Oxygen Magazine Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards. — Rudyard Kipling

Our world is utterly saturated with fear. We fear being attacked by religious extremists, both foreign and domestic. We fear the loss of political rights, a loss of privacy, or a loss of freedom. We fear being injured, robbed or attacked, being judged by others, or neglected, or left unloved. — Brendan Myers

The study of eugenics had its beginning in Germany, sometime after the mid-19th century mark, stimulated by volkish concerns for Aryan racial purity. Rudolf Virchow, pathologist and politician, began a study of national ethnic statistics in 1871, convinced that the majority of Germans would prove to be of relatively pure Nordic descent. The results of his studies proved otherwise. According to Virchow, the obvious solution was to set about Nordicizing the debased German stock. — Jim Keith

The challenge to each human is creation. Will you create with reverence, or with neglect? — Gary Zukav

I believe all painting and art should be uplifting for the viewer. — Damien Hirst

No way of counting my blessings. No way for anyone to count that high. — John Darnielle

Plenty of people did not care for him much, but then there is a huge difference between disliking somebody - maybe even disliking them a lot - and actually shooting them, strangling them, dragging them through the fields and setting their house on fire. — Douglas Adams

(On Angelica in 'Satisfied')

Oof. Tryin' to out-Eponine Eponine up in this piece. — Lin-Manuel Miranda

Much as I love looking at the stars, I never learned to guide by them. I mark my course by people. — Ally Condie

We know every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering....

- Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, 1986 — Edward Iwata

He rambled.
Oh boy, did he ramble.
He rambled in a way that was nothing but
a bunch of bippidy blah blah to my ears.
Rambled in a way that made my head go
all dizzy and squeezy. — Alyson Noel

[He] mumbled something about how being a Hungarian meant wanting nothing and being prepared for anything. Or was it the other way around. — Jessica Anthony

You must come again when you have less time. — Walter Sickert