I Quotes
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“It is unlikely an accurate death count of the Florida dead from hurricane Ian will ever emerge.”
“It is unlikely that God's plan for the universe includes making you rich.”
Source: The Zurich Axioms: The rules of risk and reward used by generations of Swiss bankers
“It is unlikely that it was the intention of the founders to give any public official the ability to thwart the will of the people. Although they may have been concerned about mob rule and wanted a judicial system that would prevent that, they also recognized that in many other countries it was assumed that the ruling class always knew better than the people, and they wanted no part of such a system.”
“It is unlikely that many of us will be famous, or even remembered. But not less important than the brilliant few that lead a nation or a literature to fresh achievements, are the unknown many whose patient efforts keep the world from running backward; who guard and maintain the ancient values, even if they do not conquer new; whose inconspicuous triumph it is to pass on what they have inherited from their faiths, unimpaired and undiminished, to their sons. Enough, for almost all of us, if we can hand on the torch, and not let it down; content to win the affection, if it may be, of a few who know us, and to be forgotten, when they in their turn have vanished. The destiny of mankind is not wholly governed by its "stars.”
Source: Style: The Art of Writing Well
“It is unlikely that many of us will be famous, or even remembered. But not less important than the brilliant few that lead a nation or a literature to fresh achievements, are the unknown many whose patient efforts keep the world from running backward; who guard and maintain the ancient values, even if they do not conquer new; whose inconspicuous triumph it is to pass on what they inherited from their fathers, unimpaired and undiminished, to their sons. Enough, for almost all of us, if we can hand on the torch, and not let it down; content to win the affection, if it may be, of a few who know us and to be forgotten when they in their turn have vanished. The destiny of mankind is not governed wholly by its 'stars'.”
Source: Style
“It is unlikely that many people will take to heart the conclusion that coming into existence is always a harm. It is even less likely that many people will stop having children. By contrast, it is quite likely that my views either will be ignored or will be dismissed. As this response will account for a great deal of suffering between now and the demise of humanity, it cannot plausibly be thought of as philanthropic. That is not to say that it is motivated by any malice towards humans, but it does result from a self-deceptive indifference to the harm of coming into existence.”
Source: Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming Into Existence
“It is unlikely that one ANP will serve as a constant throughout the person's life. Your client is, therefore, likely to have others besides the ones you know, or several who you might think of as "the host". Adults with dissociative disorders often have several ANPs from earlier stages of life inside. They usually have the same name but are of different ages. Sometimes, there are several current ANPs, each of whom assumes she or he is the "real" person and is amnesiac for the existence of the others. Their current knowledge and experience may overlap, while their other characteristics differ somewhat. This makes them glide easily from one to the other, and the therapist can easily miss the switch. p22”
Source: Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control
“It is unlikely that others would even demand their money back overnight, for doing so would lead to the value of the dollar plummeting; what they would get back with be worth little. But what we are already seeing is an erosion of confidence of the dollar, which is seeing the dollar fall in value.”
“It is unlikely that Percy would have written my mother after her return from Europe, and, had she written, the letter would have been destroyed, since that family had a crusading detestation of souvenirs. Letters, photographs, diplomas—anything that authenticated the past was always thrown into the fire.”
Source: The Stories of John Cheever (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
“It is unlikely that someone could proclaim "truths" that are counter to physical laws for very long (for example, that it is healthy for children to run around in bathing suits in winter and in fur coats in summer) without appearing ridiculous. But it is perfectly normal to speak of the necessity of striking and humiliating children and robbing them of their autonomy, at the same time using such high-sounding words as chastising, upbringing, and guiding onto the right path.”
Source: For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence
“It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?”
“It is unlikely that there will be only one Metaverse, and it is more probable that there will be several specialized one, such as one for work, one for socializing with friends, one for dating, and more. As long as interoperability is guaranteed, I am pretty ok with that.”
“It is unlikely that we will hit a home run anytime soon but if we are unable to get rid of offensive sports team nicknames, we will strike out.”
Source: The Canadian Constitution
“It is unlikely that you'll have anything emerge from MEF (Major Economies Forum) by way of detailed programmatic specificity.”
“It is unlikely the public will ever trust the police, regardless of how much propaganda they are fed by their government.”
“It is unlikely the USA government will make President Trump’s COVID-19 medical treatment free to all Americans.”
“It is unlikely those who signed the [US.] Constitution were 100 percent oblivious to how remarkable it was that they managed to set aside regional ambitions and affirm the value of forming a sustainable union of alliances... Faith and trust in each other was a lot harder to come by than faith and trust in individual religions or ideology. Yet they managed to balance any inclinations towards either by incorporating into the Constitution ideas concerning individual rights, the separation of governmental powers, and popular sovereignty, at the time considered fresh by some and dangerous by others…”
Source: Democratic Dilemmas and Divine Inspiration: On leadership and the fate of freedom in America
“It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine.”
“It is unmanly. It is not some expression of macho virtue. It is the absolute antithesis of this. Real men don't bully women and children. Respect for women ... is so important.”
“It is unmatched in its ability to think, to communicate, and to reason. Most striking of all, it has a unique awareness of its identity and of its place in space and time. Welcome to the human brain, the cathedral of complexity.”
“It is unmistakable madness to live in poverty only to die rich.”
“It is unnatural for a Christian not to have an appetite for the impossible.”
“It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.”
“It is unnatural in a large field to have only one shaft of wheat, and in the infinite Universe only one living world.”
“It is unnatural that a pure stream should flow from a foul fountain its vices are but a continuation of the vices of its origin. A man of moral honor and good political principles, cannot submit to the mean drudgery and disgraceful arts, by which such elections are carried. To be a successful candidate, he must be destitute of the qualities that constitute a just legislator: and being thus disciplined to corruption it is not to be expected that the representative should be better than the man.”
“It is unnatural to fear something natural.”
“It is unnecessary to understand electromagnetic theory before wiring a lamp or to study physics in order to repair a pump. We count on our fingers and give no heed to the proliferating implications of the act.”
“It is unpardonable conceit not to laugh at your own jokes. Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for one's soul. Do not fancy you can be a detached wit and avoid being a buffoon; you cannot. If you are the Court Jester you must be the Court Fool.”
“It is unpardonable for you to leave this world without recording some greatness in your account.”
Source: How To Overcome The Fear Of Death
“It is unpleasant and disturbing to be rejected. It is deeply satisfying to be accepted.”
“It is unpleasant for the players, when the organizers arrange for play to take place in the morning. The games from such last rounds, in view of the large number of mistakes, are not fit for publication!”
“It is unpleasant to miss even the most trifling thing to which we have been accustomed.”
Source: Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)
“It is unpleasant to see character throw itself away.”
Source: The Political and Miscellaneous Works of Thomas Paine ...
“It is unpleasant to turn back, though it be to take the right way.”
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion
“It is unpleasing to represent our affairs to our own disadvantage; yet it is necessary to shew the evils which we desire to be removed.”
Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay
“It is unpredictable for you to know which of the strangers you are about to meet that becomes your friend. Be polite to every stranger!”
Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“It is unquestionably foolish to begin a battle when you don't know the full strength of your adversary.”
Source: Escorted
“It is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during 'God save the King' than of stealing from a poor box”
“It is unquestionably true that the investment companies have their money more conventionally invested than we do. To many people conventionality is indistinguishable from conservatism. In my view, this represents erroneous thinking. Neither a conventional nor an unconventional approach, per se, is conservative.”
“It is unrealistic to expect an entire profession to be completely good. There are bound to be some individuals who are stressed, who are unkind, who are a bit rubbish at their job, who are in the wrong career.”
“It is unrealistic to think you can have an inflexible identity that never has to give or take or make compromises.”
“It is unrealistic to want to be happy all the time.”
“It is unreasonable ... to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.”
“It is unreasonable [for a father] to expect moral success with [his] children without submitting to the laws of morality.”
“It is unreasonable to expect a known corrupt law enforcement department to uphold your legal rights.”
“It is unreasonable to expect all children to develop correctly in unnatural man-made electromagnetic radiation fields.”
“It is unreasonable to expect science to produce a system of ethics-ethics are a kind of highway code for traffic among mankind-and the fact that in physics atoms which were yesterday assumed to be square are now assumed to be round is exploited with unjustified tendentiousness by all who are hungry for faith; so long as physics extends our dominion over nature, these changes ought to be a matter of complete indifference to you.”
Source: Psycho-analysis and Faith: The Letters of Sigmund Freud & Oskar Pfister
“It is unreasonable to expect unregulated scallywags to do the right thing.”
“It is unreasonable to think we can earn rewards without being willing to pay their true price. It is always our choice whether or not we wish to pay the price for life's rewards.”
“It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.”