The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (333 page)
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Ono, Yoko
1933–
1933–
1
Woman is the nigger of the world.
Woman is the nigger of the world.
remark made in a 1968 interview for
Nova
magazine and adopted by her husband John Lennon as the title of a song (1972)
Opie, John
1761–1807
1761–1807
1
I mix them with my brains, sir.
on being asked with what he mixed his colours
I mix them with my brains, sir.
on being asked with what he mixed his colours
Samuel Smiles
Self-Help
(1859) ch. 4
Oppenheimer, J. Robert
1904–67
1904–67
1
I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the
Bhagavad Gita
…"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
on the explosion of the first atomic bomb near Alamogordo, New Mexico, 16 July 1945
The physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose.
I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the
Bhagavad Gita
…"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
on the explosion of the first atomic bomb near Alamogordo, New Mexico, 16 July 1945
Len Giovannitti and Fred Freed
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
(1965).
The physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose.
lecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 25 November 1947
Orbison, Roy
1936–88 and
Melson, Joe
1936–88 and
Melson, Joe
1
Only the lonely (know the way I feel).
Only the lonely (know the way I feel).
title of song (1960)
Orczy, Baroness
1865–1947
1865–1947
1
We seek him here, we seek him there,
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
Is he in heaven?—Is he in hell?
That demmed, elusive Pimpernel?
We seek him here, we seek him there,
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere.
Is he in heaven?—Is he in hell?
That demmed, elusive Pimpernel?
The Scarlet Pimpernel
(1905) ch. 12
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