T Quotes
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“That it does not matter what a man believes is a statement heard on every side today. ... What he believes tells him what the world is for. How can men who disagree about what the world is for agree about any of the minutiae of daily conduct? The statement really means that it does not matter what a man believes so long as he does not take his beliefs seriously.”
Source: Ideas Have Consequences: Expanded Edition
“That it has pleased God to make Holy Scripture obscure in certain places lest, if it were perfectly clear to all, it might be vulgarized and subjected to disrespect or be so misunderstood by people of limited intelligence as to lead them into error.”
“That it is a solecism to begin a sentence with 'and' is a faintly lingering superstition. The OED gives examples ranging from the 10th to the 19th c.; the Bible is full of them.”
“That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a Maxim that has been long and generally approved.”
“That it is nobler to suffer than to inflict suffering, is the most difficult and profound Jesus idea.”
Source: Confessions oor kerkwees
“That it is not enough to catch a criminal and get them convicted and so on, because the victim remains with the consequences of the crime. Something needs to be done. Let's complete that process, interact with civil society about this, so that we will specify what is it that we do in the context of that Charter that would then make this positive impact on people who might have been affected by crime.”
“That it is not same-gender relationships that are destroying marriage. What is actually destroying marriage is high unemployment, incarceration, a lack of education and ministers living in contradiction where they speak about holiness on one side but yet are living in adultery on the other.”
“That it is not the people who really feel that way, but it is people who have the most money to fire up these propaganda campaigns, these like, basically these lies that they are willing to lie to the public in order to manipulate them into doing what they want. And to me it doesn't make any sense.”
“That it is Peter, the rock of the church, who incurs guilt here immediately after his own confession to Jesus Christ and after his appointment by Jesus, means that from its very inception the church itself has taken offense at the suffering Christ.”
“That it is Peter, the rock of the church, who incurs guilt here immediately after his own confession to Jesus Christ and after his appointment by Jesus, means that from its very inception the church itself has taken offense at the suffering Christ. It neither wants such a Lord nor does it, as the Church of Christ, want its Lord to force upon it the law of suffering.”
“That it is statistically easier for low-IQ people to kick an addiction than it is for high-IQ people...That boring activities become, perversely, much less boring if you concentrate intently on them.”
“That it may be the only thing the darkness makes clearer: who really matters is whoever you're most desperate to see.”
Source: City on Fire
“That it might turn into music that would heighten emotion, but not be important in itself.”
“That it really began in the days when the Love Laws were made. The laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much.”
Source: The God of Small Things
“That it’s possible. You just have to fight. It will not be easy. But you can manage. Because life is giving you as much pain as you are capable [of living] with. And on the end of that path, the goal will be reachable. You will have suffered to do [it], but it doesn’t matter.”
Source: The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
“That it’s possible. You just have to fight. It will not be easy. But you can manage. Because life is giving you as much pain as you are capable [of living] with. And on the end of that path, the goal will be reachable. You will have suffered to do [it], but it doesn’t matter.” I can think of no better words to encapsulate what it means to accept the reality of a difficult situation. It will not be easy. You will suffer. But it doesn’t matter.”
Source: The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
“That it should be the questions and shape of a life, its total complexity gathered, arranged, and considered, which matters in the end, not some stamp of salvation or damnation that disperses all the complexity into some unsatisfying little decision - the balancing of scales.”
Source: Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complete Edition
“That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the human race to argue that women have a fine and fluent intelligence is surely an eloquent proof of the defective observation, incurable prejudice, and general imbecility of their lords and masters.”
Source: In Defense of Women: Human Sexuality
“That it was no doubt a dark hour, but that he should get through it; that after all he held his destiny, evil as it might be, in his own hand; that he was master of it. He clung to that thought.”
Source: Les Misérables
“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. -Emily Dickinson”
Source: The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well
“That it will never come again is what makes life sweet.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)
“That it would always be summer and autumn, and you always courting me, and always thinking as much of me as you have done through the past summertime!”
Source: Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
“That it's a lot harder to make a keyboard sound not-cheesy than a guitar.”
“That it's a worldwide thing that families are better off.”
“That it's no good loving me because I'm never going to get married anyway and he'd just end up hating me later instead of sooner.”
Source: The Hunger Games
“That it's possible not to see a lie even when it's in front of us.”
“That it's possible to do positive things and I think that's how we're going to set an example to be respected as women in the world.”
“That jam was so much fun that by the end of the tour, we just jammed on all of the songs.”
“That Jem makes beautiful things and I destroy them. That it really ought to be me dying and not him. I mean, what's the point of living if you can't even enjoy it? Yet Jem enjoys all the life he's got. It's not fair.”
“That Jesus of Nazareth died upon a cross is mere matter of history; that He who did so die was the Christ the Son of God is entirely a matter of revelation.”
Source: The gospel and its ministry
“That Jesus’ followers (and later Paul) had resurrection experiences is, in my judgment, a fact. What the reality was that gave rise to the experiences I do not know.”
“That Jim Crow there in the window," answered the urchin, holding out a cent, and pointing to the gingerbread figure that had attracted his notice, as he loitered along to school; "the one that has not a broken foot.”
Source: The house of the seven gables
“That job [on Out to Sea], more than any I've ever done, I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning. And not only that, but I had a great part. So it was just beyond fun on every level.”
“That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a questionable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body.”
“That just felt like the most natural name out of all of the names. Everything else just felt so contrived. Even now, when I try and think of band names just randomly, I'm so thankful that "fun." is the name of the band. I never really think twice about it. It is so simple and so easy.”
“That just gives sort of the democracy an opportunity to test ideas, for those who lost to catch their breath, regain energy, re-energize themselves and then get back in the arena, and then we'll make some more progress in the future.”
“That just seems like a tough thing to do... just work in the middle of a company for your entire life. You just do the same thing out of college until you're 60, and then you retire”
“That just seems to be the way we’re built.”
Source: Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
“That just sends the wrong message to everybody. [Donald Trump] should have the least amount of air time.”
“That just shows you their type of class and integrity. They claim to be first class and the best organization. It's an embarrassment and it shows the lack of class that they really have.....The Eagles would be undefeated right now with Green Bay's quarterback. We'd probably be in a much better position with him on the team (instead of present Eagles quarterback Donavon McNabb).”
“That just sounds like extra effort in terms of existence.”
“That just sounds so funny, A-list. Really, I'm a mom, and that's how I'm going to be all my life.”
“That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them.”
Source: Naughts & Crosses
“That Justice is a blind goddess
Is a thing to which we black are wise:
Her bandage hides two festering sores
That once perhaps were eyes.”
Source: The Poems, 1951-1967
“That kid ain't got no bills to pay, he ain't got no kids; When you're that young to him it's only all about the sport he's playing. You don't have to worry about nuthin' else!”
“That kid can hit balls over buildings.”
“That kid’s got no discipline, and a kid that’s got no discipline is the fault of the mother and the father.”
Source: Freaky Friday
“That kid's got an arm like Uncle Fester at an exhibition of Pre-Colombian... um, Christ, I lost it. I was going for something thick. So what's with the beard, Grizzly Fouts?”
“That kill the bloom before its time, And blanch, without the owner's crime, The most resplendent hair.”
Source: The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England
“That kind of ball is meat and two drink for the Palace defence.”