I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“It is fair to say, Bernie Sanders, that in your definition, as you being the self-proclaimed gatekeeper for progressivism, I don't know anyone else who fits that definition, but I know a lot of really hard fighting progressives in the Democratic party who have stood up time, and time again against special interests, against the powerful on behalf of those who are left behind and left out.”
“It is fair to write about the change in your magazines. But what I want to see is the change on your covers ... When the covers change, that's when culture changes.”
“It is fairer to tax people on what they extract from the economy, as roughly measured by their consumption, than to tax them on what they produce for the economy, as roughly measured by their income.”
“It is fairly clear that many of the arguments against proposition testing are really arguments against propositions themselves.”
“It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it involves the moral character of another person.”
Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z
“It is fairly well-known what has been behind that climate change denial in America: vast sums pumped into an ignorance industry by the oil and gas lobbies.”
“It is fairy dust and wanderlust that guide our hands to create what our hearts desire.”
“It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone, though one is justified by faith alone, the faith which justifies is never in fact alone.”
“It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone.”
“It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to his throne.”
“It is faith that looks up at the creator God and knows him to be the God of love. And it is faith that looks out at the world with the longing to bring that love to bear in healing reconciliation, and hope.”
Source: For All God's Worth: True Worship and the Calling of the Church
“It is faith that makes a lion of a man.”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“It is faith, trust, and belief that energizes, empowers, and enlightens all dimensions of life.”
“It is faith, and not reason, which impels men to action... Intelligence is content to point out the road, but never drives us along it.”
“It is fallen from its tree, and can never return to its branch; this is like you - fallen from your branch.”
Source: The Recognition
“It is false that the will, left to itself, can do good as well as evil, for it is not free, but in bondage...On the side of man there is nothing that goes before grace, unless it be impotency and even rebellion.”
“It is false to believe that the sun revolves around the earth, but it is not absurd.”
“It is false to say that humanity is the most excellent being in the universe. The most excellent being in the universe is the universe itself.”
“It is false to say that what we don’t know can’t hurt us, especially when it comes to the Bible. If ever there were anything we need to know, it is the very Word of God. That said, what is in all likelihood worse than what we don’t know about the Bible is what we do know that just isn’t so.”
“It is false to speak of realization. What is there to realize? The real is as it is always. We are not creating anything new or achieving something which we did not have before. The illustration given in books is this. We dig a well and create a huge pit. The space in the pit or well has not been created by us. We have just removed the earth which was filling the space there. The space was there then and is also there now. Similarly we have simply to throw out all the age-long sanskaras [innate tendencies] which are inside us. When all of them have been given up, the Self will shine alone.”
“It is false to suggest that medical breakthroughs come only through government research.”
“It is false to suggest that men must turn away from his desires in the interest of a higher duty. Men only responds to duty if he desires to do so. To understand men, you must understand their desires and the relative strength of those desires.”
“It is false to suggest that Thomas Jefferson or any other Founding Father believed in a legal barrier to God in the public square.”
“It is familiar to mainstream academic scholarship. One very prominent political scientist, in his standard text American Politics 20 years ago, observes that "The architects of power in the United States must create a force that can be felt but not seen."”
“It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children, the days are long with gathering of experience . . .”
Source: The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
“It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Illustrated)
“It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.”
“It is far best for the Christian never to see some things, so he will never want them. The old-fashioned Christian who will not have playing cards in his house will never learn to gamble with them. One who never sees, in movies and night clubs or elsewhere, half-clothed girls, drinking, smoking, gambling, petting, making love to many men, is likely to miss being led into that kind of life by these sirens of sin. It is the Devil's game to make people think it necessary for people to "know the ways of the world.”
Source: The Ruin of a Christian
“It is far better for a man to go wrong in freedom than to go right in chains.”
Source: Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
“It is far better that we admitted a thousand devils to roam at large than that we permitted one such imposter and monster as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and the Bible prophets, to come with the pretended word of God and have credit among us.”
Source: The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: The Most Complete Edition Ever Published
“it is far better to appreciate and not to possess, than to possess and not to appreciate.”
“It is far better to be an insane lover, than to be a heartless discoverer.”
Source: Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered
“It is far better to be deceived than undeceived by those whom we tenderly love.”
“It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.”
“It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else”
Source: Autobiography
“It is far better to be happy than to have our bodies act as graveyards to animals.”
“It is far better to be happy than to have your bodies act as graveyards for animals. Accordingly, the apostle [St.] Matthew partook of seeds, nuts and vegetables, without meat.”
“It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.”
Source: The Portable Voltaire
“It is far better to borrow experience than to buy it.”
Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan
“It is far better to do the right thing wrong than to do the wrong thing right.”
“It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend to all connected with you.”
Source: The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.”
“It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”
Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“It is far better to keep the enemy close, by bribing him with stock options, than to have him out in the wild, foraging.”
Source: Next: The Future Just Happened
“It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.”
Source: India's foreign policy: selected speeches, September 1946-April 1961
“It is far better to limit our choice to real permanencies, which do not require staking... and a general mixture throughout of dwarf shrubs, perennials and ground-covers, with bulbs... This has been called gardening in four layers, and I believe it to be the most satisfying form of gardening.”
“It is far better to live like a lion for a day then to live like a jackal for hundred years.”
“It is far better to make mistakes, than to marry them.”
Source: Sex, Death, Drugs & Madness
“It is far better to put away fear than to be driven by it.”
“It is far better to say nothing than to utter a thousand words that say the same thing that silence would have said. For in the end, you will have saved a ton of time and a whole lot of credibility.”