Condemning Quotes - Page 2

• The whole international community will be united in condemning what they have done.

  George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

  Community, September 11, Done

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• I cannot avoid condemning all those who, from self-conceit have the pretension to imitate great artists of the past. If their powers of emotion be weak, their powers of expression will be likewise.

  Jean-Georges Noverre

  Artist, Past, Self

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• I feel most people’s sexuality is enormously complicated. That’s what it means to be human. Wouldn’t it be great if we honored that complexity rather than turn it into gossip or ridicule? Wouldn’t it be great if we accepted sexual diversity, in ourselves and others, without condemning it?

  Janet Jackson

  Mean, People, Diversity

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• If you shut yourself up disdainfully in your ivory tower and insist that you have your own conscience and are satisfied with its approval, it is because you know that everybody is criticizing you, condemning you, or laughing at you.

  Luigi Pirandello

  Ivory Tower, Laughing, Approval

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• People are, well, only human. We know that. The rule of law is borne out in identifying, condemning, and punishing those who violate the standards on which we all agree. This is exactly what we do in America.

  James Inhofe

  Law, America, People

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• Condemning all women in order to help some misguided men get over their foolish behaviour is tantamount to denouncing fire, which is a vital and beneficial element, just because some people are burnt by it, or to cursing water just because some people are drowned in it.

  Christine de Pizan

  Men, Fire, Order

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• Unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels... we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe

  Barack Obama

  Generations, Fuel, Fossils

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

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• We’re suggesting that [kids are] missing something if they don’t read but, actually, we’re condemning kids to a lesser life. If you had a sick patient, you would not try to entice them to take their medicine. You would tell them, ‘Take this or you’re going to die.’ We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Reading, Kids, Medicine

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• Carrying on as usual carries enormous risks, condemning today's students to a world of constant insecurity and frequent catastrophes.

  William H. Calvin

  Insecurity, Risk, Usual

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• According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.

  Plato

  Two, Greek, Half

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• You cannot solve a problem by condemning it

  Wayne Dyer

  Hate, Blame, Problem

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• A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the small, daily acts of courage which help to preserve man's self-respect and inherent human dignity.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Men, Self, Common Sense

  Aung San Suu Kyi (1991). “Freedom from fear: and other writings”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• Do you suppose there's any difference between spring in nature and spring in man? But there we go, praising the one and condemning the other as improper, ashamed that the same laws work eternally through both.

  E. M. Forster

  Spring, Men, Law

  E. M. Forster (2016). “A Room With A View: England Literature”, p.56, 谷月社

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• The problem is compounded by the fact that the connection between cause and effect seems so improbable. By turning on the lights, filling the kettle, taking the children to school, driving to the shops, we are condemning other people to death. We never chose to do this. We do not see ourselves as killers. We perform these acts without passion or intent.

  George Monbiot

  Children, Passion, School

  George Monbiot (2007). “Heat: how to stop the planet from burning”, South End Pr

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• What is reprehensible is that while leading good lives themselves and abhorring those of wicked men, some, fearing to offend, shut their eyes to evil deeds instead of condemning them and pointing out their malice.

  Saint Augustine

  Christian, Good Life, Eye

  Saint Augustine (2010). “The City of God, Books I–VII (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 8)”, p.31, CUA Press

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• The day someone quits school he is condemning himself to a future of poverty.

  Jaime Escalante

  School, Poverty, Quitting

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Repentance keeps sin from condemning us because Jesus died and scorned the shame.

  Mark Driscoll

  Jesus, Sin, Shame

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• Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past. Therefore we need enlightenment. We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity. Once we have more knowledge (light) about each other, we will stop condemning each other and a United front will be brought about.

  Malcolm X

  Life, Ignorance, Past

  "Malcolm X: The Man and His Times" edited by John Henrik Clarke and published by Africa World Press, (p. 304), 1990.

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• You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “Vanity,” thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for you own pleasure.

  John Berger

  Vanity, Mirrors, Hands

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• Condemning others as bad or sinful is a way to feel righteous. Such a feeling is a powerful mood alteration and can become highly addictive.

  John Bradshaw

  Powerful, Feelings, Way

  John Bradshaw (2010). “Healing the Shame that Binds You”, p.124, Health Communications, Inc.

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• The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.

  Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

  People, Vices, Virtue

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• As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead.

  Jeanne Moreau

  Long, Wave, Easy

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• Nature has not got two voices, you know, one of them condemning all day what the other commands.

  Marquis de Sade

  Two, Voice, Command

  Marquis de Sade “Philosophy in the Bedroom: An Erotic Novel”, Library of Alexandria

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• I do not think that condemning people who murder and killing them necessarily sends out the right message.

  Charlize Theron

  Thinking, People, Messages

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• You are out of control, Rand al'Thor,' she declared. I do what must be done,' he said, speaking now from the shadows. He sounded exhausted. ... I hate what you just did, Rand,' Nynaeve snarled. 'No, "Hate" isn't strong enough. I loathe what you've done. What has happened to you?' Test him!' Rand whispered, voice dangerous. 'Before condemning me, let us first determine if my sins have achieved anything beyond my own damnation.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Strong, Hate, Voice

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