I Quotes
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“I see, therefore, the rentier aspect of capitalism as a transitional phase which will disappear when it has done its work. And with the disappearance of its rentier aspect much else in it besides will suffer a sea-change. It will be, moreover, a great advantage of the order of events which I am advocating, that the euthanasia of the rentier, of the functionless investor, will be nothing sudden, merely a gradual but prolonged continuance of what we have seen recently in Great Britain, and will need no revolution.”
Source: General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money
“I see, these books are probably law books, and it is an essential part of the justice dispensed here that you should be condemned not only in innocence but also in ignorance.”
Source: The Penguin complete novels of Franz Kafka
“I see, when I bend close, how each leaflet of a climbing rose is bordered with frost, the autumn counterpart of the dewdrops of summer dawns. The feathery leaves of yarrow are thick with silver rime and dry thistle heads rise like goblets plated with silver catching the sun.”
“I see,... and with the deepest affliction, the rapid strides with which the federal branch of our government is advancing towards the usurpation of all the rights reserved to the States, and the consolidation in itself of all powers, foreign and domestic; and that, too, by constructions which, if legitimate, leave no limits to their power... It is but too evident that the three ruling branches of [the Federal government] are in combination to strip their colleagues, the State authorities, of the powers reserved by them, and to exercise themselves all functions foreign and domestic.”
“I see. So you playacted the role of a rake who was only pretending to be in earnest, knowing you would come across as though you had the lowest of motives, when in fact, you were sincere?” “Precisely.” She gave a short, wry laugh and shook her head at him. “Convoluted sir! You are a maze.” He shot her a sulky glance. “I thought you were going to say I was amazing.” “That, too,” she admitted with a rueful smile, capturing his square chin between her fingertips.”
Source: Lord of Fire
“I seek a deeper truth, but I don't think I have to go to a building designated for worship to find it.”
“I seek a diverse spectrum of roles. If I just was in a large-budget feature for a younger audience, then I want to find a smaller, more character-driven piece that might be for a more mature audience. Or if I'm playing a goofier character, then maybe I want to go play a serious, psychopathic character. But at the same time, it's usually a case-by-case basis where I'm judging the merit of a role by the script I'm given, and it usually has less to do with the larger framework and more to do with how the part personally appeals to me in that moment.”
“I seek a form of language which will express my ideas for our time.”
Source: Arshile Gorky: 1904-1948, a Retrospective
“I seek a form that my style cannot discover,a bud of thought that wants to be a rose.”
Source: Selected Poems of Rubén Darío
“I seek a place that can never be destroyed, one that is pure, and that fadeth not away, and it is laid up in heaven, and safe there, to be given, at the time appointed, to them that seek it with all their heart. Read it so, if you will, in my book.”
Source: The Pilgrim's Progress
“I seek a woman, the woman of my desires. Who won’t be scared by loyalty and truth, nor turn away from the darkness of a soiled past. – Decades”
“I seek above all things to bring men and women to God's mercy-seat.”
Source: Witch Wood
“I seek advice from my wife, who has been with me for 20 years and knows me better than I even know my own self.”
“I seek and don’t find myself. I belong to chrysanthemum hours, neatly lined up in flowerpots.”
Source: The Book of Disquietude: By Bernardo Soares, Assistant Bookkeeper in the City of Lisbon
“I seek as much as I can to mitigate risk.”
“I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.”
Source: The Greatest Secret In The World
“I seek dalliance that blossoms naturally, a bond crafted by mutual invitation, where both hearts feel at home.”
Source: Interrelation and Other Works
“I seek for the fullest independence of my continent Africa and ask the help of my African brothers and sisters in fulfilling this vision.”
Source: Destiny of Liberty
“I seek forgiveness from Allah for the lack of my sincerity when I say I seek the forgiveness of Allah”
“I seek heavenly steadfastness in earthly monotony.”
Source: North and South
“I seek him in the landscape of home, in the breeze brushing over rows of crops. I seek him in the seasons of planting and harvesting. A rugged man of the earth, he breathed life into this farm.”
“I seek in books only to give myself pleasure by honest amusement; or if I study, I seek only the learning that treats of the knowledge of myself and instructs me in how to die well and live well.”
Source: Complete Essays
“I seek in the reading of books, only to please myself, by an honest diversion.”
Source: Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays
“I seek more than diminishing pain. I want to experience a splendid life, a life full of gaiety, charming people, beautiful panoramas, outstanding adventures, and sublime interpersonal experiences. In place of squandering personal resources and wasting valuable time, yearning to satisfying these improbable goals, I wish to learn from gross errors. I desire to cease castigating myself for prior mistakes. A realistic personal goal is striving to achieve presence of mind, demonstrate consistent attentiveness to the present, rather than continually worry about the past or the future.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“I seek no better warrant than my own, conscience.”
“I seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life.”
“I seek no perfection in writing. I seek justice. Because as much as a pen can heal, it can also kill.”
“I seek no values by means of evil, nor do I surrender my values to evil.”
“I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you Lord Jesus.”
“I seek not your approval, but your perception. Are you wise enough to see things from my view?”
“I seek out a lot of advice from other CEOs.”
“I seek out parts which are strong women. It's not the quantity of a role; it's the quality of a role.”
“I seek out songs that I believe in. You have to believe it in your heart first. Then the listener will believe it.”
“I seek peace, let me BE peace.”
“I seek refuge in Thee from every hope which would distract me.”
“I seek strength, not to be greater than other, but to fight my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself”
Source: House of Night Series
“I seek the city because there is nothing sweeter than not being alone in your loneliness.”
“I seek the lessons God wants to teach me, and that means that I ask why.”
Source: On Asking God Why: And Other Reflections on Trusting God in a Twisted World
“I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.”
Source: An American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George McGovern
“I seek the real stuff of life. Profound drama.”
“I seek the spread of freedom and democracy in the way that satisfies God. They [Americans] have planned and paved the ways for a long time, but it is God who is the real planner - and the proof of this is the fall of the American twin towers [...] a miracle from God.”
“I seek the stars above the worlds to be the guides, but they all pale against the light shining in your eyes.”
“I seek the substantial in life.”
“I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm.”
“I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.”
“I seek to ascertain a way to breathe life back into my sunken chamber. I need to discover an incarnate means to replicate the meditative shadow that appears on the wall of my inner cave. I must eliminate the distorted manner that I look at the world through the falsifying mirrors of illusion and delusion. My innermost fear is that I wasted precious time, squandered opportunities, and the clock will expire before I create any worthy testament to the pristine beauty of nature or innate goodness of humankind. I shudder in the creeping shadows of the evening struck by the thought that I lack the discipline, talent, and fortitude as well as the crucial gift of evaluation and analysis demanded to add to the collective good. I fear that selfishly ensconced in a cosseted life I ignored the shaft of light that openly beckons each of us to unbolt. I am clueless of how to release the glorious expression of beauty that our nature seeks to burnish in our fleeting ambulation across the plains of time. Do I dare pull back the curtain and unmask the timid man that stands hidden behind the sheltering layers of untruth that conceal the demesne of his mangled personal thoughts, feelings, emotions, wants, and needs? Inside this crusted urn, is there a shard of anything that can be cultivated for goodness, if only I possessed the strength of mind and insight to will it into fruition? Does one know how to share their modest notions with other people who might yearn to hear that they too are not alone?”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“I seek to be authentic and engaging, using my own experiences, being as vulnerable as I ask my clients to be, to enhance the process.”
“I seek to be in the Creator's will for my life.”
Source: Rez Ramblings: Living on the Pine Ridge as 21st Century as an "Injun"
“I seek to be moved, my imagination reborn.
Let me feast on poems that feed my hunger.”
Source: Dirt Road Dreams
“I seek to be myself.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind