundred dollars a week a piece. Everybody got upset about it.
‐‐ Ben E. King

One of the men attached to the prison was the occasion of great amusement on the part of the prisoners, as well as the spectators, by taking a large lump of ice to show these strangers from the tropics.
‐‐ Lewis Tappan

One of the middle ones in the flock, I was born on July 24, 1857, in the small Jutland town of Fredericia. In 1863, my father was transferred to Randers, another Jutland town, where a year later, at the age of six, I experienced the invasion of the allied Prussian and Austrian armies.
‐‐ Henrik Pontoppidan

One of the misconceptions about BlackBerry is that it's your parents' smartphone.
‐‐ Thorsten Heins

One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well.
‐‐ Louis Kronenberger

One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are - are - are living in - in very, very, very bad circumstances. They cannot practice religion freely. It is not the truth at all. The fact is, we are practicing. We fast, we pray, we do our prayers.
‐‐ Feisal Abdul Rauf

One of the mistakes I made was believing that the rock n' roll genre as a genre was much more free than the whole pop or R&B scene.
‐‐ Joan Jett

One of the mistakes I made was placing too much trust in Montesinos.
‐‐ Alberto Fujimori

One of the mistakes I made was thinking chickens and penguins could sing, just like all the other animals in the 'Muppets.' But it turns out those animals are not allowed to sing words.
‐‐ Bret McKenzie

One of the more bizarre games I played as a kid was something called 'kill the man.' It was a cross between football and rugby, which found the person carrying the ball a target of some hungry tacklers. I still don't know why we enjoyed the game because it was impossible to win.
‐‐ Chuck Todd

One of the more challenging things in life is not being the guy who does the cheating, but not saying anything about it and going along with it.
‐‐ Dale Murphy

One of the more depressing things about reading your fiction 25 years later, or 10 years later, is you realize the only things going on are things you made go on. Strange and interesting and new and wonderful things don't happen. It's the book you wrote; that's all.
‐‐ Samuel R. Delany

One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.
‐‐ A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

One of the more fantastic possibilities is that man will be able to make biological carbon copies of himself.
‐‐ Alvin Toffler

One of the more fatuous remarks I've heard in recent days is that 'My Life,' Clinton's autobiography, is too long and, at almost 1,000 pages, short it is not. But this man was for eight years the President of the most powerful country on earth.
‐‐ Alastair Campbell

One of the more interesting challenges I face when doing research for my novels is to trace the lives of women who are vital to the narrative and try my best to give them back their voices.
‐‐ Susanna Kearsley

One of the more interesting things I've learnt since becoming a writer is that if you like the book, you'll generally like the person. It doesn't always work in reverse - there are huge numbers of lovely people out there writing not very good books.
‐‐ Meg Rosoff

One of the more noble things the Oscars can do is pay attention to movies no one knows about. Blockbusters don't need much help.
‐‐ Jeff Daniels

One of the more surreal days I've ever had in the recording studio was Martin Fry teaching Hugh Grant his old dance moves. Showing him how to do the hair-flip and the point, and all these sort of trademark moves of his.
‐‐ Adam Schlesinger

One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.
‐‐ E. V. Lucas

One of the most amazing locations I've ever been is the top of the volcano in Tanzania, Africa. It's an actual volcano where you really have this lava every day.
‐‐ Jan de Bont

One of the most amazing things about 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' is that every song is an original. There are no covers. I think 'Glee' had to deal with forcing covers into their plotlines. That can be difficult to pull off.
‐‐ Donna Lynne Champlin

One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It's structures and patterns, and that's what we love, and that's what we get off on.
‐‐ Danica McKellar

One of the most amazing things about my job is that I have arguably, maybe not even arguably - definitively - the best boss on the planet. Shonda Rhimes is the best.
‐‐ Kerry Washington

One of the most amazing things I got from the film, so much green screen, there are so many moments and it really taught me about how important it is to have an intention when flying, when going somewhere and having an intention.
‐‐ Brandon Routh

One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.
‐‐ Joseph Barbera

One of the most basic factors in sports is that winning becomes a habit, and losing is the same way. When failure starts to feel normal in your life or your work or even your darkest vices, you won't have to go looking for trouble, because trouble will find you. Count on it.
‐‐ Hunter S. Thompson

One of the most beautiful objects I have ever seen was a Yupik wolf mask, made in Nunivak in around 1890.
‐‐ John Burnside

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
‐‐ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

One of the most beautiful sights in my neighborhood is on High Holy Days when people walk to temple. Not only does this bring the traditional legendary weather, but it gives off a psychic signal to slow down.
‐‐ George Vecsey

One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army.
‐‐ John Lydon

One of the most beautiful things about 'Game of Thrones' is it's told from so many different points of view, and these characters can convince you that what they're doing is right. But they're only showing you a bit of the picture, and when you see it from another character's point of view you may switch allegiances.
‐‐ Richard Madden

One of the most beautiful things in the world I've ever seen or heard is people laughing, even when there seems to be so little reason for them to laugh.
‐‐ D. L. Hughley

One of the most beautiful things in the world is seeing a mommy with her kids. There's nothing more beautiful, nothing more sublime.
‐‐ Johnny Depp

One of the most beautiful things that recruited me to join the LaRouche movement is its emphasis on Classical singing and composition, especially with the Negro Spirituals, adding a new depth of profundity to songs I had sang while growing up.
‐‐ Kesha Rogers

One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the Lord. Natural hypersensitivity can become an asset; it makes you aware of your need to be with people and it allows you to be more willing to look at their needs.
‐‐ Henri Nouwen

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
‐‐ Eric Clapton

One of the most challenging aspects of writing a memoir is finding your own voice, and you should be very careful about being influenced by someone else's voice.
‐‐ Jeannette Walls

One of the most common criticisms of romance is that the genre is too prescribed: If every romance novel ends happily ever after, don't the stories lack complexity? Don't the readers get bored?
‐‐ Sarah MacLean

One of the most common mistakes for an entry-level job interview is to take the position: 'What is this job going to do for me?' You should be saying 'Here's what I can do and here's what I want to do to help you.'
‐‐ Norah O'Donnell

One of the most common reasons people renovate their homes is a change in their lifestyle - an upcoming wedding, a new baby, or grown children moving away.
‐‐ Candice Olson

One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.
‐‐ Miguel de Cervantes

One of the most constant and sustaining truths of my life has been this: I love the library.
‐‐ Deb Caletti

One of the most constant aspects of American life is change - and nowhere is it more evident than in our financial markets.
‐‐ Henry Paulson