All Quotes

It is odd that we have so little relationship with nature, with the insects and the leaping frog and the owl that hoots among the hills calling for its mate. We never seem to have a feeling for all living things on the earth.
‐‐ Jiddu Krishnamurti

It is odd there are many movies with many men. But generally movies have one woman, or maybe the older woman and the younger girl.
‐‐ Carla Gugino

It is odd what notions men seem to have of the scantiness of a woman's resources. They do not find it anything out of nature that they should be able to exist by themselves; but a woman must always be borne about on somebody's shoulders, and dandled or chirped to, or it is supposed she will fall into the blackest melancholy!
‐‐ Jane Welsh Carlyle

It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much of the Republican Party, People might cite George Bush as proof that you can be totally impervious to the effects of Harvard and Yale education.
‐‐ Barney Frank

It is, of course, quite natural that a biologist whose attention had been aroused by noticing in his own case the phenomena of precocious old age should turn to study the causes of it.
‐‐ Elie Metchnikoff

It is, of course, the first recourse of every elitist to see social barbarism in others.
‐‐ Graham Joyce

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line.
‐‐ Ibrahim Babangida

It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents.
‐‐ Anthony Horowitz

It is, of course, true that I have given priority to the settling of the problem of security and the problem of Irian Barat, although I knew that in order to do these things, almost three-quarters of our national product had to be spent.
‐‐ Sukarno

It is of course very difficult to see relations between America and Iran becoming increasingly tense and knowing that it is not the people of the countries but a subset of leaders and radicals that are causing such strife. I am hoping that the spirit of the people will triumph.
‐‐ Pardis Sabeti

It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems.
‐‐ Gregory Bateson

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.
‐‐ John Locke

It is of immense importance for the understanding of the word of God, to read it in course, so that we may read every day a portion of the Old and a portion of the New Testament, going on where we previously left off.
‐‐ George Muller

It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.
‐‐ Katherine Mansfield

It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are in a position to say definitively what that is - although we all think that we are.
‐‐ Stanley Fish

It is of no use to commit whole pages to memory, merely to recite them once without hesitation; you must think of the meaning more than the words - of the ideas more than the language.
‐‐ Dorothea Dix

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
‐‐ Norman Vincent Peale

It is of the essence of imaginative culture that it transcends the limits both of the naturally possible and of the morally acceptable.
‐‐ Northrop Frye

It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them.
‐‐ Alva Myrdal

It is of the highest importance to provide equal access to the labour market. Governments should act to establish equitable employment standards and penalise racial discrimination.
‐‐ Tariq Ramadan

It is of the utmost importance that our service members are adequately compensated for their duties, and that we offer them a quality of life that will enable them to continue to serve and to live comfortably.
‐‐ Carl Levin

It is often better to have a great deal of harm happen to one than a little; a great deal may rouse you to remove what a little will only accustom you to endure.
‐‐ Grenville Kleiser

It is often constructive to meet with a candidate for a particular office, but I believe what is most important is the candidate's track record.
‐‐ Kenneth C. Griffin

It is often difficult to definitively link a specific instance of disease to one particular cause, like water pollution. Even when tests show that drinking water is polluted, it can be hard to pinpoint the source of the contamination.
‐‐ Charles Duhigg

It is often difficult to watch yourself onscreen, especially 60-feet high. As an actor, it is an uncomfortable experience.
‐‐ Chris Hemsworth

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
‐‐ Grace Hopper

It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
‐‐ Carl T. Rowan

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.
‐‐ Aung San Suu Kyi

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
‐‐ Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is often more important to act than to understand... there are times... when two conflicting opinions, though one happens to be right, are more perilous than one opinion which is wrong.
‐‐ John Grierson

It is often my nature to be abstract, hidden in plain sight, or nowhere at all.
‐‐ Gerard Way

It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.
‐‐ Victor Hugo

It is often noted that it can be hard for democracies to fight wars because of changing public opinion.
‐‐ Noah Feldman

It is often observed that the first casualty of war is truth, but how do you tell the truth without betraying the sacrifice of those who accepted the terms of battle? War is a sacrificial system that creates its own justification.
‐‐ Stanley Hauerwas

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.
‐‐ Franz Kafka

It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles.
‐‐ John Buchanan Robinson

It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
‐‐ Salman Rushdie

It is often said of me - some intend it as a compliment, others as a complaint - that I write about a single subject: the Holocaust. I have no quarrel with that. Why shouldn't I accept, with certain qualifications, the place assigned to me on the shelves of libraries?
‐‐ Imre Kertesz

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.
‐‐ Terry Pratchett

It is often said that having gone through any kind of suffering tends to makes you appreciate life more and live more in the present. I'm not sure how universal or long-lasting these effects really are.
‐‐ Julian Baggini

It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.
‐‐ Henri Rousseau

It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural.
‐‐ Michael Behe

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.
‐‐ John Henry Newman

It is often said that the magnitude of a people is measured by their ability to know how to win.
‐‐ Jose Eduardo dos Santos

It is often seen that in households where all members are exposed to the same danger, or again in schools or troops where everyone lives the same life, disease does not strike everyone indifferently.
‐‐ Elie Metchnikoff

It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct.
‐‐ Michio Kaku

It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.
‐‐ Eric Hoffer

It is often useful, if an enemy happens to see you, to pretend that you have not seen him. Or it may sometimes be useful to pretend that you have other men with you. I did this once in the Boer War when, having crept up a donga to look at a Boer fort, I was seen by the enemy, and they came out to capture me.
‐‐ Robert Baden-Powell

It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum for change, when one feels that resurrection of hope in the midst of despair and apathy.
‐‐ Hillary Clinton