Oates, Joyce C.: Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions. (Joyce C. Oates: U.S. author of novels, plays, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction, Born 1938) Categories: INVENTIONS, SYMBOLS

Oates, Joyce C.: The first sentence can't be written until the final sentence is written. (Joyce C. Oates: U.S. author of novels, plays, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction, Born 1938) Categories: WRITING

Obama, Barack: As a president, you are essentially a relay swimmer in a river full of rapids, and that river is history. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: HISTORY

Obama, Barack: Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. . . . We are the change that we seek. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: CHANGE AGENTS

Obama, Barack: Everybody know that politics is a contact sport. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: POLITICS

Obama, Barack: Everyone can hear you when you vote. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: POLITICS, VOTING

Obama, Barack: No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: HATRED, LOVE

Obama, Barack: Progress is bumpy. It always has been. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: PROGRESS

Obama, Barack: The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: HOPE

Obama, Barack: We're entering an era in which our enemies can make anyone say anything at any point in time. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: MEDIA

Obama, Barack: What Washington needs is adult supervision. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: POLITICS (U.S.A.)

Obama, Barack: When all Americans are treated as equal, all are free. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: EQUALITY, EQUITY, LAW (U.S.A.)

Obama, Barack: You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: APPEARANCE, CHARACTER

Obama, Michelle: History has shown us that courage can be contagious. (Michelle Obama: U.S. attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, Born 1964) Categories:

Obamsawin, Alanis: When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted . . . you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money. (Alanis Obamsawin: U.S.-Canadian filmmaker, singer, artist, and activist, Born 1932) Categories: ENVIRONMENTALISM

Obomsawin, Alanis: When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, the last river is polluted, and when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can't eat money. (Alanis Obomsawin: Canadian filmmaker, Born 1932) Categories: ENVIRONMENT, WEALTH

O'Brien, Conan: I just taught my kids about taxes by eating 38% of their ice cream. (Conan O'Brien: U.S. television host, comedian, writer, podcaster, and producer, Born 1963) Categories: PARENTING, TAXES

O'Brien, Edna: Losing money makes us feel worse than gaining money makes us feel better; bad news spreads faster than good news. (Edna O'Brien: Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet, and short-story writer, Born 1930) Categories: BEHAVIOR, NEGATIVISM

O'Brien, Edna: The reason that love is so painful is that it always amounts to two people wanting more than two people can give. (Edna O'Brien: Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet, and short-story writer, Born 1930) Categories: LOVE

O'Brien, Edna: Writing is like carrying a fetus. (Edna O'Brien: Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet, and short-story writer, Born 1930) Categories: WRITING

O'Casey, Sean: I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible. (Sean O'Casey: Irish dramatist and memoirist who was a committed socialist, 1880-`964) Categories: RELIGION

Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria: They tell you you're too loud, that you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission. Do it anyway. (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. politician and activist serving since 2019 as the U.S. representative for New York, Born 19989) Categories: ASSERTIVENESS, AGGRESSIVENESS, PROTESTING

O'Connor, Frank: No man is as anti-feminist as a really feminine woman. (Frank O'Connor: Irish writer of over 150 works, best known for his short stories and memoirs, 1903-1966) Categories: FEMINISM, GENDER

O. Henry: A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows. (O. Henry: U.S. short-story writer, 1862-1910) Categories: OPINIONS, VOTING

Okakura, Kakuzo: Perfection is everywhere if we only choose to recognize it. (Kakuzo Okakura: Japanese scholar and art critic who in the era of Meiji Restoration reform promoted a critical appreciation of traditional forms, customs and belief, 1863-1913) Categories: PERFECTION

Okakura, Kakuzo: The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings. (Kakuzo Okakura: Japanese scholar and art critic who in the era of Meiji Restoration reform promoted a critical appreciation of traditional forms, customs and belief, 1863-1913) Categories: ADJUSTMENT, CHANGE, LIFE

O'Keefe, Georgia: I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at—not copy it. (Georgia O'Keefe: U.S. artist who has been recognized as the ‘Mother of American Modernism,’ 1887-1986) Categories: ART

Okri, Ben: Beware of the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world. (Ben Okri: Nigerian poet and novelist, Born 1959) Categories: SUB-CONSCIOUSNESS

Olalla, Julio: Wisdom is a love affair with questions. Knowledge is a love affair with answers. (Julio Olalla: Chilean consultant and former government attorney, Born 1945) Categories: WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE

Olmedo, Jose J.: He who does not hope to win has already lost. (Jose J. Olmedo: President of Ecuador, 1780-1847) Categories: HOPE

Olson, Jane: Hope is oxygen to the human spirit (Jane Olson: U.S. volunteer humanitarian who chaired the International Board of Human Rights Watch and who has been the recipient of multiple awards for her service, Born 1943) Categories: HOPE

O'Malley, Austin: Ordinarily when a man in difficulty turns to prayer, he has already tried every other means of escape. (Austin O'Malley: U.S. ophthalmologist, professor of English literature, and author of aphorisms, 1858-1932) Categories: PRAYER

O'Malley, Austin: Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you. (Austin O'Malley: U.S. ophthalmologist, professor of English literature, and author of aphorisms, 1858-1932) Categories: REVENGE

Onassis, Aristotle: A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. (Aristotle Onassis: Greek shipping magnate and husband of Jacqueline Kennedy, the widow of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, 1906-1975) Categories: CITIES

Onassis, Aristotle: It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. (Aristotle Onassis: Greek shipping magnate and husband of Jacqueline Kennedy, the widow of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, 1906-1975) Categories: ADVERSITY, SADNESS

Onassis, Aristotle: Melancholy men are of all others the most witty. (Aristotle Onassis: Greek shipping magnate and husband of Jacqueline Kennedy, the widow of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, 1906-1975) Categories: WIT, MELANCHOLY

Onassis, Aristotle: The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows. (Aristotle Onassis: Greek shipping magnate and husband of Jacqueline Kennedy, the widow of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, 1906-1975) Categories: BUSINESS

Onassis, Christine: Sometimes when you have everything, you can't really tell what matters. (Christine Onassis: U.S.-born Greek businesswoman, socialite, and heiress to the Onassis fortune, 1950-1988) Categories: WEALTH

Onassis, Jacqueline K.: An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. (Jacqueline K. Onassis: First Lady of the United States during the presidency of John F. Kennedy and who was regarded as an international icon of style and culture, 1929-1994) Categories: PURPOSE, AIM

Onassis, Jacqueline K.: Self-control involves a minimum information given with maximum politeness. (Jacqueline K. Onassis: First Lady of the United States during the presidency of John F. Kennedy and who was regarded as an international icon of style and culture, 1929-1994) Categories: SELF-CONTROL

O'Neill, Eugene: Aging is about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial. (Eugene O'Neill: U.S. playwright and Nobel Laureate in Literature, 1888-1953) Categories: AGING

O'Neill, Eugene: Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors. (Eugene O'Neill: U.S. playwright and Nobel Laureate in Literature, 1888-1953) Categories: LIFE

O'Neill, Eugene: Man's loneliness is but his fear of life. (Eugene O'Neill: U.S. playwright and Nobel Laureate in Literature, 1888-1953) Categories: FEAR, LONELINESS

O'Neill, Eugene: Poverty is the most deadly and prevalent of all diseases. (Eugene O'Neill: U.S. playwright and Nobel Laureate in Literature, 1888-1953) Categories: POVERTY

O'Neill, Thomas [Tip] Jr.: All politics is local. (Thomas [Tip] O'Neill Jr.: U.S. politician who served as the 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, 1912-1984) Categories: POLITICS

Oppenheim, James: The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. (James Oppenheim: U.S. poet and novelist, 1882-1932) Categories: HAPPINESS, SELF-AWARENESS

Oppenheimer, J. R.: Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man. (J. R. Oppenheimer: U.S. theoretical physicist, one among those who are credited with being the 'Father of the atomic bomb,' 1904-1967) Categories: PERSEVERANCE

Oppenheimer, J. R.: Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. (J. R. Oppenheimer: U.S. theoretical physicist, one among those who are credited with being the 'Father of the atomic bomb,' 1904-1967) Categories: WAR, WEAPONRY

Orange, Tommy: Does what we try most to avoid come after us because we paid too much attention to it with our worry? (Tommy Orange: U.S. writer and novelist (and citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) who was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize, Born 1982) Categories: WORRY

Orben, Robert: I don't see why religion and science can't get along. What's wrong with counting our blessings with a computer? (Robert Orben: U.S. professional comedy writer, magician, and presidential speech writer, Born 1927) Categories: SCIENCE, RELIGION

Orben, Robert: Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian. (Robert Orben: U.S. professional comedy writer, magician, and presidential speech writer, Born 1927) Categories: CITIZENSHIP, IMMIGRATION

Orben, Robert: It's amazing how important your job is when you want the day off—and how unimportant it is when you want a raise. (Robert Orben: U.S. professional comedy writer, magician, and presidential speech writer, Born 1927) Categories: JOBS, PROFESSIONS

Orman, Suze: Live below your means but within your needs. (Suze Orman: U.S. author, financial advisor, and television host, Born 1951) Categories: BUDGETING

Orman, Suze: When you feel ‘less than,’ you spend ‘more than.’ (Suze Orman: U.S. author, financial advisor, and television host, Born 1951) Categories: SHOPPING

Ornish, Dean: When I use the word spirituality, I don't necessarily mean religion; I mean whatever it is that helps you feel connected to something that is larger than yourself. (Dean Ornish: U.S. physician, researcher and Clinical Professor of Medicine, Born 1953) Categories: SPIRITUALITY

O'Rourke, Patrick J.: There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380 SL convertible. (Patrick J. O'Rourke: U.S. political satirist and journalist, Born 1947) Categories: DESIRE, SEX

O'Rourke, Patrick J.: You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from a nd refuse to tel you where they're going. (Patrick J. O'Rourke: U.S. political satirist and journalist, Born 1947) Categories:

Ortega y Gasset, Jose: Civilization is nothing more than the effort to reduce the use of force to the last resort. (Jose Ortega y Gasset: Spanish philosopher and essayist, 1883-1955) Categories: CIVILIZATION

Ortega y Gasset, Jose: We must feel the past under our feet because we raised ourselves upon it. (Jose Ortega y Gasset: Spanish philosopher and essayist, 1883-1955) Categories: MEMORY, PAST

Orwell, George: A Liberal is a power worshipper without power. (George Orwell: English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic, known for his outspoken support of democratic socialism, 1903-1950) Categories: POWER, POLLITICS

Orwell, George: Happiness can exist only in acceptance. (George Orwell: English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic, known for his outspoken support of democratic socialism, 1903-1950) Categories: HAPPINESS, SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Orwell, George: If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. (George Orwell: English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic, known for his outspoken support of democratic socialism, 1903-1950) Categories: LIBERTY, RIGHTS, FORTHRIGHTNESS

Orwell, George: In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. (George Orwell: English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic, known for his outspoken support of democratic socialism, 1903-1950) Categories: TRUTH, DECEIT

Orwell, George: International sport is war without shooting. (George Orwell: English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic, known for his outspoken support of democratic socialism, 1903-1950) Categories: SPORTS

Orwell, George: The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. (George Orwell: English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic, known for his outspoken support of democratic socialism, 1903-1950) Categories: INSINCERITY, LANGUAGE

Orwell, George: The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them. (George Orwell: English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic, known for his outspoken support of democratic socialism, 1903-1950) Categories: CLOSE-MINDEDNESS, NATIONALISM, OBSTINACY

Orwell, George: We could do with a little less talk of "capitalist" and "proletarian" and a little more about the robbers and the robbed. (George Orwell: English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic, known for his outspoken support of democratic socialism, 1903-1950) Categories:

Orwell, George: Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. (George Orwell: English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic, known for his outspoken support of democratic socialism, 1903-1950) Categories: CONTROL, FUTURE, HISTORY, MEMORY, PAST

Osier, William: In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs. (William Osier: Canadian physician, one of the founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital, and known ast he 'Father of Modern Medicine,' 1849-1919) Categories: RECOGNITION, SCIENCE, ORIGINATOR, MARKETER

Osier, William: It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has. (William Osier: Canadian physician, one of the founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital, and known ast he 'Father of Modern Medicine,' 1849-1919) Categories: MEDICINE, PATIENTS

Osler, William: The greater the ignorance, the greater the dogmatism. (William Osler: Canadian physician and one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1849-1887) Categories: DOGMATISM, IGNORANCE

Osler, William: We are here to add what we can to life, not to what we can get from life. (William Osler: Canadian physician and one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1849-1887) Categories: ASSISTANCE, CONTRIBUTIONS, LIFE, SUPPORT

Osteen, Joel: The depth of your pain is an indication of the height of your future. (Joel Osteen: U.S. pastor, televangelist, businessman, and author, Born 1963) Categories: PAIN, REGRET, SORROW

Oursler, Fulton: We crucify ourselves between two thieves: regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow. (Fulton Oursler: U.S. journalist, playwright, editor, and writer, 1893-1952) Categories: FEAR, REGRET

Ovid: It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears. (Ovid: Roman poet and a contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, 43 B.C.E.—17 A.D.) Categories: GRIEF, TEARS

Ovid: Tears at times have all the weight of speech. (Ovid: Roman poet and a contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, 43 B.C.E.—17 A.D.) Categories:

Ovid: The prickly thorn often bears soft roses. (Ovid: Roman poet and a contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, 43 B.C.E.—17 A.D.) Categories: THORNS

Ovid: Time, the devourer of all things. (Ovid: Roman poet and a contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, 43 B.C.E.—17 A.D.) Categories: TIME

Ovid: Whether they give or refuse, women are glad to have been asked. (Ovid: Roman poet and a contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, 43 B.C.E.—17 A.D.) Categories: WOMEN