T Quotes
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“That, in my opinion, was the most diabolical aspect of those old time big brains. They would tell their owners, in effect, 'Here is a crazy thing we could actually do, probably, but we would never do it, of course, it's just fun to think about.'
And then, as though in trances, the people would really do it-have slaves fight each other to the death in the Colosseum, or burn people to death in the public square for holding opinions which were locally unpopular, or build factories whose only purpose was to kill people in indistrial quantities, or to blow up whole cities, and on and on.”
“That in order to achieve the triumph of liberty, justice and peace in the international relations of Europe, and to render civil war impossible among the various peoples which make up the European family, only a single course lies open: to constitute the United States of Europe”
Source: Selected writings [of] Michael Bakunin
“That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.”
Source: Measure for Measure
“That in the captains but a choleric word Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.”
“That in the human plan nothing is worth the making if it does not make the man.”
Source: Gates of Paradise and Other Poems: The Fourth Volume of Verse
“That in the soul which is called mind (by mind I mean that whereby the soul thinks and judges) is, before it thinks, not actually any real thing. For this reason it cannot reasonably be regarded as blended with the body”
Source: On the Soul
“That in the soul which is called the mind is, before it thinks, not actually any real thing.”
“That in the winter, seeing a tree stripped of its leaves, and considering that within a little time, the leaves would be renewed, and after that the flowers and fruit appear, he received a high view of the Providence and Power of GOD, which has never since been effaced from his soul. That this view had perfectly set him loose from the world, and kindled in him such a love for GOD, that he could not tell whether it had increased in above forty years that he had lived since.”
Source: The Practice of the Presence of God
“That in these times every serious person should not in his heart have felt some difliculty with the doctrines of the incarnation, I cannot helieve. We are not as we were. When Christianity was first published, the imagination of mankind presented the relation of heaven to earth very differently from what it does now.”
“That in time good and evil should become accommodated to each other is perhaps only human nature. Take things far enough and evil becomes good. Against the backdrop of such a reality, human character was no doubt likely to come up short as the wheels of reason spun off their bearings.”
Source: Ai no Kusabi Vol. 1: Stranger
“That in you which recognizes madness as madness (even if it is your own) is sanity, is the arising awareness, is the end of insanity.”
Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“That incessant envy wherewith the common rate of mankind pursues all superior natures to their own.”
Source: The works of Jonathan Swift ...: with copious notes and additions, and a memoir of the author
“That incident stole my words, and sadly, my silence never reached you.”
Source: As Night Falls
“That, incidentally, gives me the greatest possible pleasure—the knowledge that we are all linked by our friendship with a group of fictional people. What a pleasant club of which to be a member! [from the preface; on writing for people around the world]”
Source: The Importance Of Being Seven
“That includes not cutting down the rain forest, and stop polluting the ocean because once we kill the coral reefs and the rain forest, this earth is toast.”
“that incredible feeling of wholeness and aliveness is an emotional state of being that comes from deep within ourselves. that deep, blissful pure love we feel when we're falling in love is simply a reminder of the love and joy we're capable of experiencing. it reveals the love and passion that are already inside of us, waiting to be recognized and awakened, with or without the presence of a romantic partner.”
Source: It Begins with You: The 9 Hard Truths About Love That Will Change Your Life
“That Indians are lawless people, I would change that because it's probably the most harmful stereotype.”
“That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.”
Source: The Letters of Pliny the Younger: Literally Translated with Notes, Melmoth's Translation, Revised by Bosanquest
“That industry expects you to prove yourself over and over again. Do I stay doing this, or do I raise my daughter and live surrounded by people who love me? Wasn't even really a choice.”
“That infant's short life glorified you. And because of this fact, we can be quite confident that he sits at your right hand. And he may be counted with the Angels, and on the day of judgement it will be him, the immaculate, judging me, the sinner. We can be confident, but can we be sure?”
“That infinite and indescribable good which is there above races as swiftly to love as a ray of light to a bright body.It gives of itself according to the ardor it finds, so that as charity spreads farther the eternal good increases upon it,and the more souls there are who love, up there, the more there are to love well, and the more love they reflect to each other, as in a mirror.”
“That information, those 6,000 pages, should be released to the public. It's our right as U.S. citizens to know what our government has done in our name just as I think that these memos about the U.S. of drones should be released to the public.”
“That initial anger she had felt turned to sadness, and now it had become something else, almost a dullness of sorts. Even though she was constantly in motion, it seemed as if nothing special ever happened to her anymore. Each day seemed exactly like the last, and she had trouble differentiating among them.”
Source: Message in a Bottle
“That inner space where you keep your wishes and dreams is a special place. Your thoughts, no matter how big or small will always be right where you are.”
Source: Shall We Go Adventure?
“That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something.”
“That innovator is the aforementioned Hugh Thomson, who might be called the Colin Firth of Austen-inspired book illustration." (P. 52)”
Source: The Making of Jane Austen
“That inspiration comes, does not depend on me. The only thing I can do is make sure it catches me working.”
“That instability is inherent in the nature of popular governments, I think very disputable … A representative democracy, where the right of election is well secured and regulated & the exercise of the legislature, executive, and judiciary authorities, is vested in select persons, chosen really and not nominally by the people, will in my opinion be most likely to be happy, regular and durable.”
“That instant proved to me that it was not the first, almost unemotional, sighting of a potential lover that was significant, but the second, the moment not of recognition but of confirmation, so that every other consideration is irrelevant, as if it might have mattered at some point in the past but no longer had any currency in the charged wordless exchange that seals the matter for ever, regardless of the dangers thus incurred and whatever the cost.”
Source: The Rules of Engagement
“That instinct for human character that is perhaps inherent in an imaginative writer.”
“That intellectuals, including academics, would become a "new class" of technocrats, claiming the name of science while cooperating with the powerful, was predicted by [Mikhail] Bakunin in the early days of the formation of the modern intelligentsia in the 19th century.”
“That intelligence capability is enormously important to the United States, to our conduct of foreign policy, to defense matters, to economic matters. And I am a strong supporter of it.”
“That intense faith in another world, that intense hatred for this world, that intense power of renunciation, that intense faith in God, that intense faith in the immortal soul, is in you. I challenge anyone to give it up. You cannot. You may try to impose upon me by becoming materialists, by talking materialism for a few months, but I know what you are; if I take you by the hand, back you come as good theists as ever were born. How can you change your nature?”
“That intensity, that feeling of the battle, heat of the moment: personally, that's what I live for.”
“That intermediate manifestation of the divine process which we call the DNA code has spent the last 2 billion years making this planet a Garden of Eden.”
Source: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
“That intimacy is nice, too - knowing that you know so much about someone.”
Source: Stag
“That invisibility to which I refer occurs because of a peculiar disposition of the eyes of those with whom I come in contact. A matter of the construction of their INNER eyes, those eyes with which they look through their physical eyes upon reality.”
Source: Invisible Man
“That invisible hand of Adam Smith seems to offer an extended middle finger to an awful lot of people.”
Source: 3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
“That inward eye/ Which is the bliss of solitude.”
“That Iran is willing to threaten Israel is wrong[. . . .] We pose no threat and if we are conducting nuclear research and development we are no threat to Israel. We have no intention of aggression against any country. [. . .] Today we announce to you that the political will of Iran is aimed at the negotiated settlement of the case and we dont want to aggravate the situation in our region[. . . .] We know that this issue can be settled in a constructive dialogue and we welcome that.”
“That is - the reason for that is that home prices are only going to go up. Now, they've never gone down nationwide in our - since we've been keeping track of this.”
“That is [Edward Said] proposal as to how the term should be used. It surely does not describe those who are called "intellectuals" in standard usage, as he would be the first to agree.”
“That is [liberalism's] goal - to destroy the family... [liberals] just made up this gay marriage thing gays are natural conservatives.”
“That is a beautiful tuxedo,” Phury announced as he and Z pushed the door wide. “I have one just like it .” “Fritz has the candles lit,” Rehv said from behind the twins. “Hey, nice tux. I haveone just like it.” “Me, too,” Phury agreed. “The fit is fantastic, isn’t it.” “The shoulders, right? Tom Ford is the best—”
“That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something.”
“That is a big question we all have: are we alone in the universe? And exoplanets confirm the suspicion that planets are not rare.”
“That is a big turn-on for me, a director who knows what he's doing and what he wants, and knows when he's gotten what he wants.”
“That is a blessing of bad dreams, they are quickly forgotten.”
Source: A Book of American Martyrs
“That is a considerable amount of puppets. But ... [Proceeds to summon one hundred puppets of his own] With this, I took down a whole country”
“That is a cosmic perspective, that's correct. And in tandem with that, you will never find people who truly grasp the cosmic perspective such as the entire community of astrophysicists leading nations into battle. No, that doesn't happen. When you have a cosmic perspective, there's this little speck called Earth and you say you're going to do what? You're on this side of a line in the sand and you want to kill people for what?”