Itforte Quotes & Sayings

In less than eight years "The Origin of Species" has produced conviction in the minds of a majority of the most eminent living men of science. New facts, new problems, new difficulties as they arise are accepted, solved, or removed by this theory; and its principles are illustrated by the progress and conclusions of every well established branch of human knowledge. — Alfred Russel Wallace

The truly civilized man has no enemies. — Charles Fletcher Dole

There is something about men more capable of shaking despotic power than lightening, whirlwind, or earthquake, that is, the threatened indignation of the whole civilized world. — Daniel Webster

There was a period ... when I used to say, with as much ferocity as I could muster, 'I hate Henry James, and I wish he was dead.' Influence is perdition. — Cynthia Ozick

Pigeon," he said, panting, "it doesn't have to be tonight. I'll wait until you're ready. — Jamie McGuire

When you get your powers, you learn a lot about yourself. My professors called me mad. It was time for me to stop punishing myself, and start punishing everybody else. — Austin Grossman

De-calcify the pineal gland with the detergent of imagination — Dean Cavanagh

I never had vocal lessons, dance classes, or any of the things my peers had. — Ciara

The mightiest miracle is strength positive mindset. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The author and intellectual Cornel West has said that 'justice is what love looks like in public.' I often think that neoliberalism is what lovelessness looks like as policy. — Naomi Klein

In war it is necessary to kill as many people as possible
such is the cynical logic of war. Brutality in a fight is unavoidable; have you seen how cruelly children fight in the streets? — Maxim Gorky

Symptoms, those you believe you recognize, seem to you irrational because you take them in an isolated manner, and you want to interpret them directly. — Jacques Lacan

Here is another strategy for the sentence completion exercise: Sure, Jesus talks about loving your enemies, but Jesus also talks about throwing sinners into hell to burn forever. Since eternal damnation is far worse than exterminating merely one ancient people for their land, the argument goes, don't get all worked up about the Canaanites. Crisis averted. No, it's not. — Peter Enns

I should fancy, however, that murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner. — Oscar Wilde

Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it. — John Calvin