I Quotes
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“In a civilized society, the government's foremost duty is to ensure equal distribution of essentials of life, and the citizens' foremost duty is to share the resources available to them with those without.”
Source: Solo Standing on Guard: Life Before Law
“In a civilized society there is nothing great about getting laid, animals do that all the time, but laying down oneself for the benefit of others, that's greatness - and more importantly, that's humanity.”
Source: Neden Türk: The Gospel of Secularism
“In a civilized society we are all king, we are all policymaker. The world advances when we advance as its fervent keeper.”
Source: Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race
“In a civilized society, welfare and warfare cannot go hand in hand.”
Source: When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders
“In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone.”
“In a civilized world citizen is the leader, obsolete is the profession of world leaders.”
Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
“In a civilized world even bigots have a voice, but in a bigoted world, the only place where you can find reason and inclusion is prison.”
Source: Mucize Insan: When The World is Family
“In a civilized world I could spend my days writing mushy poetry, sparing the headache of human rights. But alas, that is not the case, hence, I'm restless, sleepless, vacationless, in kindling the human light.”
Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
“In a civilized world there is no my people and your people, it's all one people.”
Source: I Vicdansaadet Speaking: No Rest Till The World is Lifted
“in a classless society, I am not sure that we would still use this notion of justice”
Source: The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature
“In a classroom, every student deserves to feel safe, respected, and valued, free from the fear of unfair treatment or punishment.”
“In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less. That is enough. The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth, or hard limits on the size of government, and we choose to limit government.”
“In a clearing, we began a ring shout by linking hands and marching counterclockwise, each step taking us back to a time before Thieves, before abduction and the routine infliction of wicked depravities. To a time before we were Stolen, when our ancestors walked with us and anything was possible. With the accompaniment of tapping sticks and the humming of sacred sounds, we raised our hands high. “Brethren, Sistren,” I urged, “let us be who we are.”
Source: Yonder
“In a climate changed world, it is a smart person who thins their trees so that the abnormally high winds can pass through them without damage.”
“In a climate of uncertainty and fear, without strong and visionary leadership, people panic.”
“In a climate where people don't understand the numbers, newspapers, campaigners, companies, and politicians can get away with murder”
“In a close-up, the audience is only inches away, and your face becomes the stage.”
“In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”
Source: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
“In a closed urban fantasy, the magical world is secret and no one knows about it. In an open urban fantasy, everyone knows about it. So with a closed fantasy, you have to figure out how the world keeps itself secret, and with an open one, you have to figure out how knowledge of magic has altered the world we know.”
“In a closer scrutiny of the lives of certain Christians we may be impressed by the discovery of a close connection with a saint. The relationship to the saints is wholesome and fundamentally natural and right. Admittedly, they were only human beings, but they have entered into the mystery of God and the new creation is completed in them. The believer does not seek in them great personalities, but rather God's witnesses in whom God has been fulfilled.”
Source: Art of Praying: The Principles and Methods of Christian Prayer
“In a clutch or a corner, I tend to make a weapon out of what is near at hand. That can be anything from a crowbar to a cat, though if I had a choice, I would prefer an angry cat, which I have found to be more effective than a crowbar. Although weaponless, I left the house by the back door, with two chocolate-pumpkin cookies. It's a tough world out there, and a man has to armor himself against it however he can. ~Odd Thomas”
Source: The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd
“In a cold place, there's no such thing as today, just tomorrow. Will it snow tomorrow? Will it be sunny tomorrow?”
Source: Ghost Summer: Stories
“In a collaboration, each author will do 75% of the work.”
“In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies.”
“In a collective society, everybody's business is everybody's business.”
“In a colony constituted like that of New South Wales, the proportion of crime must of course be great.”
Source: Two expeditions into the interior of Southern Australia: during the years 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831 with observations on ... New South Wales
“In a coma, you don't dream, you just hope that someone sits with you.”
“In a comedy it helps enhance things that were already there.”
“In a comedy, after the day is done, you can figure out ways of how to make it even funnier for the next day. In dramas, it's very different - the mindset that you're in.”
“In a comic strip, you can suggest motion and time, but it's very crude compared to what an animator can do. I have a real awe for good animation.”
“In a commodity business, it's very hard to be smarter than your dumbest competitor.”
“In a community all acts of individuals and of organizations are directly or indirectly interconnected and interdependent”
Source: Organization and Management: Selected Papers
“In a community of human beings working together, the well-being of the community will be the greater, the less the individual claims for himself the proceeds of the work he has himself done; i.e., the more of these proceeds he makes over to his fellow workers, and the more his own requirements are satisfied, not out of his own work done, but out of work done by the others.”
Source: Temple Legend
“In a community that so deeply values the planet we're on, the summits we visit, and the human curiosity we bring to the skies, I have to hope we can find a way to respect and share our own humanity, our knowledge of the cosmos, and our love for the mountains that make our work possible. They're the windows we're able to climb to that give us a glimpse of the universe.”
Source: The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers
“In a community where public services have failed to keep abreast of private consumption things are very different. Here, in an atmosphere of private opulence and public squalor, the private goods have full sway.”
Source: The affluent society
“In a company of children and grown-ups, the latter are those who should demonstrate good manners and always let the children speak first.”
“In a company where tech decisions were still ultracentralized, the repercussions of a distracted CEO had to be damaging.”
Source: Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft
“In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.”
“In a competition for mates, a well developed capacity for self-deception is an advantage, The same is true in politics and other contexts.”
Source: Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
“In a competition of love we'll all share in the victory, no matter who comes first”
“In a competitive job market, employer branding can be the differentiating factor that attracts top talent.”
“In a competitive society, the thing people fear the most is love.”
“In a competitive world of limited resources, total freedom of individual action is intolerable”
Source: The Ostrich Factor: Our Population Myopia
“In a competitive world, not everybody can follow the pace; you will leave people out. We now accept that we must take care of these people. You cannot let them die in the streets; people will not accept it. And that is right, too.”
“In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or officers... I think you would have a problem definitely.”
“In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have.”
“In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.”
“In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.”
“In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence.”
“In a complex universe, in a society undergoing unprecedented change, how can we find the truth if we are not willing to question everything and to give a fair hearing to everything?”
Source: The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God