Quotes 4621 till 4640 of 8429.
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One can only give an unbiased opinion about things that do not interest one, which is no doubt the reason an unbiased opinion is always valueless. The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing.
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One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three.
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One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man.
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One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion.
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One can survive everything, nowadays, except death.
The picture of Dorian Gray (1891) -
One can understand a person by the way he removes his wallet and puts his hand to take out money.
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One can't make pure clay of time's mud. There is no life that can be recaptured wholly; as it was. Which is to say that all biography is ultimately fiction.
Dubins Lives p. 27. -
One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.
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One cannot make up stories; one can only retell in new ways the stories one has already heard.
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One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won.
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One could see that what you are writing was that today's meeting with President Bill Clinton was going to be a disaster. Now, for the first time, I can tell you that you are a disaster.
Speaking to the press following a postively productive meeting with Bill Clinton (24 October 1995) -
One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. Which road do I take? she asked. Where do you want to go? was his response. I don't know, Alice answered. Then, said the cat, it doesn't matter.
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One day my dad would say, 'OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out.' And that's how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal.
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One enemy can do more hurt, than ten friends can do good.
Journal to Stella (30 June 1711) -
One is rarely an impulsive innovator after the age of sixty, but one can still be a very fine orderly and inventive thinker. One rarely procreates children at that age, but one is all the more skilled at educating those who have already been procreated, and education is procreation of another kind.
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One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.
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One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.
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One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
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