I Quotes
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“Irrespective of how we physiologically are made, even possessing special weaknesses, we can overcome our sins through the Lord.”
“Irrespective of nationality, soldiers are always open to the same discomfort and to the same comradeship the world over. I'll make things easy for you if you make things easy for me. That is, after all the unwritten law of the barracks.”
“Irrespective of the conflict with America it is a human duty to show sympathy with the American people, and be with them at these horrifying and awesome events which are bound to awaken human conscience.”
“Irrespective of the facts of today, the vault that
I keep my folks in, is as secure
as a Swiss bank vault.
Only that, my heart does not empty it for spondulicks or silvery love from another.
Rather it only grows fonder with memories and
sends out a lot of love
to its rightful keepers.”
Source: DO WE MAKE FRIENDS AFTER SCHOOL?
“Irrespective of the result of the General Election, I believe it will be possible to argue that Scotland has voted for more democratically accountable control over Scottish affairs. Scotland's inalienable right to self-determination includes the right to decide how to exercise that right. In the General Elections of October 1974, May 1979 and I believe in the forthcoming contest, and in the referendum on the Scotland Act, the Scottish people will have expressed the wish to remain in the United Kingdom, but with a substantial measure of Home Rule. Mrs. Thatcher would have no right to ignore that expression. Repeatedly stated, it would be the clear wish of the majority of the Scottish people. To deny it would be to say that of all the nations of the world today we had no national right to self-determination.”
Source: Radical Scotland, April / May 1983
“Irrespective of their birth labels and belief tables, my blessings to all those who feel themselves to be oppressed, depressed and suppressed from any cause whatsoever!”
“Irrespective of todays judgment and the price we had to pay in this generation, we were able to close an epoch of divisions, different blocs and borders, opening the way for an era of globalization.”
“Irrespective of when this may happen, it would not be an exaggeration to say that today millions of people living in Russia and, I am sure, millions of people living in Japan have an urge to get to know each other, cooperate and exchange useful information, as well as a sincere desire that all problems that still remain unresolved be resolved.”
“Irrespective of where you are, where you were born, what you can do or cannot do, irrespective of your starting capital in life, you can raise your value so high that you are needed for the most important jobs.”
Source: Create Your Own Net Worth
“Irrespective of whether we are believers or agnostics, whether we believe in God or karma, moral ethics is a code which everyone is able to pursue.”
“Irrespective of whether you are sexually active of not, being sexually empowered is a vital element of being able to create a society with zero tolerance for sexual violence.”
“Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You'd think that would be pretty obvious.”
“Irresponsibility is a sin with a high price tag.”
Source: The Mountain of Ignorance
“Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.”
Source: For Keeps
“Irresponsibility, cowardice, personal vanity, whining and chaos are becoming the maxims of political action. There is a stink in Berlin - a huge one!”
“Irresponsible Artifical Intelligence (IAI) is likely to be a more dangerous threat to the human race than nuclear arms.”
Source: Open the Windows
“Irresponsible freedom is mere derangement.”
Source: When Veins Ignite: Either Integration or Degradation
“Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.”
Source: REPORTS AND PUBLIC LETTERS
“Irrevence is another person's disrespect to your god; there isn't any word that tells what your disrespect to his god is.”
Source: No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger
“Irreverence is a declaration of independence.”
“Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe.”
Source: Children of Dune
“Irreverence is a way of playing hooky and remaining present at the same time.”
Source: Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures
“Irreverence is easy - whats hard is wit.”
“Irreverence is our only sacred cow.”
Source: One Hand Jerking: Reports From an Investigative Journalist
“Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense.”
Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“Irreverence is the lifeblood of freedom.”
“Irreverence not only shows disrespect to Deity but also makes it hard for the Spirit to teach us the things we need to know.”
“Irreverence ran on both sides of our family...my parents brought me up to think we could all change the world.”
“Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks”
“Irrevocable commitment to any religion is not only intellectual suicide; it is positive unfaith because it closes the mind to any new vision of the world. Faith is, above all, openness - an act of trust in the unknown.”
“Irrevocably haunted by blood.”
Source: Cake in the Blackbird Stew
“Irri and Jhiqui argued about Rakharo. “You are too skinny for him,” Jhiqui was saying. “You are almost a boy. Rakharo does not bed with boys. This is known.” Irri bristled back. “It is known that you are almost a cow. Rakharo does not bed with cows.”
“Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called rain.”
“Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.”
“Irritability is immaturity of character. If you are subject to being cross and unpleasant with others for no apparent reason, you need to come face-to-face with the fact that you are thinking too much of yourself. After all, your feelings are not the most important thing in this world.”
“Irritable Judges suffer from a bad case of premature adjudication.”
“Irritatingly angry people have no sense of humor when wearing their “angry pants.”
Source: The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts
“Irritation for some men was their response to strain.”
Source: Under Heaven
“Irritation is a great source of energy and creativity.”
Source: Body and soul: profits with principles, the amazing success story of Anita Roddick & the Body Shop
“Irritation pricked at my skin, causing the glyphs to agitate restlessly across it. Apollo and I had a history—a very bad history. He couldn’t kill me. I wasn’t sure how any of the Olympian gods could kill me, but I knew they would, eventually. Just not yet— they still needed me. “What do you want?”
He tilted his head to the side. “One of these days you will speak to me with respect, Apollyon.”
“One of these days you will realize I don’t respect you.”
A tight smile appeared on the god’s lips, a hide-your-kids-and-loved-ones kind of smile, but since I had neither of those things, I wasn’t intimidated. “We need to chat.”
Source: The Return
“Irritation. I'm too old to get angry. Anger, that's an emotion for more serious things”
“IRS is very poorly equipped to make a distinction between what is a religion and what is not.”
“Irving Berlin has no place in American music -- he is American music.”
“Irving Berlin has no place in American music. He is American music. Emotionally, he honestly absorbs the vibrations emanating from the people, manners and life of his time and, in turn, gives these impressions back to the world -- simplified, clarified and glorified.”
“Irving Penn said he didn't want to photograph anyone under 60, and I think there is some truth about it.”
“Irving Wallace family - they have preservatives.”
“Irving Wallace wrote a bestselling novel, The Man, in the 1960s about a black man becoming president of the United States. We thought that such a possibility was thousands of years in the future. Some people may still have some difficulty with the idea, but that's a major cultural meme shift.”
“Irwin Winkler did not share the credit of “Producer.” He had the power to do that because he had control of the book’s movie rights. Barbara De Fina’s credit was changed to “Executive Producer.” Additionally, once CAA (Scorsese's talent agency) got into it, her profit participation points on the movie were decreased.
Recounting the situation thirty years after the fact, De Fina fumes. 'Winkler just — I mean, I — and everyone else that had been working on it. And then he wasn’t even there. He visited the set a few times, got his picture taken in the director’s chair.'”
Source: Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas
“Iryna era una puttana traditrice e bugiarda. Ma era mia.
La mia pace.
E possedeva la mia anima, così come io possedevo la sua vita.”
Source: Inganno
“Irónicamente, el modo en que hemos organizado el mundo para mejorar la eficiencia, el desarrollo económico y nuestro estilo de vida - los esfuerzos generalmente útiles para transformar el planeta en una aldea global- nos ha hecho más susceptibles que en 1918 a los efectos de las enfermedades infecciosas.”
Source: Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs