I Quotes
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“Is there any indication we shouldn't be depressed - are you living on the same planet that I am? Do you ever think that depression might be the reasonable human response to the crap we're going through as a species, meant to propel us into the next evolutionary step, or at least into taking some different course of action so we might survive? Do you ever think that maybe it's the happy people that are really screwed up in the head?”
“Is there any instinct more deeply implanted in the heart of man than the pride of protection, a protection which is constantly exerted for a fragile and defenceless creature?”
Source: Old Goriot: Classic French Literature
“Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?”
Source: The Problems of Philosophy
“Is there any knowledge that refreshes the soul, renew the spirit, and restored the body like the study of the Holy Scriptures?”
“Is there any life without any difficulty?”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“Is there any man here or any woman, let me say is there any child here, who does not know that the seed of war in the modern world is industrial and commercial rivalry?”
“Is there any man that thinks in chains like the man who calls himself a free-thinker? Is there any man so credulous as the man who will not believe in the Bible? He swallows a ton of difficulties, and yet complains that we have swallowed an ounce of them. He has much more need of faith of a certain sort than we have, for skepticism has far harder problems than faith.”
“Is there any meaning in my life that the inevitable death awaiting me does not destory?”
Source: Or shall we die?: words for an oratorio set to music by Michael Berkeley
“Is there any media here? A couple? Excellent. I want to ask you, I don't know what persuasion you are, but would you like to go outside to a 1st Amendment zone? No! So did it make sense to have a 1st Amendment zone in Nevada? No, of course not. That's ridiculous. If we're talking about one of the most egregious things that happened down there, it was the 1st Amendment zone in Nevada.”
“Is there any misery in music?”
“Is there any moment in time when you‘re doing something better than watching Predator?”
Source: The Grip of Film
“Is there any moment in time when you‘re doing something better than watching Predator/i>?”
Source: The Grip of Film
“Is there any moral enormity which might not be justified by imitation of such a Deity?”
Source: Three Essays on Religion
“Is there any more feudal, soul eradiating experience than standing before the little window on a microwave oven watching the carousel slowly revolve your frozen block of dinner? Time spent this way might be easier than cooking but it is not enjoyable & surely not ennobling. It is to feel spiritually unemployed, useless to self & humanity.”
Source: Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
“Is there any more Room for me in those Jeans.”
“Is there any mystery like who you finally turn out to be.”
“Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.”
“Is there any one of us who doesn’t want to strike back at all the evil in this world?”
Source: The Wolf Gift
“Is there any other democracy where the voters are as spoiled as they are in the United States? Especially, of course, in certain states, such as Iowa and New Hampshire, where the old joke is literally true about the citizens who say they haven't yet formed an opinion about a candidate because they've only met the fellow a few times.”
“Is there any other industry [than the press] in this country which seeks to presume so completely to give the customer what he does not want?”
“Is there any other place where a more vibrant palette of human behaviour can be observed than the Scottish pub?
Our drinking holes are social spaces, shelters and, with the rise of flexible working and free WiFi, informal offices.
The pub is a courtroom, a therapist's clinic, a place to let socks dry out after an arduous day orienteering.
Relationships begin and end in its confines.
Pub dogs become celebrities.
If we run with the myth that there are languages with fifty words for snow, Scots could match that with their own terms related to the act of drinking.”
Source: The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way
“Is there any other slavery and chain like that of temperament?”
“Is there any other way to be? I mean, this is it. This is my body, my soul; I gotta live with it. I'd better get comfortable. I plan on taking it for a long ride.”
Source: Boy Proof
“Is there any other way to Erudite headquarters?" I say. "Not that I now of," says Cara. "Unless you want to jump from one roof to another." She laughs a little as she says it, like it's a joke. I raise my eyebrows at her. "Wait," she says. "You aren't considering---?”
“Is there any person in the world who does not dream? Who does not contain within them worlds unimagined?”
“Is there any point asking what you're going to make me do on Sunday?'
'Not really.'
Okay. 'Is there any point asking what you're going to do to me?'
He grinned wickedly. 'Not really.'
Fabulous. 'Does it involve the use of a safe word?'
'That will depend entirely on you.' Noah moved impossibly closer, just inches away. A few freckles disappeared into the scruff on his jaw. 'I'll be gentle,' Noah added. My breath caught in my throat as he looked at me from beneath those lashes, ruining me.
I narrowed my eyes at him. 'You're evil.'
In response, Noah smiled, and raised his finger to gently tap the tip of my nose. 'And you're mine,' he said, then walked away.”
Source: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
“Is there any point in breathing if this is what the world is asking me to face?’ You think to yourself. Somehow though, whether through madness or magic, you find a way to. You keep breathing even when you don’t think you can. You surprise yourself.”
Source: Mending Softly: Finding Hope & Healing After Ectopic Pregnancy Loss
“Is there any point in going across the world to eat something or buy something or watch people squatting among their ruins? Travel is a state of mind. It has nothing to do with distance or the exotic. It is almost entirely an inner experience.”
Source: Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings
“Is there any point in public debate in a society where hardly anyone has been taught how to think, while millions have been taught what to think?”
“Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?' To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' The dog did nothing in the night-time.' That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.”
“Is there any positive energy like enthusiasm?”
“Is there any possibility of getting the super Welfare State's honey and avoiding the sting?”
“Is there any progress in horticulture? If not, it is dead, uninspiring. We cannot live in the past good as it is; we must draw our inspiration from the future.”
Source: The Survival of the Unlike: A Collection of Evolution Essays Suggested by the Study of Domestic Plants
“Is there any prosperity without a painful toil?”
“Is there any pure pleasure like praying?”
“Is there any pure pleasure other than love and devotion?”
“Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice.”
“Is there any real purpose in being alive if all we are going to do is get up every day and live only for ourselves? Live your life to help others. Give & live selflessly.”
“Is there any reason why the American people should be taxed to guarantee the debts of banks, any more than they should be taxed to guarantee the debts of other institutions, including merchants, the industries, and the mills of the country?”
“Is there any reason why you should not have faith in God? Has God ever broken one of His promises? I defy any infidel or unbeliever to place a finger on a single promise of God ever made and failed to fulfill.”
“Is there any reward?
I'm beginning to doubt it.
I am broken and bored,
Is there any reward?
Reassure me, Good Lord,
And inform me about it.
Is there any reward?
I'm beginning to doubt it.”
“Is there any riches like redemption?”
“Is there any saint without a sin?”
“Is there any sex-distinction in the Atman (Self)? Out with the differentiation between man and woman—all is Atman! Give up the identification with the body, and stand up!”
Source: Complete Works
“Is there any sight more exquisite than a field of canary yellow rapeseed on a day of blinding sunlight? The colour appears to transcend structure and live and dance and breathe. Nature reveals its primordial palette and invites insects to pollinate and Man to dare to dream of creating something so vibrant, shockingly intense and timeless. It is the golden ignition of the divine spark of creativity writ large.”
“Is there any sign of spring quite so welcome as the glint of the first bluebird unless it is his softly whistled song? No wonder the bird has become the symbol for happiness. Before the farmer begins to plough the wet earth, often while snow is still on the ground, this hardy little minstrel is making himself very much at home in our orchards and gardens while waiting for a mate to arrive from the South.”
“Is there any sleeping person you can be entirely sure you have not misjudged?”
Source: The Optimist's Daughter
“Is there any smooth road to success?”
“Is there any space left in these documents for the testimony of Sarah, Abigail, Lily, or Amba? No, only this: "Having said no more than she had previously said for herself." No one bothered to record what they had said before. This is one way history erases us. What we had to say was not even considered important enough to record.”
Source: Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
“Is there any stab as deep as wondering where and how much you failed those you loved.”
Source: Measure of My Days