Darcy O'Brien quotes

Darcy O'Brien quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Do not be grand. Try to get the ordinary into your writing - breakfast tables rather than the solar system; Middletown today, not Mankind through the ages.”
-- Darcy O'Brien

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“Don't fake enthusiasms. Say what you think, not what you think you ought to think.”
-- Darcy O'Brien

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“If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.”
“My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”
“The greatest need of our age and of every age, the greatest need of every human heart, is to know the resources and sufficiency of God.”

Source : A. B. Simpson (2010). “When God Steps In: Divine Resources for Life's Situations”, p.4, Moody Publishers
“The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.”
“Luckily, I's learned at an early age that self-preservation was the only way to survive with your soul intact.”
“I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.”
“The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on.”
“Beginning with the first bite, and for every bite after, that try to chew ten times.”

Source : Aaron Hoopes (2010). “Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss”, p.14, Aaron Hoopes
“Better to be too early and have to try again, than be too late and have to catch up.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 24, 2013
“The business models in enterprise have changed pretty dramatically. A huge problem with enterprise software traditionally has been usually you sell to the customer and then they adopt the technology. The great thing about 'freemium' and the new way enterprise software is being sold is you get to try it first and then buy it.”

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