I Quotes
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“I am sure that hon. members will realize that I am not drawing on my imagination when I state that last fall there were children going to school in Saskatchewan with only sacking wrapped around their feet. We have gone into homes and found mothers and children lying on piles of bedding in the corner; they did not have the proper bedding equipment or the proper clothing to meet the rigours of a very cold winter.”
“I am sure that if every leader who goes into battle will promise himself that he will come out either a conqueror or a corpse, he is sure to win. There is no doubt of that. Defeat is not due to losses but to the destruction of the Soul of the leaders-the 'live to fight another day' doctrine.”
“I am sure that if somebody is giving a sum to charity, he or she should be encouraged to do so by the authorities because the spirit in which we encourage people to give has permeated our society.”
“I am sure that if the devil existed, he would want us to feel very sorry for him.”
Source: The Sociopath Next Door
“I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.”
Source: Howards End: England Literature
“I am sure that if we can find reconciliation with our past – whether parents, partners or friends – we should try and do that. It won't be perfect, it will be a compromise . . . but it might mean acceptance and, the big word, forgiveness.”
Source: Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
“I am sure that if you honestly stop sponsoring and supporting such evil groups, those become terrorists, will be automatically eliminated and the world becomes the place of peace and love. Think and stop that. It is in your hands.”
“I am sure that if you plant the trees back again, it will do nothing but good.”
“I am sure that in estimating every man's value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second.”
Source: Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts
“I am sure that inspiration will strike multiple times - it always does.”
“I am sure that instinctively we wish to be everything, to possess it-why cut the rose or marry the man, otherwise?”
“I am sure that it wouldn’t be in the long-term interests of China which would continue to depend on these African resources for a very long time to see the emergence of any sense of hostility animosity, tension, da da da, between itself and the African continent.”
“I am sure that music was never meant to sound this harsh, this painful.”
Source: A Voice in the Distance
“I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in their affairs, than those of the United States; and I should be pained to believe that they have forgotten that agency, which was so often manifested during our Revolution, or that they failed to consider the omnipotence of that God who is alone able to protect them.”
Source: Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses
“I am sure that no man asks mercy and grace with true meaning, but if mercy and grace have first been given him.”
“I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place.”
Source: Basketball: Its Origin and Development
“I am sure that no one coming to this ceremony expected a High Court judge to use the occasion to talk about that four-letter word, love. But that's a good thing. In life, never be predictable. It's so uncool.”
“I am sure that nothing has such a decisive influence upon a man's course as his personal appearance, and not so much his appearance as his belief in its attractiveness or unattractiveness.”
Source: Childhood, Boyhood and Youth
“I am sure that one secret of a successful teacher is that he has formulated quite clearly in his mind what the pupil has got to know in precise fashion. He will then cease from half-hearted attempts to worry his pupils with memorizing a lot of irrelevant stuff of inferior importance.”
Source: Aims of Education
“I am sure that Pakistani secret agencies are and were aware of the activities of the Qadiyaanies against Pakistan and Islam from around the world, especially from London, Germany, and other European countries. If not, then they should know that leaders of the Qadiyaani religious groups are following Jews lines and Indian Raw style to buy print and electronic media sources and business resources, to dominate the Muslim majority, and destruction of Pakistan, and spread their so-called person, self-claimed prophet's teachings, but in the real British agent Mirza Qadiyani who died in the WC. The Qadiyani groups are busy and entered the print, electronic and social media, and different institutions to perform a dirty role against Islam and Pakistan. I am pretty sure and believe that their end is very near.”
“I am sure that Senator Clinton would make a good President. I have no doubt that Senator Clinton would make a good President.”
“I am sure that the experience of growing up in the heart of the working class and learning from my parents, and especially from my grandmother (who also worked on a barge boat as a cook and a servant for rich folks in Manhattan, Newport, Grosse Point, and Sewickley, all havens of the very rich), that life was not especially fair and always full of bad possibilities, helped shape my future take on life. Then what really transformed my thinking was the war in Vietnam and trying to be a good teacher.”
“I am sure that the Japanese, the Chinese and the peoples of Islam will always be closer to us than, for example, France, in spite of the fact that we are related by blood (...)”
“I am sure that the mistakes of that time will not be repeated; we should probably make another set of mistakes.”
Source: The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill
“I am sure that the power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas.”
“I am sure that the reason why I wept and stormed as if I had gone off my head was that the combination of physical exhaustion and my unhappiness had made me hate and resent everything.”
Source: The Setting Sun
“I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children; but just because the happy days were so habitual to me they made no impression upon my mind, and I can no longer recall them.”
“I am sure that the two main forms of English, American English and British English, separated geographically from the beginning and severed politically since 1776, are continuing to move apart, and that existing elements of linguistic dissimilarity between them will intensify as time goes on, notwithstanding the power of the cinema, TV, Time Magazine, and other two-way gluing and fuelling devices.”
“I am sure that the Ukrainian nation deserves a better life. That is why I have voted for good changes and for stability.”
“I am sure that there are many Christians who will confess that their experience has been very much like my own-that we had long known the Lord without realizing that meekness and lowliness of heart should be the distinguishing feature of the disciple, as they were of the Master. Such humility is not a thing that will come on its own. It must be made the object of special desire, prayer, faith and practice.”
“I am sure that there are some single payer advocates who think the only thing worth fighting for is single payer.”
“I am sure that there is a lot more going on in the objective real world than we can monitor with our five senses. I think dreams allow us to engage with the real world and monitor the way it is acting on us.”
“I am sure that there is no place in the world where your message would not be enhanced by your making the place (whether tiny or large, a hut or a palace) orderly, artistic and beautiful with some form of creativity, some form of ‘art’ (p. 213).”
“I am sure that you have had, as we all have, that mysterious experience of prescience--a moment when, beyond reason and cause, at a word, or a flicker of an eyelid, or at anything at all, one has a sudden foreboding--of what,one does not know,. I am not a religious man; but sometimes I am nearly tempted to believe that the gods do speak to us, and that only in unguarded moments do we listen.”
Source: Augustus
“I am sure that you will never end war with wars.”
“I am sure that, after all, any man in my place should set a positive example for other people.”
“I am sure that, had I grown up with both parents, had I grown up in a safe environment, had I grown up with a feeling of safety rather than danger, I would not be the way I am.”
“I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive inclination and a great respect for the Rothschilds.”
“I am sure the euro will oblige us to introduce a new set of economic policy instruments. It is politically impossible to propose that now. But some day there will be a crisis and new instruments will be created.”
“I am sure the grapes are sour.”
“I am sure the majority of Iranians want a peace agreement with Israel and want Iran to integrate with the international community and accept its universal values.”
“I am sure the man who powders most, perfumes most, embroiders most, and talks most nonsense, is most admired. Though to be candid, there are some who have too much good sense to esteem such monkey-like animals as these, in whose formation, as the saying is, the tailors and barbers go halves with God Almighty.”
Source: The life and letters of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography and select correspondence, from original manuscripts
“I am sure the next step will be the electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it. I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.”
“I am sure there are many things better than a good cigar, but right now, I can't think of what they might be.”
“I am sure there are many ways to attract investors, donors, or funders. There are numerous methods to secure funding. However, con artists, criminals, and grifters always choose the wrong approach. Their strength lies in deception, lying, and playing the victim card. Like any scammer, they thrive on lies and deceiving others. They can even stage events, tamper with evidence, fabricate stories, distort information, or spread misinformation to support their lies.”
“I am sure there are things that can't be cured by a good bath but I can't think of one.”
“I am sure there is a right way and a wrong way and in today's life, there are many different rules of being politically correct.”
“I am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have not sense enough to get hold of it and make it do things for us”
Source: The Secret Garden: Centennial Edition
“I am sure to swear that if the Indian and Pakistani, and such nations were still under the British colonial system, they would have brilliant freedom, honour, respect and human rights than now they are facing the worst slavery under their rulers of both in the uniform and also in the civil form.”
“I am sure vegetarians must also account for a lot of gases. Look how many beans they eat.”