I Quotes
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“In an irrational situation, rationality dictates an irrational response”
Source: We Tragic Few
“In an IT lead world, incumbents generally win because they have the existing relationship with the IT organization.”
“In an Italian household, there were two figures for me growing up - you had the Pope and you had Frank Sinatra, and, of course, Tony Bennett. And not necessarily in that order.”
“In an odd way (the death of John Daly) is cheering news!”
“In an odd way I thought I was lowering the bar for myself, in saying, well, I'll make a pop album. But in a way it's kind of harder to make pop music. It's like the more abstract you get with music, you get into that emperor's new clothes thing, where you can go anywhere, and just claim that your audience may not be prepared to go with you. But with pop music, I think everybody understands the form, everybody knows what it's meant to do. So I would say it's harder to write that kind of music.”
“In an odd way, Donald Trump and maybe Brexit is gonna be great for inspiring a new wave of socially conscious political music.”
“In an odd way, my parents were proud of me. When they saw me do stand-up, I'd see them looking around the room and watch them taking in the people laughing. On some level, that comforted them.”
“In an odd way, we have really destroyed two of our strongest allies against the Islamists. Saddam Hussein, and we've probably fatally undermined Bashir al Assad in Syria.”
“In an office, being feminine doesn’t mean being seductive. […] Even a flirtation, when it wears off, causes some bad feeling, and somebody is going to be moved into another department — or out of the company. Quite likely you!
There are no hard-and- fast rules for fending off an outright pass, especially if it comes from the boss. Every intelligent woman has her own method of turning it off without wounding a sensitive male ego. An even cleverer woman knows how to prevent the pass in the first place. She’s charming, friendly, capable — and not seductive. If you can’t control your cleavage, your perfume, your walk, and your eyelashes — you’d better stay out of business.”
Source: My Way of Life
“In an old family album
Ever again you return, Melancholy,
O meekness of the solitary soul.
A golden day glows and expires.
Humbly the patient man surrenders to pain
Ringing with melodious sound and soft madness.
Look! There's the twilight.
Night returns once more and a mortal thing laments
And another suffers in sympathy.
Shuddering under autumn stars
Yearly the head is bowed deeper.
-Georg Trakl (1887-1914)”
“In an old house,' he said, 'there is sometimes an atmosphere of evil.'
'That's it, sir,' said Ellen, eagerly. 'Evil. Bad thoughts and bad deeds too. It's like dry rot in a house, sir, you can't get it out. It's a sort of feeling in the air. I always knew something bad would happen in this house, someday.”
Source: Peril at End House
“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines 74 lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.”
“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines
Lived twelve little girls in two straight lines
In two straight lines they broke their bread
And brushed their teeth and went to bed.
They left the house at half past nine
In two straight lines in rain or shine-
The smallest one was Madeline.”
Source: Madeline
“In an old model, the way a film would imprint itself on the public's consciousness is to get a theatrical run. But now there are more documentaries and more films in general being released than ever before. There are weeks when the New York Times is reviewing 15 films, so it's harder to leave an impression on the public. A lot of these films are seeing their financial future on digital platforms. Because viewers aren't hearing as much about films in theatrical release, I think the festival circuit is going to have increasing importance for the life of a film.”
“In an old song the Mother sings: 'My sleeping is my dreaming, my dreaming is my thinking, my thinking is my wisdom.' She is the bed we are born in, in which we sleep and dream, where we are healed, love and die. In her wisdom we remember day's broken images and carry them down into dreams where their motions roll into shadows and root, growing into stories.”
“In an old time
there was a king as wise as a dictionary.”
Source: Transformations
“In an ongoing relationship, each current criticism packs the punches of all the others that have gone before.”
Source: That's not what I meant!: how conversational style makes or breaks your relations with others
“In an online community, there's this kind of social economy between the community members. Some people have status because they make cool skins or that's a good website that's visited a lot, but there's no real gameplay there.”
“In an "open 24-7" reality, want is King. We serve it, live it, breath it. But what does the king give you in exchange? Debt, neediness, addiction, and suffering. There is an alternative. JOY. Joy is created in simplicity.”
“In an open adoption agreement, you agree to a minimum number of visits - a floor, not a ceiling. It's enforceable.”
“In an open immeasurable non-linear System of Systems - the Quantum Realm; the Quantum Fields, Quantum Entanglement, Quantum Engineering, Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Intelligence, Quantum Thinking, Quantum Algorithms, Quantum Chaos phenomena are a few of many (to be defined) interconnected elements of this Universal System.”
“In an open. loving, and caring fellowship where judgment and fear do not exist, and the truth is its substance, the oneness of the body is expressed. There is no division, and mutual caring for one another is manifested. This is the apostles' doctrine and fellowship that the early believers shared and continued steadfastly from house to house.”
Source: One: Unfolding God’s Eternal Purpose from House to House
“In an oppressive society if a group stands up to take care of the lambs, it automatically stands up against the wolves.”
“In an oppressive society the truth-telling nature of literature is of a different order, and sometimes valued more highly than other elements in a work of art.”
Source: Conversations with Julian Barnes
“In an orchard there should be enough to eat, enough to lay up, enough to be stolen, and enough to rot on the ground.”
Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolatory correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished
“In an organic environment, every place is unique, and the different places also cooperate, with no parts left over, to create a global whole - a whole which can be identified by everyone who is part of it.”
Source: The Oregon Experiment
“In an organic model of education, the purpose of teaching should be to give students the tools to recognize their own unique interest without feeling judged, and once they've recognized it, to prepare them to be excellent at it.”
Source: Every Generation Needs Caretakers: The Gospel of Patriotism
“In an organization of any significant size, the executives cannot create the future single-handedly. They must develop the enterprise in a constellation of teams within the overall team if they hope to bring the special talents and resources to bear on the challenge of creating superior customer value and sustaining a competitive advantage in the eyes of its customers.”
“In an overly materialistic world, prosperity is unfortunately and invariably associated with hoards of money and countless possessions. Yet to the truly prosperous people of this world, prosperity is prosperity in its purest and original sense. Prosperity comes from the Latin word "spes", which means "hope and vigor." To the truly prosperous person, being prosperous means being positive and happy in the moment.”
“In an overwhelming attempt to capture memories, people have forgotten to make memories.”
Source: The Gospel of Technology
“In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness.”
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“In an uncertain world, acceptance and attitude can lead to a better life.”
Source: Man To The Wisdom
“In an uncertain world, English is a reliable direction.”
Source: In English as in Russian: 1000 words with explanations - ПО-АНГЛИЙСКИ КАК ПО-РУССКИ: 1000 слов с пояснениями
“In an unconscious dynamic within most societies, the majority, or more accurately, the ruling or predominant minority, predicate or dictate the 'accepted' paradigm, traditions and beliefs; and the millions of people with unusual interests and even mystical experiences don't know that they are actually a huge and mostly voiceless group in the society.”
Source: Inner Journeys, Cosmic Sojourns: Life transforming stories, adventures and messages from a spiritual hypnotherapist's casebook
“In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.”
Source: Freedom Under Siege: The Impact of Organized Religion on Your Liberty and Your Pocketbook
“In an underdeveloped country don't drink the water. In a developed country don't breathe the air.”
“In an underdeveloped society, the first anxiety is of infant mortality. In an advanced one it is to keep alive the aged.”
Source: Selected speeches and writings of Indira Gandhi, September 1972-October 30, 1984
“In an undertone, I murmured, "This isn't over. I won't give up on you." "I've given up on you," he said back, voice also soft. "Love fades. Mine has.”
Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection
“In an unexpected move, Bryce reached for my hand and pulled me to his side. “Play along. We’ll straighten this out later.”
Good Lord, the school hottie was touching me. It felt like I’d won some sort of geek-girl lottery. And depending on how this played out, Bryce could be the answer to my boyfriend problems. If he wanted me to cover for him, then he needed to help me with my overprotective brothers.”
Source: Blackmail Boyfriend
“In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons.”
Source: Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou
“In an unhealthy way, I found a lot of validity in having always been a very good athlete, a very good baseball player, and I've since grown out of that place into a different perspective and learned how to live differently, thankfully, where baseball is certainly something that's very important to me. It's not who I am, though. It's just what I do.”
“In an unjust society the only place for a just man is prison.”
“In an unknown situation, humility about one’s knowledge is paramount.”
Source: Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World
“In an unlikely pairing, Hillary Clinton made an appearance this week with Newt Gingrich to push a health care plan. The press is making a big deal out this thing with Newt but, hey, if anyone knows how to appear in public with a man she can't stand, it's Hillary.”
“In an unmolested market economy - one where all dealings are consensual - the 'allocation' of wealth and income is the result of transactions.”
“In an unmoored life like mine, sleep and hunger and work arrange themselves to suit themselves, without consulting me.”
Source: Kurt Vonnegut: Letters
“In an unpredictable and unpleasant world it was both unusual and very pleasant to hear what I wanted to hear.”
Source: Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married
“In an unprofessional organization, only a few employees are trust-worthy. In a professional organization, every employee is trustworthy.”
Source: Quantraz
“In an upper room two women sat looking out at the rain. The younger held the hand of the elder; but in this room also there was silence. They were silent, for they had seen their old life crumble like a swallow's nest in the rain, and they had not yet seen the possibility of any new life rise before them. So they sat and looked at the rain, and it seemed that there was nothing for them to do but go forward forever and ever the rain beating about them, their feet deep down in a drift of dead leaves.”
Source: The Stickit Minister
“In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past.”