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Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.

– BuddhaRate it:

Of all things that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man. Taken from the Odyssey.

– Homer, The OdysseyRate it:

Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

– EpicurusRate it:

Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

– Clive Staples LewisRate it:

Of all tyrannies democracy is the most agonizing, the most inane, the absolute fall of everything great and elevated.

– Søren Kierkegaard, Journal 1848Rate it:

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

– Walter ScottRate it:

Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain.

– Mary Catherine BatesonRate it:

Of beauteous minds have we; a mind’s imagine of what could be.

– CometanRate it:

Of children as of procreation - the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable.

– Evelyn WaughRate it:

Of course drugs were fun. And that's what's so stupid about anti-drug campaigns: they don't admit that. I can't say I feel particularly scarred or lessened by my experimentation with drugs. They've gotten a very bad name.

– Anjelica HustonRate it:

Of course God will forgive me; that's His job.

– Heinrich HeineRate it:

Of course God's forgiving and kind. It takes a supernatural being to be capable of such a thing.

– Ahmed KorayemRate it:

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies they service.

– Joan DidionRate it:

Of course I believe that solipsism is the correct philosophy, but that's only one man's opinion.

– Melvin FittingRate it:

Of course I don't always enjoy being a mother. At those times my husband and I hole up somewhere in the wine country, eat, drink, make mad love and pretend we were born sterile and raise poodles.

– Dorothy DeBoltRate it:

of course i have learned over the years that my fantasies are always better than reality and i leave it at that.

– Scott C. HolstadRate it:

Of course I'm ambitious. What's wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.

– Ringo StarrRate it:

Of course I've got lawyers. They are like nuclear weapons, I've got em 'cause everyone else has. But as soon as you use them they screw everything up.

– Danny DeVitoRate it:

Of course it was good to see the family after 4 years, but it did not really do me any good, as I lost more than 5 pounds which I had put on with such difficulty in May and June. I also get out of breath more easily. So these are the results of my trip. Very annoying.

– Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of RussiaRate it:

Of course life is bizarre, the more bizarre it gets, the more interesting it is. The only way to approach it is to make yourself some popcorn and enjoy the show.

– David GerroldRate it:

Of course Moana, being a visual account of events in the daily life of a Polynesian youth and his family, has documentary value.

– John GriersonRate it:

Of course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you - if you don't play, you can't win.

– Robert A. HeinleinRate it:

Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.

– Arthur RubinsteinRate it:

Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as wide as you possibly can I would rather fail in an attempt at something new and uncharted than safely succeed in a repeat of something I have done.

– A. E. HotchnerRate it:

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    In which movie does this quote appear: "To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human"?
    A Batman Begins
    B The Green Mile
    C The Matrix
    D Gladiator