I Quotes
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“It is especially imperative for Congress to exercise careful judgment in this area, because of the difficulty under existing laws, in obtaining judicial review of Postal Service abuses. ...We strongly oppose the legislation's infringement of rights guaranteed under the First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution.”
“It is especially important for managers to know about, neuroplasticity, the greatest discovery in neuroscience in the past 20 years. It refers to the fact that the brain is remarkably plastic. It can grow and change for the better throughout life. In fact, "plastic" denotes the brain's ability to grow and change throughout life.”
“It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical”
Source: Against the grain: an autobiography
“It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts.”
“It is especially painful when narcissists suffer memory loss because they are losing parts of the person they love most.”
“It is especially taboo for a wine writer to admit that he or she likes the buzz. But wine is a full sensory experience. It's not just tasting notes.”
“It is essential for a sustainable economy to see natural resources as an asset, and wasteful or harmful use of those resources as risks.”
“It is essential for America to understand what our mission is in Iran, and that is to dissuade Iran from having a nuclear weapon through peaceful and diplomatic means.”
“It is essential for anyone dealing with gamblers to understand this first very basic fact – that compulsive gamblers are master manipulators. They are the ultimate "gamers.”
Source: GAMES COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS and WE PLAY Second Edition
“It is essential for evolution to become the central core of any educational system, because it is evolution, in the broad sense, that links inorganic nature with life, and the stars with the earth, and matter with mind, and animals with man. Human history is a continuation of biological evolution in a different form.”
“It is essential for genetic material to be able to make exact copies of itself; otherwise growth would produce disorder, life could not originate, and favourable forms would not be perpetuated by natural selection.”
“It is essential for investors to realize that a company’s value isn’t found in spreadsheets or accounting records but in the hearts and wallets of customers.”
Source: Investing in Hidden Monopolies: Why Customer Loyalty Creates Superior Moats and How You Can Profit
“It is essential for me to become involved in another search, and 'search' is the proper word to use because it promises discovery along with the risk.”
“It is essential for men of science to take an interest in the administration of their own affairs or else the professional civil servant will step in - and then the Lord help you.”
“It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did.”
“It is essential for the good of criticism that both the critic and the public face the fact that a review is not the voice of God.”
“It is essential for the oppressed to realize that when they accept the struggle for humanization they also accept, from that moment, their total responsibility for the struggle.”
Source: Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition
“It is essential for the photographer to know the effect of his lenses. The lens is his eye, and it makes or ruins his pictures. A feeling for composition is a great asset. I think it is very much a matter of instinct. It can perhaps be developed, but I doubt if it can be learned. To achieve his best work, the young photographer must discover what really excites him visually. He must discover his own world.”
Source: Bill Brandt: Selected Texts & Bibliography
“It is essential for world peace that the world religions make peace with each other. If they don't, we can hardly expect the nations of the world to lay down their arms.”
“It is essential not only to the souls of painters and poets, who thrive in solitude, but to the rest of us, too--individuals whose canvas is our lives.”
“It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty.”
“It is essential that America's word be good.”
“It is essential that America's word be good. And so I know that this campaign has caused some questioning and worries on the part of many leaders across the globe. I've talked with a number of them. But I want to - on behalf of myself, and I think on behalf of a majority of the American people, say that, you know, our word is good.”
“It is essential that anyone reading this book know at the outset that the author is apolitical. I was convinced in 1927 that humanity's most fundamental survival problems could never be solved by politics.”
Source: Grunch* of Giants: *Gross Universe Cash Heist
“It is essential that children who are directly or indirectly affected by domestic violence receive psychological care.”
“It is essential that Christians understand this. Every Jew, secular, religious, assimilated, left-wing, right-wing, fears being killed because he is Jewish. This is the best-kept secret about Jews, who are widely perceived as inordinately secure and powerful. But it is the only universally held sentiment among Jews.”
“It is essential that in a society, divine thoughts and power should co-exist. Simple Faith, not backed by material forces, is weak and Strength without touch of Divinity is monstrous.”
“It is essential that justice be done, and it is equally vital that justice not be confused with revenge, for the two are wholly different.”
“It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think.”
“It is essential that our love be liberating, not possessive. We must at all times give those we love the freedom to be themselves. Love affirms the other as other. It does not possess and manipulate another as mine.”
Source: Through Seasons of the Heart
“It is essential that our present negative propaganda regarding psychedelic drugs be replaced with honesty and truthfulness about their effects, both good and bad.”
Source: Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story
“It is essential that policy instruments be developed that would firmly establish democratization on the basis of social consensus and enable transformation on stable grounds.”
“It is essential that socialism should include overriding regard tot the experience and the consciousness of a people, for if it does not do so, it will be serving an idea and not a people. It will generate a contradiction. It will become dogmatic. It will shed its materialist and realist basis. It will become fanaticism, an obscurantism, an alienator of human happiness.”
Source: Consciencism: Philosophy and Ideology for De-Colonization and Development with Particular Reference to the African Development
“It is essential that the foreign forces who have invaded and occupy large parts of the Congo halt their offensive action”
“It is essential that the loved ones involved with compulsive gamblers understand and believe that nothing they do or say will cause the gamblers to gamble, or make the gamblers stop gambling. They can encourage the gamblers to stop gambling with appropriate words and actions, but they cannot make the gamblers stop. Only the gamblers can do that.”
Source: GAMES COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS and WE PLAY Second Edition
“It is essential that the painter should develop not only his eyes, but also his soul, so that it too may be capable of weighing colors in balance.”
Source: Kandinsky, Complete Writings on Art
“It is essential that the revelation we receive, the conception of an image which embraces a certain thing, which has no sense in itself, which has no subject, which means 'absolutely nothing' from the logical point of view.. ..should speak so strongly in us, evoke such agony or joy, that we feel compelled to paint.”
“It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of organization. Capital organizes and therefore labor must organize.”
Source: Newer Roosevelt messages: speeches, letters and magazine articles dealing with the war, before and after, and other vital topics
“It is essential that we always repeat:
we the people,
we the people,
we the people.”
Source: Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems
“It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to have a sense of purpose in relation to it.”
“It is essential that we provide the best possible care for our wounded and disabled veterans.”
“It is essential that we put an end to steroid abuse and set a better example for aspiring young athletes to follow, so that some day, when they make it in the All Star Game, it will be because of their own natural talents, and not because of a performance enhancing product.”
“It is essential that we raise the image of sex, which is currently seen as a purely biological affair and often portrayed in its worst manifestations, to that of a spiritually based activity.”
Source: The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness
“It is essential that we realize once and for all that man is much more of a sex creature than a moral creature. The former is inherent, the other is grafted on.”
Source: Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader
“It is essential that we renew our covenants by partaking of the sacrament. When we do this with a sincere heart, with real intent, forsaking our sins, and renewing our commitment to God, the Lord provides a way whereby sins can be forgiven from week to week. Simply eating the bread and drinking the water will not bring that forgiveness. We must prepare and then partake with a broken heart and contrite spirit. The spiritual preparation we make to partake of the sacrament is essential to receiving a remission of our sins.”
“It is essential that we stop worrying about money and stop resenting our bills.”
Source: You Can Heal Your Life
“It is essential that we take steps to prevent chemical substances from becoming environmental hazards. Unless we develop better methods to assure adequate testing of chemicals, we will be inviting the environmental crisis of the future.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1971
“It is essential that we understand people for who they are as individuals and not the public perception of them or their family and past.”
“It is essential that you realize that you are nothing in yourself. If you are rich and satisfied, you cannot receive anything from God. It is frightful to meet that spirit in a person. It totally hinders all spiritual growth and development.”
“It is essential to be connected to the earth in a deep manner to receive and align with material success and resources”
Source: The Healing Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to Positive Vibes