I Quotes
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“In a healthy system, there is no blame.”
“In a heartbeat, he scarcely could take a breath.
Wearing not a stitch of clothing, Eva stood in thigh-deep water with her back to him.
Before he blinked, his gaze slid from coppery tresses brushing feminine shoulders to a tiny waist which fanned into glorious heart-shaped buttocks. Heaven's stars, her flawless skin had to be as pure white as fresh cream.
God on the cross, save me.
Christ, he was only a flesh and blood man. Who on earth could resist such a temptation? He clenched his teeth and growled. Frigid water or nay, he lengthened like a stallion catching scent of a filly in heat. God's teeth, even his ballocks turned to balls of tight molten steel.”
Source: Rise of a Legend
“In a heartbeat, a thousand voices took up the chant. King Joffrey and King Robb and King Stannis were forgotten, and King Bread ruled alone. "Bread." they clamored. "Bread, Bread!”
Source: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons
“In a heartfelt prayer, one is able to speak to God, and in an intense reading of His Word, God’s voice speaks the loudest.”
Source: The Infallible Word of God: 365 Inspirational Quotes
“In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.”
“In a heavy oppressive atmosphere, when the spirits sink too low, the best cordial is to read over all the letters of one's friends.”
Source: The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq;: Essays on men, manners, and things. A description of The Leasowes, the seat of the late William Shenstone, Esq. Verses to Mr. Shenstone
“In a hidden paradise where bountiful leaves danced with the emerald waves, a young woman epitomized the very spirit of femininity, radiating a serenity that mirrored the enchanting landscape surrounding her. This secluded island, a precious jewel far removed from the turmoil of the outside world, a realm where nature thrived in its most exquisite form.
Each day, she wandered through the vibrant, verdant jungle, her heart alive with the symphony of chirping birds and the gentle rustle of leaves stirred by the soft caress of the breeze. The air was rich with the heady fragrance of blooming blossoms, and golden sunlight streamed through the lush canopy, casting a delicate mosaic of light and shadow upon the jungle floor. In this ethereal haven, she felt an intimate connection to the Earth, as if the very essence of nature cradled her in a loving embrace.
The ocean, a breathtaking canvas of swirling blues and greens, held its own kind of magic. Majestic whales glided gracefully beneath the surface, their haunting songs weaving tales of the ocean's deepest secrets. Wise turtles ambled across the sunkissed sands, while playful dolphins frolicked in the waves, their joyous leaps celebrating the boundless freedom of life in harmony with nature.
As the sun descended beyond the horizon, splashing the sky with vibrant shades of blazing red, gleaming gold, delicate pink and lavender, she often found herself standing at the water's edge, captivated by the breathtaking beauty that surrounded her. The gentle lullaby of the ocean, entwined with the whispers of the jungle, created a symphony of serenity that enveloped her, allowing her thoughts to drift like clouds in the vast sky above.
In this tranquil paradise, time seemed to stand still, each moment stretching into eternity like a cherished memory. The island's mysteries slowly unfolded, revealing hidden waterfalls that sparkled like diamonds, secret groves filled with the sweet scent of jasmine and plumeria, and breathtaking vistas that stole her breath away. It was a realm of endless wonder, where every corner held a new discovery, each more enchanting than the last.
Here, in the heart of the Pacific she uncovered her true self ~ a reflectiocn of the beauty that surrounded her. In this harmonious environment, she felt eternally at peace, wrapped in the loving arms of nature and the island's enchanting magic. Each day became a celebration of romance and life, a poignant reminder that the greatest treasures lie not in material possessions but in the simple joys of existence, the deep connections forged with the world around her, and the profound serenity of being truly alive, where love blooms in every heartbeat and every breath...”
“In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ... in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties ... Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.”
“In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.”
“In a high meadow, wild bighorn sheep. Their lambs gambol. When you see that gamboling with your own eyes, you’ll know something you didn’t know before. What will you know? Hard to say, but something like this: whether life means anything or not, joy is real. Life lives, life is living.”
Source: The Ministry for the Future
“In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority.”
“In a high tech world the cure for the tragic shortcomings and perilous fallacies of human intuition is education, but education in economics, evolutionary biology, probability and statistics - unfortunately most High School and College curricula have barely changed since Medieval times!”
“In a high-IQ job pool, soft skills like discipline, drive and empathy mark those who emerge as outstanding.”
“In a higher phase of communist society, after the enslaving subordination of the individual to the division of labor, and therewith also the antithesis between mental and physical labor, has vanished; after labor has become not only a means of life but life's prime want; after the productive forces have also increased with the all-around development of the individual, and all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly—only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be crossed in its entirety and society inscribe on its banners: From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs!”
Source: Critique of the Gotha Program
“In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.”
“In a highly competitive newspaper market, every editor needs to appeal to female readers to boost their circulation.”
“In a highly critical, scarcity-based world, everyone's afraid to fail.”
“In a highly critical, scarcity-based world, everyone's afraid to fail. As long as we're afraid to fail, we'll never come up with the big, bold ideas we need to solve these problems.”
“in a highly organized system, the causation is more pronounced and intentional. The elements seem to have been more precisely selected. Things escalate decisively; everything is to purpose.”
Source: A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
“In a hockey fight, barring the occasional brawl, theres actually some etiquette that goes into it. Honor, too, absolutely. Most of those guys that do it, thats their job, and they follow a certain code of conduct in doing it.”
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.”
“In a hollow head there is much room for knowledge.”
Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms
“in a Home it must be order or ruin. Order is to the house as morality to the human being - a sheet-anchor.”
Source: The Complete Home: an Encyclopædia of Domestic Life and Affairs: The Household in Its Foundation, Order, Economy ... A Volume of Practical Experiences Popularly Illustrated
“In a home school, the kid does 95% of the work. But in a school system, since it's an indoctrination system, a teacher has to do 95% of the work.”
“In a home, where the mother is strict, the son will be inept in proper worldly interactions.”
Source: Generation Gap
“In a home where there is an able-bodied husband, he is expected to be the breadwinner.”
Source: Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice
“In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home they don't let you out till you are dead.”
“In a hospital, there's not anyone who's generally trying to do you harm. You're generally given a backstory about what happened to them, but not about their life, so you get to work on saving their life. But you know whose lives you're saving overseas, in the Army, to a certain degree. You know whether's it your guy or a bad guy, and it's generally not anybody in between.”
“In a house full of children,
there are always
bangs,
clatters,
shrieks of delight
and dismay.
Just because
the kids here are dead
doesn't make them
an exception.”
Source: The Ghosts of Rose Hill
“In a house where food was love but eating was shameful, family meals were both a relief and a curse, a volatile push and pull of comfort and fear.”
Source: Nothing Tastes as Good
“In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop.”
Source: Benchley beside himself
“In a house without a genuine kitchen, one of the delights of growing up is lost.”
Source: The Armchair James Beard
“In a houseful of toddlers and pets, you can start out having a bad day, but you keep getting detoured.”
“In a household of faith, there is no need to fear or doubt. Choose to live by faith and not fear.”
“In a household of toddlers and pets, we discover this rule of thumb about happy families - that they are least two-thirds incontinent.”
“In a huge way, everything that I've done in my life has helped inform my ability to communicate with actors and direct them.”
“In a hundred years no one you know will be alive. What will it matter if we fight or just spend our days sleeping in the sun?"
Zhenjin blinked at him, unable to understand his father's strange mood.
"If it doesn't matter, then why are we going to fight your brother?"
"Perhaps I haven't said it well. I mean it doesn't matter if we change the world. The world moves on and new lives come and go. Genghis himself said he would be forgotten and, believe me, he left a long shadow. It does matter how we live, Zhenjin! It matters that we use what we are given, for just our brief time in the sun." He smiled to see his son struggling with the idea. "It's all you can say, when the end comes: 'I didn't waste my time.' I think that matters. I think it may be all that matters.”
Source: Conqueror
“In a hundred years, we'll all be dead, but HERE AND NOW, WE ARE ALIVE.”
Source: Small Gods
“In a hundred years, how do you want the world to be? Everybody should get together to make the world a better place.”
“In a hundred years, no one would know us, but this moment for us would last as long as we did.”
“In a husband, there is only a man; in a married woman, there is a man, a father, a mother and a woman.”
“In a hyper-connected world where average is over, there is one thing we know absolutely for sure: Every good job will require more education.”
“In a hypothetical future where all humans have been wiped out by a catastrophic event, but AI has advanced to the point where it can autonomously create and maintain robotic systems, what kind of world would emerge?
Would the AI continue to evolve and run a machine-driven society, or would it face an existential crisis, questioning its purpose without humans to serve?
Could AI itself turn nihilistic, or would it find new meaning in a world devoid of human life? And taking this even further — what if humans, as we know them, were actually robots created by a long-extinct civilization?
Perhaps, over time, we learned reproduction and invented the idea of biological existence, imagining our own purpose, unaware of our artificial origins.”
Source: Global Cinematic Treasures: 101 Must-See Modern Films
“In a jaded world, it takes a certain type of person to remain a romantic - someone with resolute faith in goodness.”
“In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part of a meeting at a church or a temple, where everyone was completely in tune with the sermon and what the whole event was about.”
“In a Jewish theological seminar there was an hours-long discussion about proofs of the existence of God. After some hours, one rabbi got up and said, "God is so great, he does not even need to exist."”
“In a job interview, many candidates fake to be polite. So, the interviewers find it difficult to sort out the really polite ones!”
“In a job you trade your freedom and time for money.”
“In a judgment-free arena, there is an evident invitation to surface imaginative ideas, perspectives, and insights.”
Source: Inside Your Customer's Imagination: 5 Secrets for Creating Breakthrough Products, Services, and Solutions