I Quotes
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“It is pitiful how elephants, once plentiful are depleted because of their beautiful ivory.”
Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“It is place, permanent position in both the social and topographical sense, that gives us our identity.”
“It is placing the Executive and the Movement in an absolutely wrong position to be taking your conscience round from body to body asking to be told what you ought to do with it.”
“It is plain and demonstrable, that much ale is not good for Yankee, and operates differently upon them from what it does upon a Briton; ale must be drank in a fog and a drizzle.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)
“It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.”
Source: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude
“It is plain that there is one moral law for heaven and another for the earth. The pulpit assures us that wherever we see suffering and sorrow, which we can relieve and do not, we sin, heavily. There was never yet a case of suffering or sorrow which God could not relieve. Does He sin then?”
Source: The Devil's Race-track: Mark Twain's Great Dark Writings : the Best from Which was the Dream? and Fables of Man
“It is plain that we were meant to go together.”
Source: The Lord of the Rings: One Volume
“It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him having the authority to put them on the bench without the advice and consent of the Senate.”
“It is plain there is not in nature a point of stability to be found; everything either ascends or declines; when wars are ended abroad, sedition begins at home; and when men are freed from fighting for necessity, they quarrel through ambition.”
Source: The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: Miscellaneous works
“It is plain to me that our prelates in granting indulgences do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.”
“It is plain to see, when a great man is not long for this world, for he makes a fool of himself”
“It is planned speeches that contain lies or dissimulations, not what you blurt out so spontaneously in one instant.”
Source: The Theatre of Tennessee Williams
“It is play and only play that makes man complete.”
“It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.”
“It is pleasant at times to play the madman.”
“It is pleasant that there will be no religions in heaven.”
“It is pleasant to be admitted into the birth-chamber of a great idea destined to be translated into action.”
Source: The Collected Essays & Addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920 ...
“It is pleasant to be free," wrote Aldous Huxley, who, like Eberhart, for years owned little more than an automobile and a few books. "Bus occasionally, I must confession, I regret the chains with which I have not loaded myself. In these moods I desire a house full of stuff, a plot of land with things growing on it; I feel that I should like to know one small place and its people intimately, that I should like to have known then for years, all my life. But one cannot be two incompatible things at the same time. If one desires freedom, one must sacrifice the advantages of being bound.”
Source: On Trails: An Exploration
“It is pleasant to be transferred from an office where one is afraid of a sergeant-major into an office where one can intimidate generals, and perhaps this is why history is so attractive to the more timid among us. We can recover self-confidence by snubbing the dead.”
“It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others; it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves; it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory; it is pleasant to command our appetites and passions, and to keep them in due order within the bounds of reason and religion, because this is empire.”
Source: Works
“It is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.”
Source: George Eliot's Life, Complete: Top Novelist Focus
“It is pleasant to notice that the harmony between the naturalists and officers of the "Blake" was not for an instant disturbed during the time they were working in common. Everything in the way of naval routine was sacrificed for the time to the objects of the cruise, and the appearance of the deck and bow of the Blake was often more that of a mud-scow than of a vessel in the service of the United States.”
Source: A Contribution to American Thalassography: Three Cruises of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Steameer
“It is pleasant to observe how free the present age is in laying taxes on the next. "Future ages shall talk of this; they shall be famous to all posterity;" whereas their time and thoughts will be taken up about present things, as ours are now.”
“It is pleasant to recall past troubles.”
“It is pleasant to see a notorious profligate seized with a concern for religion, and converting his spleen into zeal.”
“It is pleasant to spend time with Him, to lie close to His breast like the Beloved Disciple and to feel the infinite love present in His Heart....how can we not feel a renewed need to spend time in spiritual converse, in silent adoration, in heartfelt love before Christ present in the Most Holy Sacrament?”
“It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of another.”
“It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.”
“It is pleasing to be pointed at with the finger and to have it said, "There goes the man."
[Lat., At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier his est.]”
“It is pleasing to reflect that results so beneficial, not only to the States immediately concerned, but to the harmony of the Union, will have been accomplished by measures equally advantageous to the Indians. What the native savages become when surrounded by a dense population and by mixing with the whites may be seen in the miserable remnants of a few Eastern tribes, deprived of political and civil rights, forbidden to make contracts, and subjected to guardians, dragging out a wretched existence, without excitement, without hope, and almost without thought.”
Source: Annual Messages, Veto Messages, Proclamation, & C
“It is pleasing to the dear God whenever thou rejoicest or laughest from the bottom of thy heart.”
“It is pleasing to try the patience of God.”
“It is pleasurable to press a door handle shining from the thousands of hands that have entered the door before us; the clean shimmer of ageless wear has turned into an image of welcome and hospitality. The door handle is the handshake of the building. The tactile sense connects us with time and tradition: through impressions of touch we shake the hands of countless generations.”
Source: The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses
“It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another.”
“It is pleasure that lurks in the practice of every one of your virtues. Man performs actions because they are good for him, and when they are good for other people as well they are thought virtuous: if he finds pleasure in helping others he is benevolent; if he finds pleasure in working for society he is public-spirited; but it is for your private pleasure that you give twopence to a beggar as much as it is for my private pleasure that I drink another whiskey and soda. I, less of a humbug than you, neither applaud myself for my pleasure nor demand your admiration.”
“It is poetic and lyrical; words that spill forth like cool waters into the dusty dry rock bed of the Soul desiring love. It has been said that I’ve lived in the desert all my life and do not know what it means to be wet.”
Source: Liquid Me: Poetry and Prose
“It is poetry that changes everything.”
“It is pointless and stupid to protest, if you don’t vote. The only way you can fight corruption, unemployment, equal and human rights . Making sure that you have a good future and good service delivery is through the poll. Make sure you register to vote and make sure that you vote. For a change to happen, it starts by you.”
“It is pointless for a woman to be young unless pretty, or to be pretty unless young.”
“It is pointless for someone to say that he has faith in God if he does not have the works which go with faith. What benefit were their lamps to the foolish virgins who had no oil (Mt. 25:1-13), namely, deeds of love and compassion?”
Source: The homilies
“It is pointless to ask: Why then is sex so secret? What is this force that so long reduced it to silence and has only recently relaxed its hold somewhat, allowing us to question it perhaps, but always in the context of and through its repression? In reality, this question, so often repeated nowadays, is but the recent form of a considerable affirmation and a secular prescription: there is where the truth is; go see if you can uncover it. [...] It is reasonable therefore to ask first of all: What is this injunction? Why this great chase after the truth of sex, the truth in sex?”
“It is pointless to be called by God’s name and not have His respect”
“It is pointless to believe what you see,
if you only see what you believe.
—“The Admiral,” from The Requiem of Gods Vol. XI, translated by Chevalle”
Source: The Young Elites
“It is pointless to believe what you see, if you only see what you believe.”
Source: The Young Elites
“It is pointless to embark on any journey if you do not believe yourself worthy of the destination.”
“It is pointless to get your knickers in a twist if a certain person fails to react the way you want. It is best to avoid people and situations that you know drive you crazy. Remember to vote with your feet. If a situation is untenable or unchangeable, walk away.”
Source: The Three Keys to Self-Empowerment
“It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion.”
Source: Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition
“It is pointless to teach someone a lesson by killing them.”
“It is pointless trying to know where the way leads. Think only about your first step, the rest will come.”
“It is poison - rank poison - to knuckle down to care and hardships. They must come to us all, albeit in different shapes, and we may not escape them. It is not possible. But we may swindle them out of half of their puissance with a stiff upper lip.”
Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations