T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“the problem is not suffering itself or oblivion itself but the depraved meaninglessness of these things, the absoloutely inhuman nihilism of suffering.”
Source: The Fault in Our Stars
“the problem is not suffering itself or oblivion itself but the depraved meaninglessness of these things, the absolutely inhuman nihilism of suffering.”
“The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of the world - will not allow its own people to recover the energy that they possess.”
“The problem is not that Christians are conservative or liberal, but that some are so confident that their position is God's position that they become dismissive and intolerant toward others and divisive forces in our national life.”
“The problem is not that erotically charged images
can’t also be seen as culturally valuable expressions (they
can), but that woman’s highest cultural expression has been
as a passive sex object, and not as an artist or creator of
culture herself. This has limited what women have been able
to achieve in a patriarchal society that cannot separate
women’s value and worth from a very fixed idea of their
sexuality.”
Source: Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies
“The problem is not that Jesus was male but that more men are not like Jesus.”
Source: She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse
“The problem is not that people are called to die to their sin, but rather that too many Christians are lined up with hammer and nails ready to help.”
“The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.”
“The problem is not that public schools do not work well, but rather that they do. The first goal and primary function of schools is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is the function which we normally label state indoctrination.”
Source: Demystifying the State
“The problem is not that religious people are stupid. It's not that religious fundamentalists are stupid. I happen to think that you can be so well educated that you can build a nuclear bomb, and still get--and still believe that you will get the 72 virgins in paradise--that is the problem. The problem is that--religion--because it has been sheltered from criticism as it has been--allows people--perfectly sane, perfectly intelligent people--to believe en masse, what only idiots or lunatics could believe in isolation.”
“The problem is not that Santa stops existing but that we do. The children we are no longer exist, a fact we do not help through immersing ourselves in the repeating cycle of wake, work, dinner, internet, sleep.”
Source: A Creature Was Stirring
“The problem is not that the churches are filled with empty pews, but that the pews are filled with empty people.”
“The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.”
Source: One to one: understanding personal relationships
“The problem is not that there is a lack of money, food, water, or land. The problem is we've given control of these resources to psychopaths.”
“The problem is not that we don’t recognize the truth when we hear it. The problem is that we don’t want to recognize what the truth might mean for us if we hear it.”
Source: A View From the Front Porch: Encounters With Life and Jesus
“The problem is not that we don’t want three right things; it is that we often lack the courage to fight for them.”
Source: Big Heart Ventures - Purpose-driven Entrepreneurship for the Next Age of Technology
“The problem is not that we have problems.
The problem is that we don't have problem with our problems.”
“The problem is not that you can buy a congressman for $10000 but that you can buy a Washington lawyer for $100000.”
“The problem is not that you have problems; the problem is that you see having problems as a problem.”
Source: The Goddess Who Lost Her Weight: Inspiration For Enlightenment With Abundance, A Spiritual Guide To Weight Loss
“The problem is not that you’re honest, but you’re honest with too many people.”
“The problem is not that you see color, the problem is that you assume character from color.”
Source: Karadeniz Chronicle: The Novel
“The problem is not the claycourt. The problem is, you know, rather something to do with the conditions on center court. Because I've played well on Suzanne Lenglen, on the other courts. But the Chatrier court is really, really big, and I just haven't had enough play on it. Maybe I come here next year and play a week on this court, if I can, if the French Federation lets me. We'll see. I've been playing well in other tournaments, in Davis Cup on clay. So for me it's not the surface, it's rather maybe the court.”
“The problem is not the harshness of Fate, for anything we want strongly enough we get. The trouble is rather that when we have it we grow sick of it, and then we should never blame Fate, only our own desire.”
“The problem is not the misunderstanding we have, but the understanding we have missed. We must come to come to a certain understanding; to understand understanding, we need to understand understanding and we must understand with understanding!”
“The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.”
“The problem is NOT the PROBLEM...The problem is I haven’t had enough COFFEE to deal with the PROBLEM.”
“The problem is not the problem, the problem is the way we see the problem”
Source: Don't Die Sitting
“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem”
“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Got that? -Coach Brevin”
“The problem is not the sentiment, it's the execution. When a company makes a mistake, the individual benefits because they've learned how NOT to do something while the institution had to pay for the mistake.”
“The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.”
“The problem is not to find the answer, it's to face the answer”
“The problem is not unique; the challenge is not unique to South Africa. Other African countries have faced it. But in our case, we have got to solve the problem. You have got an institutional traditional leadership, which functions in a particular way, in for instance, your communal areas.”
“The problem is not what other people think, do or say; it is your reaction.”
“The problem is not what we are doing badly, it is because we are not doing things well.”
“The problem is not with the athletes, but with us. No matter how blatant the drug use may be, we don't stop watching the Tour de France. Maybe we should just turn off the television and get on our own bikes.”
Source: Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter
“The problem is not with the faith, but with the faithful”
“The problem is not yours - it is your mind's only. Begin by disassociating yourself from your mind. Resolutely remind yourself that you are not the mind and that its problems are not yours.”
“The problem is obvious, once the Father began creating, He risked that, although perfect, His new and autonomous family could choose badness. How else did we get demon angels? Two is a risky number. The solution is unifying, or amening, with the original “one.”
Only recently has science been able to monitor a quasar. The elements that compose the stars is too base for the creation of higher forms of life. When these stars die, however, they go through two steps: First, the star implodes. Second, the star explodes. Only after the second step does the quasar create higher elements, from which we are formed. Stardust: We are made of stardust. The universe we come from is lyrical.
From polarity, matter, energy and light eventuate. Even a black hole emits a super-charged jet. For the birth of any new thing, there must be polarity. For any children to exist, there must be a man and his opposite, woman. It is no mystery why the ancient Sumerian words for, “one” and “two” are the same words for, “man” and “woman.”
Source: The Meaning of Hebrew Letters: A Hebrew Language Program For Christians
“the problem is, once you love someone, you can't have it all anymore. love comes with sacrifice.”
Source: Great Big Beautiful Life
“The problem is once you've written the opening paragraph and worked out how the rest of the story will go in your head, there's nothing in it for you. I write in longhand using disposable fountain pens on the right-hand side of the notebook for the first draft, then I rewrite some of the sentences and paragraphs on the left-hand side.”
“The problem is one of opposition between subjective and objective points of view. There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before admitting its reality. But often what appears to a more subjective point of view cannot be accounted for in this way. So either the objective conception of the world is incomplete, or the subjective involves illusions that should be rejected.”
Source: Mortal Questions : Canto
“The problem is people are ungrateful and I cannot stop being nice.”
“The problem is people become so angry. And they become so vicious.”
“The problem is people talk about issues, because they are trending . They are not talking about them, because of the damage, impact, effect or harm they cause to others. They are trying to be relevant and to get engagement . They are not trying to find solution for those issues.”
“The problem is politics is made a sport, almost as much a sport as football or baseball. When it comes to politics, adults and politicians do more finger-pointing and play more games than children ever do. Too often are we rooting for the pride of a team rather than the good of the nation.”
Source: Healology
“The problem is poverty. And it hides the problem. We often associate black churches with a history of protest. But prosperity gospel and megachurches tend to be rather soft on political issues. T.D. Jakes doesn't take a major stand on political issues. Creflo Dollar certainly doesn't.”
“The problem is, she's done things too often because she didn't what to disappoint people.”
Source: A Heart in a Body in the World
“The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need.”
“The problem is simply this: no one can feel like CEO of his or her life in the presence of the people who toilet trained her and spanked him when he was naughty. We may have become Masters of the Universe, accustomed to giving life and taking it away, casually ordering people into battle or out of their jobs . . . and yet we may still dirty our diapers at the sound of our mommy's whimper or our daddy's growl.”