Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Authors by Name: 'O':

David Ogilvy (11)

The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years.

Charles Olson (3)

This morning of the small snow I count the blessings, the leak in the faucet which makes of the sink time, the drop of the water on water.

Aristotle Onassis (6)

The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.

Roy Orbison (2)

Only the lonely know the way I feel tonight.

George Orwell (47)

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.

John Osborne (2)

Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.

William Osler (11)

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.

James Otis (3)

Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house.

Ouida (2)

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.

Wilfred Owen (2)

My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.

Jesse Owens (2)

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 sayings from John Millington Synge

3 sayings from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 views from William Butler Yeats

28 views from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 quotes from Dave Barry

27 quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 other wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill

74 other wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill