Omar Little Quotes

#1. A man got to have a code." --Omar Little, The Wire

Chris Smith

#2. Ending a television character that you've been, especially someone like Omar Little, it hurts. For me, it's a huge thing. You feel like a part of you is gone.

Michael K. Williams

#3. A man got to have a code. - Omar Little

Michael Lewis

#4. Some day, we will know the value of suffering, but then we will no longer be able to suffer.

Maria Faustina Kowalska

#5. God and the doctor we like adore,
But only when in danger, not before.

John Owen

#6. You soon know the difference between a real newspaper and an electronic one as soon as a fly won't leave you alone.

Jeremy Lee

#7. People only look at you and say, 'You are black and you are from the banlieue,' and all the doors are closed. I had the desire to be something else. If I see a door that is a little open, I will find a way to get through.

Omar Sy

#8. Even so, I'm somebody.
I'm the Discoverer of Nature.
I'm the Argonaut of true sensations.
I bring a new Universe to the Universe
Because I bring the Universe to itself.

Alberto Caeiro

#9. Give me a flagon of red wine, a book of verses, a loaf of bread, and a little idleness. If with such store I might sit by thy dear side in some lonely place, I should deem myself happier than a king in his kingdom.

Omar Khayyam

#10. People who get to the top of any organisation are generally dysfunctional human beings who are overachieving, overcompensating or overbearing.

Guy Browning

#11. The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes - or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two - is gone.

Omar Khayyam

#12. Girl, have you any thought what your eyes mean?
You must have stolen them from some dead queen.
O little empty laughing soul that sings
And dances, tell me
What do your eyes mean?

Omar Khayyam

#13. The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Leonardo Da Vinci

#14. Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath.

Richard Branson

#15. You know how little while we have to stay,
And, once departed, may return no more.

Omar Khayyam

#16. Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry.

Omar Khayyam

#17. I'm really going to miss me.

Danny Bonaduce

#18. The Gold Glove surprised me a little. To tell you the truth, I didn't expect it. I feel I played at the top of my game, but I was new to the league and I didn't think that many people would vote for me.

Omar Vizquel

#19. Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly-and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing.

Omar Khayyam

#20. Youth, like a magic bird, has flown away
He sang a little morning-hour in May
Sang to the rose, his love, that too is gone
Whither is more than you or I can say.

Omar Khayyam

#21. If we don't take risks in life, the price can sometimes be far higher.

Charles Maclean

#22. Come, fill the Cup, in the fire of Spring
Your Winter-garment of Repentance fling:
The Bird of Time has but a little way
To flutter--and the Bird is on the Wing

Omar Khayyam