I Quotes
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“I know of no case in which you are to have a judicial proceeding, by which a man is to be deprived of any part of his property, without his having an opportunity of being heard.”
“I know of no case where a man added to his dignity by standing on it.”
Source: The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill
“I know of no civilization that tolerates or justifies violence, terrorism, or injustice. There is no civilization that justifies the killing of innocent people. Those who are invoking cultural relativism are really using that as an excuse for violating human rights and to put a cultural mask on the face of what they're doing.”
“I know of no common interest that exceeds gardening as a source of lifelong friendships, nor as a means of making new friends almost constantly.”
“I know of no condition worse than that of the man who has little or no light on the supreme religious questions, and who at the same time is making no effort to come to the light.”
Source: Ad Fidem; Or, Parish Evidences of the Bible
“I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.”
Source: Democracy In America -- Vol. 1
“I know of no crime that has not been defended by the church, in one form or other. The church is not a pioneer; it accepts a new truth, last of all, and only when denial has become useless.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“I know of no culture in the world at present or any time in the past that has not been heavily involved with one or more psychoactive substances.”
“I know of no department of natural science more likely to reward a man who goes into it thoroughly than anthropology. There is an immense deal to be done in the science pure and simple, and it is one of those branches of inquiry which brings one into contact with the great problems of humanity in every direction.”
“I know of no example in time or place of a society that has been marked by a large measure of political freedom, and that has not also used something comparable to a free market to organize the bulk of economic activity.”
Source: Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition
“I know of no existing nation that deserves to live, and I know of very few individuals.”
“I know of no genius but the genius of hard work.”
“I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.”
“I know of no greater work for humanity than in the cause of peace, which can only be achieved by the earnest efforts of nations and peoples.”
“I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds.”
“I know of no human being who has a better time than an eager and energetic young reporter.”
“I know of no inquiry which the impulses of man suggests that is forbidden to the resolution of man to pursue.”
Source: Woman in the 19th century, and kindred papers relating to the sphere, condition, and duties of woman
“I know of no long-time practitioner who regrets adhering to a value philosophy; few investors who embrace the fundamental principles ever abandon this investment approach for another”
“I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.”
Source: The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq
“I know of no more beautiful prayer than that which the Hindus of old used in closing: May all that have life be delivered from suffering.”
“I know of no more disagreeable sensation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.”
“I know of no more important subject to the peace of Europe and the world than the reasonable reduction of armaments, especially in Europe, and of naval armaments throughout the world.”
“I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child.”
Source: Beethoven: As Revealed in His Own Words
“I know of no one who has been more helpful to the industry. His teachings and consultations internationally, without doubt, improved the quality of winemaking in our country. He was a friend to everyone interested in fine wine.”
“I know of no one who would be a good High Commissioner of Palestine except God.”
“I know of no other advice than this: Go within and scale the depths of your being from which your very life springs forth.”
Source: Letters to a Young Poet
“I know of no other book that so fully teaches the subjection and degradation of women.”
Source: Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences, 1815-1897
“I know of no other country where love of money has such a grip on men's hearts or where stronger scorn is expressed for the theory of permanent equality of property”
Source: Democracy in America
“I know of no other practise which will make one more attractive in conversation than to be well-read in a variety of subjects. There is a great potential within each of us to go on learning. Regardless of our age, unless there be serious illness, we can read, study, drink in the writings of wonderful men and women. It is never too late to learn.”
“I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior satisfaction in God.”
“I know of no painless process for giving birth to a picture idea. When I must produce, I retire to a quiet room with a supply of cheap paper and sharp pencils; my brain knows it's going to take a beating.”
Source: Norman Rockwell's people
“I know of no part of Scotland so much and so visibly improved within thirty years as Aberdeenshire. At the beginning of that time the country between Keith and Stonehaven was little else than a hopeless region of stones and moss. There were pieces of many miles where literally there was nothing but large white stones, of from half a ton to ten tons weight, to be seen. A stranger to the character of the people would have supposed that despair would have held back their hands from even attempting to remove them. However, they began, and year after year have been going on, making dykes and drains, and filling up holes with these materials till at last they have created a country which, when the rain happens to cease and the sun shines, is really very endurable.”
Source: Journal of Henry Cockburn
“I know of no person or group that is taking nearly adequate advantage of the graphical potentialities of the computer.”
“I know of no place where the wind can be as icy and the damp so penetrating as in Oxford round about Easter time.”
Source: Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study Of The Years 1900-1925
“I know of no power, indeed, of which a free people ought to be more jealous, than of that of levying taxes and duties.”
“I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman's cares.”
Source: Letters on Agriculture from His Excellency, George Washington, President of the United States, to Arthur Young, Esq., F.R.S., and Sir John Sinclair, Bart., M.P.: With Statistical Tables and Remarks, by Thomas Jefferson, Richard Peters, and Other Gentlemen, on the Economy and Management of Farms in the United States
“I know of no realm of life that can provide more companionship in a lonely world or greater feelings of security and purpose in chaotic times than the close ties of a family.”
Source: The Strong Family
“I know of no reason why I should not look for the animals to rise again, in the same sense in which I hope myself to rise again—which is, to reappear, clothed with another and better form of life than before. If the Father will raise his children, why should he not also raise those whom he has taught his little ones to love? Love is the one bond of the universe, the heart of God, the life of his children: if animals can be loved, they are loveable; if they can love, they are yet more plainly loveable: love is eternal; how then should its object perish? Must the very immortality of love divide the bond of love? Must the love live on for ever without its object? or worse still, must the love die with its object, and be eternal no more than it? What a mis-invented correlation in which the one side was eternal, the other, where not yet annihilated, constantly perishing! Is not our love to the animals a precious variety of love? And if God gave the creatures to us, that a new phase of love might be born in us toward another kind of life from the same fountain, why should the new life be more perishing than the new love? Can you imagine that, if, here-after, one of God's little ones were to ask him to give again one of the earth's old loves—kitten, or pony, or squirrel, or dog, which he had taken from him, the Father would say no? If the thing was so good that God made it for and gave it to the child at first who never asked for it, why should he not give it again to the child who prays for it because the Father had made him love it? What a child may ask for, the Father will keep ready.”
Source: Hope of the Gospel
“I know of no redeeming qualities in me but a sincere love for some things, and when I am reproved I have to fall back on to this ground. This is my argument in reserve for all cases ... When I am condemned, and condemn myself utterly, I think straightway, “But I rely on my love for some things.” Therein I am whole and entire.”
Source: The Journal, 1837-1861
“I know of no religion or sect that has done or is doing without a house of God, variously described as a temple, a mosque, a church, a synagogue or agiary.”
Source: The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts
“I know of no restorative of heart, body, and soul more effective against hopelessness than the restoration of the Earth.”
“I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity...”
“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate power of the society but the people themselves.”
“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.”
“I know of no sentence that can induce such immediate and brazen lying as the one that begins, 'Have you read - .'”
“I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's seniors.”
“I know of no severe depression, in any country or any time, that was not accompanied by a sharp decline in the stock of money, and equally of no sharp decline in the stock of money that was not accompanied by a severe depression.”
Source: Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition
“I know of no significant advance in science that did not require major inputs from both cerebral hemispheres. This is not true for art, where apparently there are no experiments by which capable, dedicated and unbiased observers can determine to their mutual satisfaction which works are great.”
Source: The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
“I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.”
“I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs.”
Source: Letter to a Christian Nation