I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I would rather be confused for 10 minutes than bored for 5 seconds.”
“I would rather be damned by my honesty, than caged by my lies.”
Source: Gothic Inferno
“I would rather be dead than empty”
Source: Divergent Collector's Edition
“I would rather be dead than not read”
“I would rather be destroyed by you than loved by anyone else.”
Source: The Cherry House
“I would rather be disliked for who I am than to be respected for who I'm not.”
“I would rather be erring on the side of common-sense pragmatism and doing everything possible so that I felt that no stone was left unturned in terms of trying to protect school children.”
“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.”
“I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.”
“I would rather be fooled than not believe.”
Source: The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (Gift Edition)
“I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.”
“I would rather be funny than gorgeous, absolutely. Because it's too hard to be gorgeous, you know. I could make a stab at gorgeous as long as I had something funny to say to get out of it.”
“I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard.”
“I would rather be handsome for an hour than pretty for a week.”
“I would rather be happy and feel fulfilled and challenged every single day than just sit somewhere and get by.”
“I would rather be hated by the world and loved by myself than loved by the world and hated by myself.”
“I would rather be hated every damn day of my life for being real than loved for being something I'm not.”
“I would rather be having a burger and beers with my mates but I can't do that when I know I've got to dance.”
“I would rather be hired solely for my talent, not just to fill a quota.”
“I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.”
“I would rather be in minority and be right, than in the majority and wrong.”
Source: Sing You Home: A Novel
“I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.”
“I would rather be known as 'Jim Kolbe, the trade expert in Congress who happens to be gay,' rather than 'Jim Kolbe, gay congressman from Arizona.'”
“I would rather be known as an advocate of equal suffrage than to speak every night on the best-paying platforms in the United States and ignore it.”
“I would rather be known as someone who tried and failed, than someone who never tried at all.”
Source: Successful Failures: Recognizing the Divine Role That Opposition Plays in Life's Quest for Success
“I would rather be living in Philadelphia.”
“I would rather be loved by millions and hated by the same number rather than moderately liked by everyone.”
“I would rather be loved by somebody who respected me.”
“I would rather be loved than have money and all that other stuff.”
“I would rather be lying in a bed than changing one.”
“i would rather be married to broken jade than flawless clay”
Source: Shanghai Girls
“I would rather be of clear mind and decision with the wrong club than with an unclear mind and the right club.”
“I would rather be old for a shorter time than be old before my time.”
“I would rather be on a roller coaster life going through hell and back to appreciate the glory instead of having it all at once.”
“I would rather be on the set than doing anything.”
“I would rather be on the team of the Leader who prays to God for wisdom to guide the followers, than to be on the team of the leader who leads without prayer.”
Source: How to Trust God When All Other Resources Have Failed
“I would rather be ostracized than assimilated! I read recently that my greatest accomplishment was my unerring ability to make myself unpopular.”
Source: My Life at the Limit
“I would rather be part of a show that aims for best ever and comes in 2nd than aims for mediocrity and achieves his goal.” – Joshua Jackson (about Fringe TV series)”
Source: Doubt
“I would rather be physically disabled obviously than mentally. I would rather be paraplegic than nuts. And it is a terrifying prospect and actually the longer we live the more likely it is that that's how we will go and that's a very painful thing to contemplate.”
“I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized.”
“I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.”
“I would rather be punished for making the right decision than live with the guilt of making the wrong one for the rest of my life.”
Source: Keeper of the Lost Cities
“I would rather be punished for making the right decision than live with the guilt of making the wrong one for the rest of my life.
― Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities”
“I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.”
Source: Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country
“I would rather be respected than elected.”
“I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth.”
“I would rather be right and die than be wrong and kill.”
“I would rather be right than rigorous.”
“I would rather be ruled by people who think they're going to fry in Hell forever if they rule me poorly, than by people for whom I'm merely a convenient economic siphon who can be milked like a cow.”
“I would rather be seated between any two women than any two men at a dinner party.”