#hem

The hallway of every man's life is paced with pictures; pictures gay and pictures gloomy, all useful, for if we be wise, we can learn from them a richer and braver way to live. ↗

— Sean O'Casey

#every #gay #gloomy #hallway #learn

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#bands #big #big companies #built #companies

I mean do women like to get the crap scared out of them at the movies? Sure. Of course. ↗

— Jerry O'Connell

#crap #get #i #like #mean

I've run into some S.O.B. directors, but I gave them back as good as I got. ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

#directors #gave #good #got #i

I think you should make more movies, more musicals. I think the public deserves that. I think this country deserves to be able to get out and foster that talent. Give them an opportunity to become stars. I think the whole idea is wonderful. ↗

— Donald O'Connor

#become #country #deserves #foster #get

Remember, if you do the same act for 20, 30 years it gets a little boring unless you've got something else going for you... And the orchestra really kept you going. They'd laugh at all your jokes, even if they'd been hearing them for the last 30 years. ↗

— Donald O'Connor

#been #boring #else #even #gets

Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#been #best #could #enough #everywhere

Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#bad #bad manners #because #better #condition

If you were the boss of a company and some of the employees of your company were known to sexually abuse children, you would fire them instantly. ↗

— Sinead O'Connor

#boss #children #company #employees #fire

People who express suicidal feelings are least likely to act on them. ↗

— Sinead O'Connor

#express #feelings #least #likely #people