U Quotes
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“Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.”
Source: A Preface to Politics
“Unless the religious claims of the Bible are again acknowledged, its literary claims will, I think, be given only “mouth honour” and that decreasingly. . . It is, if you like to put it that way, not merely a sacred book but a book so remorselessly and continuously sacred that it does not invite, it excludes or repels, the merely aesthetic approach. You can read it as literature only by a tour de force. You are cutting the wood against the grain, using the tool for a purpose it was not intended to serve. It demands incessantly to be taken on its own terms: it will not continue to give literary delight very long except to those who go to it for something quite different.”
Source: Words to Live By: A Guide for the Merely Christian
“Unless the religious claims of the Bible are again acknowledged, its literary claims will, I think, be given only 'mouth honour' and that decreasingly.”
Source: Selected Literary Essays
“Unless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they will simply play their role in someone else's marketing schemes. Unless they understand deeply the sources of our democracy, they will take it for granted and fail to exercise their rights and responsibilities.”
“Unless the Security Council is restored to its pre-eminent position as the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force, we are on a dangerous path to anarchy.”
“Unless the Self is known, the power of the Self (swasatta) cannot arise.”
“Unless the she-wolf agrees, there’s always a chance of rejection.”
Source: Between a Wolf and a Hard Place
“Unless the Spirit of God is with us, we cannot expect that our prayers will be answered.”
“Unless the story line carries the scenes, the scenes don't really mean anything.”
“Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have, will not in my Opinion be able to preserve our Language, and even our Government will become precarious.”
Source: Educational views of Benjamin Franklin
“Unless the structure of the nucleus has a surprise in store for us, the conclusion seems plain — there is nothing in the whole system of laws of physics that cannot be deduced unambiguously from epistemological considerations.”
“unless the sun inside you is burning your gut, don't do it”
Source: sifting through the madness for the word, the line, the way: New Poems
“Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it.”
Source: Building A Character
“Unless the trade deficit shrinks, the combination of the trade deficit and the interest and dividend payments to foreigners will grow ever more rapidly.”
“Unless the U.N. is completely reorganized without the Communist nations in it, we should get out of it.”
“Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour.”
“Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that is, he is incapable of moral action and also of moral character.”
Source: Lectures on systematic theology, embracing moral government, the atonement, etc. Revised, enlarged, and partly re-written by the Author ... Edited ... by G. Redford
“Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its makers attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why they are infinitely rewarding.”
“Unless the world freezes over in a second ice age. And in that case, there will at least be snowflakes, until the bitter end." Gus touched the side of my face. "I don't need snowflakes." He kissed me. "As long as there's January.”
Source: Beach Read
“Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.”
Source: Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell
“Unless there are pictures, I don't admit to anything.”
“Unless there exist peculiar institutions for the support of such inquirers, or unless the Government directly interfere, the contriver of a thaumatrope may derive profit from his ingenuity, whilst he who unravels the laws of light and vision, on which multitudes of phenomena depend, shall descend unrewarded to the tomb.”
Source: Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes
“Unless there has been 'Spashtvedan' (exact experience of the Soul), 'Siddhant' (established principle) cannot be attained.”
Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization
“Unless there is a ‘clear evident experience of the True Self’ [spasthvedan], till then ‘Principle’ cannot be attained.”
“Unless there is a difference of opinion, there is nothing to talk about. And when there is nothing to talk about, there’s nothing to learn.”
“Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.”
“Unless there is a new mind there cannot be a new line, the old will go on repeating itself with recurring deadliness”
“Unless there is a spiritual renaissance, the world will know no peace.”
“Unless there is a strong sense of place there is no travel writing, but it need not come from topographical description; dialogue can also convey a sense of place. Even so, I insist, the traveler invents the place. Feeling compelled to comment on my travel books, people say to me, "I went there"---China, India, the Pacific, Albania-- "and it wasn't like that." I say, "Because I am not you.”
Source: The Best American Travel Writing 2001
“Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith.”
“Unless there is free and fair competition, there can't be healthy economic development. And what we have in Burma now is not an open-market economy that allows free and fair competition, but a form of colonialism makes a few people very, very wealthy. It's what you would crony capitalism.”
“Unless there is light, there will be darkness, likewise unless you have self-knowledge, you will remain a fool.”
“Unless there is meaning, there is no solution.”
“Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally and discredited within Syria.”
“Unless there is within us that which is above us, we shall soon yield to that which is about us.”
“Unless there's something I missed in those letters, Ravenel did nothing particularly vicious. Never bloodied Henry's nose or thrashed him. It was more pranks and name-calling than anything else, wasn't it?"
"Fear and humiliation can inflict far worse damage than fists.”
Source: Devil's Daughter
“Unless there was a reason for me to stay.”
“Unless there's a grassroots movement of some sort, with TV and the media in general in the hands of fewer and fewer people - the Murdochians, you know - all we hear is the one point of view. There has to be something communal.”
“Unless there's a personal transformation, there can be no social transformation.”
“Unless they are off duty, no matter how wide it is, and even when it is sincere, a smile seems fake if the job description of the person who is smiling includes smiling.”
“Unless they can immediately demonstrate a credible fear of persecution, why shouldn't these people be returned at once to the country from which they embarked - whether it be their home country or a stopover point - at the expense of the airline that brought them? All appeals would then be made from the country to which they have been returned.”
Source: Ed Koch on Everything: Movies, Politics, Personalities, Food and Other Stuff
“Unless they can pass the same test that immigrants must pass to become citizens, people shouldnt be allowed to vote. The idea that there is some public benefit in ignoramuses and morons pulling levers next to names on a ballot is one of the evil myths of post-modern America. The purpose of voting, in our country, is to select men and women with the competence and integrity to operate the mechanics of government fixed by our Constitution. For this process to have any public benefit requires that the choices be made on an intelligent, knowledgeable and reasoned basis.”
“Unless they're utterly heartless, people put a certain value on human life. It keeps us from killing each other off for no reason. But for leaders like you and me, a moral high ground is too absolute. There are choices to be made.”
Source: A Promise of Fire
“Unless things change radically, President Bush will be the first President since Herbert Hoover to have presided over a net loss of jobs during his administration.”
“Unless this [Barack Obama] American administration is willing to diverge from the conventional American policy in the Middle East by changing its basic attitudes on crucial questions, foremost of them Palestine, and support genuinely the rights of people for independence, sovereignty and identity across the board, the only "resolve" one would hope from the USA is to stay out of the Middle East for a while.”
“Unless this love is among us, we can kill ourselves with work and it will only be work, not love. Work without love is slavery.”
“Unless thought is valid we have no reason to believe in the real universe.”
Source: A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis
“Unless today is well lived, tomorrow is not important.”
Source: Miles Away... Worlds Apart
“Unless under a doctor's orders to be a lady of the dark, a woman wearing sunglasses indoors or at night looks like nothing more than a satire of a Hollywood glamour queen- grade B.”
Source: Wife Dressing: The Fine Art of Being a Well-Dressed Wife
“Unless US citizens acknowledge and understand their country's imperial past, they will not be able to understand its present or future. Much of the recent and current Hispanic resettlement of parts of the United States is a consequence of empire.... Countercolonization follows colonization, and the waves of migrants always flow back like returning tides.”
Source: Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States