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 sick than idle.”
“I would rather be the author of one original thought than conqueror of a hundred battles. Yet moral excellence is so much superior to intellectual, that I ought to esteem one virtue more valuable than a hundred original thoughts.”
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion
“I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.”
“I would rather be the child of a mother who has all the inner conflicts of the human being than be mothered by someone for whom all is easy and smooth, who knows all the answers, and is a stranger to doubt.”
“I would rather be the first man in a barbarian village than the second man in Rome.”
“I would rather be the good aunt who never says anything bad and lets the parents discipline the child.”
“I would rather be the hammer than the anvil”
“I would rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion.”
Source: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
“I would rather be the man who bought the Brooklyn Bridge than the man who sold it.”
Source: Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)
“I would rather be the offspring of two apes than be a man and afraid to face the truth.”
“I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.”
“I would rather be thought of as pretty rather than sexy. It feels good to be voted by fans and that too in such huge numbers, but I don't think if you wear a bikini or show skin, you look sexy.”
“I would rather be tied to the soil as a serf... than be king of all these dead and destroyed.”
“I would rather be tough on myself than have other people be tough on me.”
“I would rather be trampled by thousands of children than touch a spider.”
“I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nature.”
“I would rather be viewed by the reader as I'm just taking a journey with you, and here's what I'm learning, what are you learning? Oh, you do this better than me. Than to be viewed as kind of like an authority.”
“I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to have been born in God's thought, and then made by God is the dearest, grandest, and most precious thing in all thinking."
This is a prayer of contentment”
“I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to have been thought about, born in God's thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest and most precious thing in all thinking.”
Source: The Complete Novels of George Macdonald (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood, Wilfrid Cumbermede and many more
“I would rather be whole than good.”
“I would rather be wise and than right and ignorant.”
“I would rather be with my kids than anybody else.”
“I would rather be without a state than without a voice.”
“I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.”
Source: Strikeout Story
“I would rather believe a limited atonement that is efficacious for all men for whom it was intended, than a universal atonement that is not efficacious for anybody, except the will of men be added to it.”
Source: Sermons: 1st series [-6th series].
“I would rather believe for something great and receive half of it, than to believe for nothing and receive all of it!”
“I would rather believe God doesn't exist than believe he doesn't care.”
Source: Expiration Date
“I would rather believe something and suffer for it, than to slide along into success without opinions.”
“I would rather believe that God did not exist than believe that he was indifferent.”
“I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.”
Source: Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson
“I would rather burn out than rust out.”
“I would rather call a girl beautiful or pretty; rather than hot or sexy.”
“I would rather carry around a plastic bag with five thousand Euro inside, than carry around a Louis Vuitton/Gucci/Prada bag with only one hundred Euro inside!”
“I would rather clean than beg.”
“I would rather commit a sin of commission than a sin of omission, and the evangelical community is exactly the opposite. The evangelical community would rather not do something wrong and the price they're willing to pay for not doing something wrong is they're willing to fail to do something right; they're so afraid of making a mistake. Now the reason they're afraid of making a mistake is they're cowards and our community produces cowards.”
“I would rather commit adultery than drink a glass of beer.”
“I would rather contend with an honest asshole than a duplicitous diplomat.”
“I would rather create a precedent than find one.”
“I would rather dance alone under the stars than spend a lifetime hiding behind the moon.”
Source: Moon Gypsy
“I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.”
Source: Lady Oracle
“I would rather deal with a tyrant any day than a committee. Committees, as a general rule, aren’t willing to take chances, which is why you have a committee in the first place — so you can share the blame.”
“I would rather deal with those who have learned a lot and profess a little, rather than those who have learned a little and profess a lot.”
“I would rather decline two drinks than one German adjective.”
“I would rather devote myself to what I always did - trying to heal people. That is my way of healing myself.”
Source: Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
“I would rather die a dreamer than live as a cynic.”
“I would rather die a free man fighting to stay free than live in a world with no freedom.”
“I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.”
“I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.”
“I would rather die an individual than live my life as a clone.”
“I would rather die and come to Jesus Christ than be king over the entire earth. Him I seek who died for us; Him I love who rose again because of us.”