I Quotes
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“Is there ever going to be a day when I'm not this desperate for you?”
Source: Dirty Savage Player
“Is there evil but on earth? Or pain in every peopled sphere?
Well, be grateful for the sounding watchword "Evolution" here.”
“Is there for honest Poverty
That hings his head, an' a' that;
The coward slave-we pass him by,
We dare be poor for a' that!
For a' that, an' a' that.
Our toils obscure an' a' that,
The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The Man's the gowd for a' that.
What though on hamely fare we dine,
Wear hoddin grey, an' a that;
Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine;
A Man's a Man for a' that:
For a' that, and a' that,
Their tinsel show, an' a' that;
The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor,
Is king o' men for a' that.
Ye see yon birkie, ca'd a lord,
Wha struts, an' stares, an' a' that;
Tho' hundreds worship at his word,
He's but a coof for a' that:
For a' that, an' a' that,
His ribband, star, an' a' that:
The man o' independent mind
He looks an' laughs at a' that.
A prince can mak a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, an' a' that;
But an honest man's abon his might,
Gude faith, he maunna fa' that!
For a' that, an' a' that,
Their dignities an' a' that;
The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth,
Are higher rank than a' that.
Then let us pray that come it may,
(As come it will for a' that,)
That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth,
Shall bear the gree, an' a' that.
For a' that, an' a' that,
It's coming yet for a' that,
That Man to Man, the world o'er,
Shall brothers be for a' that.”
“Is there hell, or do we make our own on earth?”
Source: Full Dark, No Stars
“Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?”
“Is there in every work of art something which shows reality as one and also something which shows reality as many and diverse? - must every work of art have a simultaneous presence of oneness and manyness, unity and variety?”
“Is there in painting an effect which arises from the being together of repose and energy in the artist's mind? - can both repose and energy be seen in a painting's line and color, plane and volume, surface and depth, detail and composition? - and is the true effect of a good painting on the spectator one that makes at once for repose and energy, calmness and intensity, serenity and stir?”
“Is there in the whole world a being who would have the right to forgive and could forgive?”
Source: The Brothers Karamazov
“Is there innocence in ignorance? And if there is, do we tolerate other for their innocence's sake?”
Source: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
“Is there intellectual life in America? At present, the answer is no.”
Source: Vamps & Tramps: New Essays
“Is there intelligent life on Earth?”
“Is there life before death? That’s chalked up
In Ballymurphy. Competence with pain,
Coherent miseries, a bite and a sup,
We hug our little destiny again.”
Source: North
“Is there life before death? - that is the question!”
Source: One Minute Wisdom
“Is there life in other families?”
“Is there life left in a woodchip?”
“Is there magic in this world? Certainly! But it is not the kind of magic written about in fantasy stories. It is the kind of magic that comes from ideas and the hard work it often takes to make them real.”
“Is there more meat?” I asked.
Ida Belle nodded. “I’m pretty sure there’s a black hole in the bottom of Gertie’s trunk and meat is coming through it from another planet. We’ve hardly made a dent.”
Source: Hurricane Force
“Is there more to see?" Brixton asks.
"No. Just a long walk back to hope.”
Source: The Geri Rogue
“Is there n-nothing you can do?” Parmida asked, wiping her tears away with the heel of her hand.
The unicorn laughed softly. “She asks for a boon after shooting me in the ass.”
Source: Tales of Talithia
“Is there never any escaping the junkshop of the self?”
Source: Autumn
“Is there no benefit at all in a powerful country having a leader with an extremely high ego? Of course there is! The ego bubbles of other high-ego, mentally ill leaders in the world burst, their so-called charisma crumbles, and they feel crushed in the face of someone with an even higher ego! One big ego bursts smaller egos!”
“Is there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who greatly think or bravely die?”
“Is there no easy way to taking this dress off you? Am I going to have to rip it off?”
Source: Passionate Choice
“Is there no end to his diguises of benevolence?”
“Is there no end to this escalation of desire?”
“Is there no escape then?' said Frodo, looking around wildly. 'If I move I shall be seen and hunted! If I stay, I shall draw them to me!”
Source: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
“Is there no God, then, but at best an absentee God, sitting idle, ever since the first Sabbath, at the outside of his Universe?”
Source: The Collected Works of Thomas Carlyle
“Is there no hope? the sick man said, The silent doctor shook his head, And took his leave with signs of sorrow, Despairing of his fee to-morrow.”
“Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.”
“Is there no pity sitting in the clouds That sees into the bottom of my grief? O sweet my mother, cast me not away! Delay this marriage for a month, a week, Or if you do not, make the bridal bed In that dim monument where Tybalt lies.”
Source: The plays of William Shakespeare: in twenty-one volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, to which are added notes
“Is there no pity sitting in the clouds, That sees into the bottom of my grief?”
“Is there no reconciliation of some ancient quarrel, no payment of some long outstanding debt, no courtesy or love or honor to be rendered to those to whom it has long been due; no charitable, humble, kind, useful deed, by which you can promote the glory of God, or good-will among men, or peace upon earth? If there be any such, I beseech you, in God's name, in Christ's name, go and do it.”
“Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?”
“Is there no room for art in the spoken language? What is the use of creating an unnatural language to the exclusion of the natural one?”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“Is there
no saving
what betrays itself?”
Source: The Rest of Love
“Is there no Villain in this World who doth not regard himself as a poor abus'd Innocent, no She-Wolf who doth not think herself a Lamb, no Shark who doth not fancy that she is a Goldfish?”
Source: Fanny
“Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks-no form of government can render us secure. To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea, if there be sufficient virtue and intelligence in the community, it will be exercised in the selection of these men. So that we do not depend on their virtue, or put confidence in our rulers, but in the people who are to choose them.”
Source: James Madison's
“Is there no way out of the mind?”
“Is there no way to kill a memory—
to strangle it where it lies in the heart
and bury it in the darkness, beyond reach?”
Source: A Secret Silent Fall
“Is there not a certain satisfaction in the fact that natural limits are set to the life of the individual, so that at the conclusion it may appear as a work of art?”
Source: The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It
“Is there not a single thing that you would like to forget?”
Source: Hades And Persephone: Curse Of The Golden Arrow
“Is there not a sort of remorse that precedes sin? Was it remorse at the very fact that I existed?”
Source: Confessions of a Mask
“Is there not a terrible hollowness, mockery, want, craving, in that existence which is given away to others, for want of something of your own to bestow it on?”
Source: Shirley: Easyread Large Bold Edition
“Is there not a way by which the man who can think can be enabled to have time to think?”
“is there not an Arabick Proverb which goes, 'No one throws Stones at a Barren Tree'?”
Source: Fanny
“Is there not an art, a music, and a stream of words that shalt be life, the acknowledged voice of life?”
“Is there not genius in the villain? In the criminal? A magic born in the beginnings of the tiniest of rebellions? When I think of someone who has to create a masterplan to rob a store, the valor of a pirate, or a malicious CEO trying to tear down competition, at least they have a point of view. They are uninhibited by the parameters of previous motion. They are electric imaginers. And they make their money by thinking. The originality of a criminal’s thoughts requires a freedom so rare to attain—and from there, brilliant masterplans, blueprints, trajectories, and other devices are employed. No one owns them and they defy odds with every offense. To have the mind of a criminal, but the heart of an angel would be ideal, but who promised ideal? It’s too bad the cleverest of things were corrupt and have made us call geniuses stupid. Maybe it’s circumstance, maybe it’s hereditary, but the greatest criminals have the creativity and courage like no other.”
Source: The Goodbye Song
“Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among those we love and the things we love, and beauty, too.”
Source: The Black Cauldron: The Chronicles of Prydain
“Is there not in every human soul a primitive spark, a divine element, incorruptible in this world and immortal in the next, which can be developed by goodness, kindled, lit up, and made to radiate, and which evil can never entirely extinguish.”
“Is there not some arrangement (neutral gear) in the car, where the wheels do not turn, but the car keeps running? Similarly, one should do something, whereby worldly life continues and (karmic) ‘causes’ stops.”