All Quotes

It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.
‐‐ Pierre Bayle

It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
‐‐ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path.
‐‐ John Burdett

It is quite amazing what I didn't feel after a while. I didn't really want to feel things.
‐‐ Kate Moss

It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection.
‐‐ Edward Sapir

It is quite annoying that we have to change the sound we invented just to avoid sounding like people who simply copy us, but... it is flattering and of course challenging.
‐‐ Jonathan Davis

It is quite clear that compelling content, which is made available on economic terms that respect the intellectual rights of owners, can be a tremendous spur to the growth of broadband networks.
‐‐ John Doerr

It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. We need to revive on many levels an illustrious desire to get to know the world, to learn another language, to understand and create empathy with people that live a few kilometers away from us. It's never late to do this.
‐‐ Gael Garcia Bernal

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the sea, upon his back.
‐‐ Marianne Moore

It is quite different, but I love doing a series because you get to live with a character for a much longer amount of time. And the other aspect of it is that you have a steady job.
‐‐ Tim DeKay

It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and, before sifting them, one must be careful in the first place to eliminate from our inquiry the cases of that considerable class of persons who pinch themselves.
‐‐ James Payn

It is quite hard to relax in London. I always say I'd move somewhere quieter, but I am a bit of a confirmed urbanite now - it crept up on me without me noticing. I always think that I function quite well on my own, unusually so, but then I'm reminded how important people are to me.
‐‐ Laura Marling

It is quite interesting that whilst there are tremendous theories, in the 1960s when IT was born, everybody was supposedly going to their cottage in the countryside to work in a virtual way.
‐‐ Richard Rogers

It is quite lovely being single, and I much prefer it.
‐‐ Anna Held

It is quite possible for the vulgar to be funny, but to succeed, it must rise to a certain genius.
‐‐ Roger Ebert

It is quite possible we may have formed entirely erroneous ideas of what we actually see. The greenish gray patches may not be seas at all, nor the ruddy continents, solid land. Neither may the obscuring patches be clouds of vapor.
‐‐ Edward E. Barnard

It is quite surreal having a film made about your life. The whole process of turning real life into drama is interesting in itself, but even more so when it is your own life being put into the narrative forge.
‐‐ Heather Brooke

It is quite time that our children were taught a little more about their country, for shame's sake.
‐‐ Henry Lawson

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance.
‐‐ D. H. Lawrence

It is quite true - in fact, obvious on the surface - that the vast majority of dramatic shows and comedies, as well, advocate a liberal and humanistic and relativistic lifestyle and concept.
‐‐ Pat Boone

It is quite true that women like courage, and that boldness often goes a long way; but it is questionable whether with high-bred natures a subdued, quiet, and delicate manner does not go still further.
‐‐ Richard Jefferies

It is quite understandable that Puerto Ricans seek to preserve a cultural sense of identity without separating politically from U.S. national sovereignty.
‐‐ Dick Thornburgh

It is quite unsettling looking into someone's eyes, especially when you aren't used to it.
‐‐ Mike May

It is quite widely known that I like shoes. This is not something that defines me as either a woman or a politician, but it has come to define me in the eyes of the newspapers. I wore a pair of leopard-print kitten heels to a Conservative Party Conference a few years ago and the papers have continued to focus on my feet ever since.
‐‐ Theresa May

It is quite wrong for party conferences to be used as an excuse for the Commons not to sit. Conferences could be held at weekends.
‐‐ John Bercow

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.
‐‐ David Baker

It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
‐‐ Alexandre Dumas

It is rare that you read scripts that genuinely move you and make you feel that, regardless of the commercial possibilities, you have to make the film.
‐‐ Eric Fellner

It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.
‐‐ Michael Eisner

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.
‐‐ Margaret Anderson

It is rarely the quick fix that goes the farthest. So don't get tempted by political cycles and the lure of electoral wins.
‐‐ Sri Mulyani Indrawati

It is rather a problem of how to secure the best use of resources known to any of the members of society, for ends whose relative importance only those individuals know.
‐‐ Friedrich August von Hayek

It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.
‐‐ Abraham Lincoln

It is rather hard to be accused of shiftlessness and idleness when the accuser closes the avenue of labour and industrial pursuits to us.
‐‐ George H. White

It is rather unusual for Italy to be at the forefront of pro-market initiatives.
‐‐ Mario Monti

It is reality that awakens possibilities, and nothing would be more perverse than to deny it.
‐‐ Robert Musil

It is really a great feeling to win a World Cup on your birthday.
‐‐ Nino Schurter

It is really awful to be filming and not know if you can pay everybody.
‐‐ Alison Owen

It is really awkward to see myself on screen.
‐‐ Suraj Sharma

It is really cool to have created a movie that has turned out to become the biggest movie of the year.
‐‐ Michael Bay

It is really funny to see people that you know acting unpleasantly just because there are TV cameras on.
‐‐ Penn Jillette

It is really hard for me to get out of my comfort zone.
‐‐ Connie Sellecca

It is really hard to completely re-learn how to express yourself without using words. When you take away speech, you have to re-invent the way you express yourself. You have to exaggerate your body language and your facial expressions.
‐‐ Jodelle Ferland

It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely.
‐‐ Christine Baranski

It is really hard to make it convincing enough that you forget you are playing a video game.
‐‐ Tim Page

It is really hard when you spend your life living out of a suitcase. But it really does weed out superficial people - if someone is still with you after the second movie, then they're probably a good one! I like to trust people in general - it's the southern girl in me.
‐‐ Amber Heard

It is really important for women to look up and see other women being successful. When I was in that position, all I wanted to do was blend in and be one of the guys.
‐‐ Pauline Neville-Jones

It is really important that focusing on things such as spelling, punctuation, grammar and handwriting doesn't inhibit the creative flow. When I was at school there was a huge focus on copying and testing and it put me off words and stories for years.
‐‐ Michael Morpurgo

It is really important that we get more women doing exercise and being active, and those that have taken up boxing or boxing training will definitely find that it has a really positive impact on their health, fitness and well-being.
‐‐ Nicola Adams

It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has to be underpinned by good quality physical education and by getting people into patterns of exercise.
‐‐ Sebastian Coe