Off Quotes

Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you. (Jim Morrison)
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. View quote
Henry Ford
A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. View quote
Larry Bird
Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, 'Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you.' View quote
Epictetus
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well. View quote
Mark Twain
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. View quote
Thomas Mann
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. View quote
Winston Churchill
Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town. View quote
George Carlin
Alcohol is like love," he said. "The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off. View quote
Raymond Chandler
When she raises her eyelids it's as if she were taking off all her clothes. View quote
Colette
Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off. (Denis Diderot)
Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos. View quote
David Cronenberg
Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance. View quote
Oprah Winfrey
Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off. View quote
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better. View quote
Horatio Nelson
Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep. View quote
Ludwig Wittgenstein
A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy. View quote
Dag Hammarskjöld
Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off. View quote
Colin Powell
I think it pisses God off when you walk by the colour purple in a field and don't notice it. View quote
Alice Walker
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today. (Dale Carnegie)
Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss. View quote
Samuel Beckett
People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas. View quote
Bob Dylan
I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it. View quote
Ray Bradbury
The Stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. View quote
Jonathan Swift
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