I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“In indie rock, there's the phenomenon of: "Oh, this guy seems totally normal, but he's actually crazy." There's more of that out there than you'd think.”
“In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized.”
“In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record.”
Source: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
“In individuals who initially felt defected, bad or “low value,” the positive feelings gained from attention and approval can lead to a habit of seeking out similar experiences repetitively to an unhealthy degree”
Source: How to Handle a Narcissist: Understanding and Dealing with a Range of Narcissistic Personalities
“In Indo-Iranian texts there are references to a mythical tree that drips the immortal fluid Soma/Haoma, but it is not pictured as a mighty cosmic tree uniting upper and lower worlds; in the Veda it is located in the third heaven, in the Avesta it stands in the fabulous but terrestrial lake Vourukaśa from which all rivers flow. According to a later Pahlavi source an evil lizard lurks beneath it, trying to get at the Haoma. There is perhaps an analogue to this in the Hesperides’ tree which grows golden apples,an guardian serpent at its base, and is located close to Atlas who supports the sky.”
“In indolent vacuity of thought.”
Source: The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper ...: Including the Copyright Poems, with a Life of the Author
“In Indonesia, I had spent two years at a Muslim school, two years at a Catholic school. In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to tell my mother that I made faces during Koranic studies.”
Source: Dreams From My Father
“In Indonesia, there are many parties, but they are all pro-business and for the elites, and all their candidates, including Jokowi, are pre-selected, and pre-approved, by the regime. So no matter how people vote here, it changes nothing.”
“In Indonesian, the word isn't translating as "gangster." It's "preman", which comes from the Dutch "préman", which of course the thing that's "freeman" in English.”
“In industrial countries where male privilege is still firmly entrenched - in Spain, Italy, Japan, and South Korea, for example - women are delaying marriage longer than in America, and often resisting childbearing as well. They are less likely than American women to say that marriage is a good deal.”
“In industrialized warfare, where the representation of events outstripped the presentation of facts, the image was starting to gain sway over the object, time over space. Soon a conflict of strategic and political interpretation would ensue, with radio and then radar completing the picture.”
“In industries where a lot of competitors are selling the same product - mangoes, gasoline, DVD players - price is the easiest way to distinguish yourself. The hope is that if you cut prices enough you can increase your market share, and even your profits. But this works only if your competitors won't, or can't, follow suit.”
“In industry, we are now concentrating our best effort in trying to make plants work at a maximum capacity, trying to replace the equipment which is in bad conditions due to lack of spare parts from the U.S.., that we cannot get from the U.S.; to extend our industry later on the basis of our primary resources. And to lessen our dependence on external markets and dedicate our efforts in 1965 to the aspect of security and hygiene of work, to make our plants better for the worker: that the worker may feel really a man there.”
“In infancy, our blood is strong and our energy is plentiful. Mind and body, thought and action are one. Everything we do is in harmony with the natural order. The infant is not affected by things that happen around him. Virtue and ethics cannot restrain his will. Naked and free of social conventions, he follows the natural path of the heart.”
Source: Lieh-tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living
“In infants, levity is a prettiness; in men a shameful defect; but in old age, a monstrous folly.”
“In infinite resignation there is peace and repose; anyone who wants it, who has not debased himself by—what is still worse than being too proud—belittling himself, can discipline himself into making this movement, which in its pain reconciles one to existence.”
Source: Fear and Trembling
“In infinite space, even the most unlikely events must take place somewhere.”
“In infinite time, in infinite matter, in infinite space, is formed a bubble organism, and that bubble lasts a while and bursts, and that bubble is Me.”
Source: Anna Karenina: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition
“In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.”
“In inner-party politics, these methods lead, as we shall yet see, to this: the party organization substitutes itself for the party, the central committee substitutes itself for the organization, and, finally, a dictator substitutes himself for the central committee.”
“In innocence there is no strength against evil [...] but there is strength in it for good.”
Source: The farthest shore
“In innocence there is no strength against evil, said Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. But there is strength in it for good.”
Source: The farthest shore
“In innumerable cases, the woman fell in love, not with the man, but with the lifestyle that came with being his girlfriend, wife, or mistress.”
Source: On Friendship: A Satirical Essay
“In inorganic chemistry the radicals are simple; in organic chemistry they are compounds—that is the sole difference.”
“In insecure relationships, we disguise our vulnerabilities so our partner never really sees us.”
Source: Created for Connection: The
“In insisting that peasant activity contrary to Communist policies could be defined as kulak while at the same time maintaining that his approach to the peasantry was based on scientific Marxist class analysis, Lenin provided his successors with conceptualizations that would be used in collectivization when Stalin launched a war against all peasants.”
Source: Peasant Rebels Under Stalin: Collectivization and the Culture of Peasant Resistance
“In insisting that personal habit and political action be one and the same, absolutist moralizing limits the possibilities of both.”
Source: Life of Cheese: Crafting Food and Value in America (California Studies in Food and Culture)
“In insisting, for political purposes, on a sharp division between gay and straight, gay activism, like much of feminism, has become as rigid and repressive as the old order it sought to replace.”
Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays
“In insomnia we encounter the very heart of love’s darkness: the essential otherness of the beloved.”
Source: Insomnia
“In instances in history, civil disobedience has been appropriate and useful.”
“In instinct alone, man had everything he needed in order to live in the state of nature; in a cultivated reason, he has only what he needs to live in society.”
Source: Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
“In "intelepciunea" ei, mintea noastra e prea ocupata cu impartelile, asa ca vom incerca sa nu mai fin atat de "wise". Vom incerca sa fim... "otherwise". Ne vom stradui sa mutam accentul de la ce facem la cum facem. Ne vom angaja in munca noastra, oricare ar fi, cu intreaga fiinta. Ca si cum soarta universului ar depinde de ceea ce facem...”
Source: Namaste. Un roman de aventuri spirituale în India
“in intellect there is no sex.”
“In intellectual honesty, we should be willing to study and explore the spiritual life with all the rigor and determination we would give to any field of research.”
Source: Celebration of Discipline: The Path To Spiritual Growth
“In intelligence work, loyalty is temporary. Secrets are permanent.”
Source: The Prague Deception: MI6 Series
“In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.”
“In interactions with others, instead of trying to be right, why don't we try being kind?”
“In intercourse with scholars and artists one readily makes mistakes of opposite kinds: in a remarkable scholar one not infrequently finds a mediocre man; and often, even in a mediocre artist, one finds a very remarkable man.”
Source: BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL - Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future: The Critique of the Traditional Morality and the Philosophy of the Past
“In international affairs, true strength is found in the pursuit of peace, not power."
"Diplomacy is the art of finding common ground in the vast diversity of our global landscape."
"Global progress depends on leaders who see beyond borders and build bridges of understanding."
"The world’s greatest challenges are solved not by isolation, but by the unity of nations working together."
"International affairs demand a balance of vision and pragmatism, of ideals and realities."
"In the global arena, dialogue is the most powerful weapon for resolving conflicts and fostering peace."
"True global leadership embraces the diversity of voices, recognizing that every culture adds value to our shared future."
"The key to a stable world lies in our ability to collaborate across borders and find solutions that benefit all."
"To navigate international affairs is to dance in the delicate balance between national interests and global responsibility."
"Sustainable development is a collective commitment that transcends borders, cultures, and politics.”
“In international affairs, you never threaten things you're not prepared to do.”
“In international business, the local dimension is not just another variable but the lens through which the whole venture must be viewed.”
“In international commerce, India is an ancient country-(19th October, 1899)”
“In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just recovering from playing on the Saturday.”
“In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.”
“In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.”
“In intertwining sentimentality, healing, narcissism, and authority, modern evangelicals give authority to those emotions themselves...The sentimental becomes evidence and authority in a world in which most evangelicals have given up intellectual pursuits and concerns over doctrine. Essentially, sentimentality represents an abandonment of theology and critical introspection in popular evangelicalism. Instead of crafting intellectual responses to the challenges to evangelicalism, popular evangelicals appeal to the power of feeling as an authority to counteract science and criticism of the Bible. They offer their audiences the opportunity to FEEL that evangelicalism is right rather than asking them to accept the veracity of doctrinal positions of evangelicalism.”
Source: HOMESPUN GOSPEL
“In interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job, marriage, and children. In some respects, I was a social adolescent.”
“In interviews, many current and former lawmakers and industry representatives acknowledged the flaws in Colorado’s initial sports betting system, which they attributed to the fact that Colorado was an early adopter and had few models to learn from. (It was the sixteenth state to launch sports betting after Murphy, and the ninth to launch full online gambling.) But there was nothing forcing the state to adopt so early other than a gambler-esque hope for a quick windfall. Colorado could have sat back and assessed the results from New Jersey and Delaware and designed regulations that addressed the issues faced in other states. With money—or water—in their eyes, it chose not to.”
Source: Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling
“In interviews, on the set, talking to people, I'll just start talking about my parents' divorce, and go on and on. My mom's always like, 'You don't have to be that honest. You have to be more fake.' You see some of these actors, they have a permanent smile on their face. How can they do that? It really fascinates me.”
“In interviews, the first question I get in America is always: 'What do you do to stay young?' I do nothing. I don't think aging is a problem ... I'm so surprised that the emphasis on aging here is on physical decay, when aging brings such incredible freedom. Now what I want most is laughs. I don't want to hurt anybody by laughing -- there is no meanness to it. I just want to laugh.”