Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 29, 1809 - October 7, 1894

Topics

WishNothingRemarkable

I watched so many comic book movies where the actors weren't as built as the characters in the book. It made me mad because they didn't look right.

Joe Manganiello

MeBookLookMadMoviesRight

Hedwig is on a quest; she's on a quest as much as Jason and the Argonauts, as much as the boy in 'A.I.' She's looking for something. She's looking for her other half, and she's on tour. Monsters, Cyclops - maybe they're her mom? - appear on various islands.

John Cameron Mitchell

MomLookingBoySheMonstersQuest

You are no less or more of a man or a woman or a human for having depression than you would be for having cancer or cardiovascular disease or a car accident.

Matt Haig

CarDepressionWomanManYouHuman

The Internet may well disempower the nation state, but at the same time, it also strengthens certain specific state functions - like surveillance. As a political entity, it doesn't empower the nation sate. It creates the availability of much more data than the digestive system of the nation state could possibly assimilate.

John Perry Barlow

TimeInternetPoliticalDataEmpower

When I'm angry, like, if someone gets me really upset, whatever comes into my head, I scream it.

Tove Lo

AngryMeSomeoneUpsetHeadScream

They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival.

Russel Honore

FoodSurvivalAliveRightCallStay

I never want anyone to have a bad evening because I caused it.

Doug Morris

EveningBadWantNeverBecause

As artists, our job is to communicate thoughts and tell stories.

Brandon Victor Dixon

JobThoughtsTellArtistsStories

The biggest part of my life is my son.

Bobby Cannavale

LifeSonMy LifePartBiggest

My parents are wonderful, and I'm really lucky - but my mom has always been almost exclusively a right-brained person.

Brandon Boyd

ParentsMomPersonLuckyAlways

I got involved in improv comedy. It settled me down when I was getting wild. I was sort of an evil teenager smashing up my cars and drinking and driving, let's just say, a lot.

Bruce McCulloch

MeEvilDrivingComedyDownSay

My mother was a stay-at-home mom until I was about 11, when she got a job - and it was like a light came on inside her. It's not wrong to be passionate about your career. When you love what you do, you bring that stimulation back to your family.

Allison Pearson

FamilyLoveMotherLightJobMom

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