#oft

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please. ↗

— Louis Nizer

#always #books #counselors #disinterested #hand

Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#bright #empty #fill #hole #interesting

Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#director #film #film set #find #go

It is true that the politician, in his professional character, does not always, or even very often, conform to the most approved pattern of private conduct. ↗

— Frederick Scott Oliver

#approved #character #conduct #conform #does

Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware. ↗

— Ken Olsen

#comes #good #hardware #heaven #software

I'm often mistaken for Spanish or Latin descent. ↗

— Rita Ora

#i #latin #mistaken #often #spanish

People often panic when the markets go down and sell off their stocks - but then they aren't in the game when the markets are doing well. ↗

— Suze Orman

#down #game #go #markets #off

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself. ↗