I Quotes
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“It is the people who constitute the basis of Government credit. Why then cannot the people have benefit of their own gilt-edge credit by receiving non-interest bearing currency-instead of bankers receiving the benefit of the people's credit in interest-bearing bonds. If the United States Government will adopt this policy of increasing its national wealth without contributing to the interest collector-for the whole national debt is made up on interest charges-then you will see an era of progress and prosperity in this country such as could never have come otherwise.”
“it is the people who control the Government, not the Government the people.”
Source: Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait
“It is the people who figure out how to work simply in the present, rather than the people who mastered the complexities of the past, who get to say what happens in the future.”
“It is the people who hate poverty, not those who sympathize with it, who will put an end to it.”
Source: The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism and Fascism
“It is the people who have no say in making wars who suffer from the consequences of them.”
“It is the people who scream the loudest about America and Freedom who see to be the most intolerant for a differing point of view.”
“It is the people, and not the judges, who are entitled to say what their constitution means, for the constitution is theirs, it belongs to them and not to their servants in office—any other theory is incompatible with the foundation principles of our government.”
Source: Majority Rule and the Judiciary: An Examination of Current Proposals for Constitutional Change Affecting the Relation of Courts to Legislation
“It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other sciences.”
Source: The queen of the sciences
“It is the perfect wrong time for Jeremy to do to Mirabelle what she had done to him - call him up for a quick fix - because;, in a sense, she is now betrothed. Her first date with someone who treated her well obligates her to faithfulness, at least until the relationship is explored.”
Source: Shopgirl: A Novella
“It is the perfection of God's works that they are all done with the greatest simplicity. He is the God of order and not of confusion. And therefore as they would understand the frame of the world must endeavor to reduce their knowledge to all possible simplicity, so must it be in seeking to understand these visions.”
“It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.”
Source: The Diary of a Country Priest
“It is the persistence of dance in helping people to resist, reduce, and escape stress since early humanity that attests to its efficacy.”
Source: Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress
“It is the person of principle who has learned that to repel all of the temptations and lesser vices is to court criticism of the most scathing sort. And for the person of principle, it is the arrival of that criticism that evidences the power of the principles.”
“It is the person performing at their best regardless of the size of the audience or who is in the audience that matters.”
“It is the person that wants. The body needs.”
“It is the person who is blind to what goes on around him that is most surprised when the same things happen to him.”
“It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there.”
Source: The House in Good Taste
“It is the phantom of our own self whose deep affinity and profound influence on our state of mind either damns us to hell or uplifts us into heaven.”
Source: Der Sandmann
“It is the phenomenon sometimes called “alienation from self.” In its advanced
stages, we no longer answer the telephone, because someone might want
something; that we could say no without drowning in self-reproach is an idea
alien to this game. Every encounter demands too much, tears the nerves, drains
the will, and the specter of something as small as an unanswered letter arouses
such disproportionate guilt that answering it becomes out of the question. To
assign unanswered letters their proper weight, to free us from the expectations of
others, to give us back to ourselves – there lies the great, the singular power of
self-respect. Without it, one eventually discovers the final turn of the screw: one
runs away to find oneself, and finds no one at home”
Source: On Self-Respect
“It is the philosophers, theologians, and evangelists who are said to be filled with pride and bigotry due to the strong convictions that they represent. On the contrary, teachings can be either taken or dismissed; whereas voting is the only thing the average person can do to force everyone to live how they would prefer. A simple vote is among the largest yet most acceptable forms of bigotry, and that is because people play the card only when they feel that in doing so it conveniences themselves.”
Source: Killosophy
“It is the photographer's decision at the two levels of seeing the picture - when it is shot and when it is chosen and printed that determines his personal style.”
“It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.”
“It is the photographs that gives one the vivid realization of what actually took place. (On photographs from Abu Ghraib prison.)”
“It is the pinnacle of arrogance to assume that whatever it is that “the experts” believe now is in fact the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Scientists have believed and public health officials have promoted many wrong things over the years, for both honorable, and not so honorable reasons. Sometimes the public health message is dead wrong.”
“It is the place of feeling that binds us or frees us.”
Source: A Path With Heart: The Classic Guide Through The Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life
“It is the place of renewal and of safety, where for a little while there will be no harm or attack and, while every sense is nourished, the soul rests.”
Source: Journal of a Solitude
“It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.”
“It is the pleasure of astonishing others, and the proud satisfaction of never being astonished by them.”
“It is the plight of man. And while the blame lies partly on the river " Lotus gestures towards the dark waters before us "most of the blame lies on man's inclination to tune into the noise that blares all around him instead of the beautiful silence that lies deep within.”
“It is the plurality of effects that we mistake for that of causes.”
Source: Why I Am a Muslim: And a Christian and a Jew
“It is the poet and philosopher who provide the community of objectives in which the artist participates. Their chief preoccupation, like the artist, is the expression in concrete form of their notions of reality. Like him, they deal with the verities of time and space, life and death, and the heights of exaltation as well as the depths of despair. The preoccupation with these eternal problems creates a common ground which transcends the disparity in the means used to achieve them.”
Source: The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art
“It is the poets, artists, and musicians that will carry us through the pandemic attacks into a new reality. They are the ones who tell us how to navigate, breathe, feel, think, enjoy, and fully live our lives. (“Because the world had corona”)”
“It is the policies of the Obama Administration that has led to a stagnated economy as well as high unemployment, as well as many of the other issues that we face.”
“It is the policy of the United States not to engage in torture, and there are federal criminal laws that prohibit torture.”
“It is the political task of the social scientist — as of any liberal educator — continually to translate personal troubles into public issues, and public issues into the terms of their human meaning for a variety of individuals. It is his task to display in his work — and, as an educator, in his life as well — this kind of sociological imagination. And it is his purpose to cultivate such habits of mind among the men and women who are publicly exposed to him. To secure these ends is to secure reason and individuality, and to make these the predominant values of a democratic society.”
Source: The Sociological Imagination
“It is the politicians who dream their dreams - sometimes dangerous dreams, (...). A top intelligence officer has to be harder-headed than the toughest businessman. One has to trim to the reality, (...) (Sir Nigel Irvine, p. 428-429).”
Source: The Fourth Protocol
“It is the pomegranate that gives 'fesenjoon' its healing capabilities. The original apple of sin, the fruit of a long gone Eden, the pomegranate shields itself in a leathery crimson shell, which in Roman times was used as a form of protective hide. Once the pomegranate's bitter skin is peeled back, though, a juicy garnet flesh is revealed to the lucky eater, popping and bursting in the mouth like the final succumber of lovemaking.
Long ago, when the earth remained still, content with the fecundity of perpetual spring, and Demeter was the mother of all that was natural and flowering, it was this tempting fruit that finally set the seasons spinning. Having eaten six pomegranate seeds in the underworld, Persephone, the Goddess of Spring's high-spirited daughter, had been forced to spend six months of the year in the eternal halls of death. Without her beautiful daughter by her side, a mournful Demeter retreated to the dark corners of the universe, allowing for the icy gates of winter to finally creak open. A round crimson herald of frost, the pomegranate comes to harvest in October and November, so 'fesenjoon' is best made with its concentrate during other times of the year.”
Source: Pomegranate Soup
“It is the poor man who clenches so tightly to the gold he is given - for fear of losing it. The man of wealth spends his gold freely to accomplish his will in the world. It is the same with life.' Suddenly ashamed of my conspicuous poverty, I lowered my eyes. But Scatha placed a hand beneath my chin and raised my head. 'Cling too tightly to your life and you will lose it, my Reluctant Warrior. You must become the master of your life, not its slave.”
“It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.”
“It is the population which decides when it's time for a leader to leave, not foreign powers.”
“it is the possibilities which are the most terrible things in life.”
Source: Innocence and experience: stories
“It is the possibility of the dream, which quickens my spirit to take action.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“It is the possibility that keeps me going, and though you may call me a dreamer or a fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible.”
Source: The Notebook
“It is the potential for economic growth that provides the basis for the development of countries, for bringing to people essential goods and services, such as water to drink and facilities for healthcare.”
“It is the poverty connected with our species which subordinates one man to another. It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.”
Source: The Portable Voltaire
“It is the power of Faith that makes things possible and it is the power of prayer that strengthens your Faith.”
Source: The Essence of Faith: Daily Inspirational Quotes
“It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.”
Source: Something Like An Autobiography
“It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer.”
“It is the power of temperance, the steadying hand of wisdom, and the warmth of love for all that shapes my words even in the midst of the most heightened of disagreements. For if I allow temperance, wisdom and the warmth of love to guide any engagement I may have (even though it might be one with my most hostile enemy), I will have set the stage for a place where seemingly unassailable walls can come down, hands can be extended in unexpected friendship, and the impossible is made impossibly possible.”
“It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.”