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 have a young fellow too much than too little dressed; the excess on that side will wear off, with a little age and reflection; but if he is negligent at twenty, he will be a sloven at forty, and stink at fifty years old. Dress yourself fine where others are fine, and plain where others are plain; but take care always that your clothes are well made and fit you, for otherwise they will give you a very awkward air.”
Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
“I would rather have an inferiority complex and be pleasantly surprised, than have a superiority complex and be rudely awakened.”
“I would rather have as my patron a host of anonymous citizens digging into their own pockets for the price of a book or a magazine than a small body of enlightened and responsible men administering public funds. I would rather chance my personal vision of truth striking home here and there in the chaos of publication that exists than attempt to filter it through a few sets of official, honorably public-spirited scruples.”
“I would rather have been beaten up in the media than live a life that wasn't happy.”
“I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad.”
“I would rather have come to Baltimore than the Yankees. You look at their situation, they're the kingpin and you want to be that underdog that knocks them off the top. That's pretty much the situation I've been in my whole career. It just makes for a better season when you knock the big guys off the top.”
“I would rather have cookies in my jacket pockets than a chain around my dog's neck.”
Source: The Power of Positive Dog Training
“i would rather have
feelings without words
than words without feelings.”
“I would rather have five energetic and competent enemies than one fool friend.”
“I would rather have gotten married than have a Hollywood contract.”
“I would rather have ideas and some difficulties of technique than a perfect technique and no ideas.”
“I would rather have India reduced to a state of pauperism than have thousands of drunkards in our midst.”
Source: India of My Dreams
“I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor.”
Source: Gandhi: Selected Writings
“I would rather have India without education, if that is the price to be paid for making it dry.”
Source: India of My Dreams
“I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.'”
Source: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
“I would rather have my fate in the hands of 23 representative citizens of the county than in the hands of a politically appointed judge.”
“I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of it.”
Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“I would rather have newspapers without a government than a government without newspapers.”
“I would rather have not gone through any of the litigation that I've had to go through.”
“I would rather have nothing than something that was only alright.”
“I would rather have one man with enthusiasm working with me than ten who are complacent.”
“I would rather have people be even cynical about me than to feed the negative vibe.”
“I would rather have played a character like Opie than Little Ricky.”
“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.”
“I would rather have regrets of excess than regrets of denial.”
“I would rather have someone read my diary than look at my iPod playlists.”
Source: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition)
“I would rather have someone say they hate me and mean it, than have someone say they love me and not.”
“I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything simply because nobody stands for anything. That world has no convictions, no victories, no unions, no heroism, no absolutes, no heartbeat. That world has rigor mortis.”
Source: Killosophy
“I would rather have sunshine and wind and sky adorn my head than a handsome bonnet.”
Source: Edenbrooke
“I would rather have the approval of God over the accolades of men. For while men might 'lift' me up, God is the only One who can 'take' me up.”
“I would rather have the United States as the world's policeman than the Soviet Union as the world's jailer.”
“I would rather have the whole world against me but know that the Almighty God is with me, be called an apostate but know that I have the approval of the God of glory”
“I would rather have the wrong facts and a right attitude, than right facts and a wrong attitude.”
“I would rather have these things weigh on my mind. At the end of this tunnel of guilt and shame, there must be a light of some kind.”
“I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful, than a lifetime of nothing special.”
Source: Steel Magnolias
“I would rather have this life of combat than the moral calm and mournful stupor of these last years. God give me struggle, enemies, howling crowds, all the combot of which I am capable.”
“I would rather have written Fables in Slang than be President.”
“I would rather have written the hymns of Wesley's than to have the fame of all the kings that ever sat on earth; it is more glorious, it has more power in it.”
Source: 101 Hymn Stories
“I would rather have young people settle on a small income at once, and have to struggle with a few difficulties together, than be involved in a long engagement.”
Source: Persuasion In Modern English
“I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.”
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)
“I would rather he had given me one more division”
“I would rather hear the pleased laugh of a child over some feature of my exhibition than receive as I did the flattering compliments of the Prince of Wales.”
“I would rather him to bear patiently with it than to put himself in danger of a greater evil.”
“I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.”
Source: John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth
“I would rather hurt a man...than love a woman.”
“I would rather instill in my amateur students love, than knowledge, of music. Left with only knowledge, they will at the end close their books and consign the course to forgetfulness. But if they have learned to love but the smallest part of the art, they are likely to pursue some phase of it the rest of their lives.”
Source: Notes on the Piano
“I would rather insult you than lose you, he said, and before any of them could make a move to stop him, he cast both items into the fire.”
Source: Clockwork Princess
“I would rather keep all the levels lower and stick to the sequester, but there are people in leadership who live outside of reality and want to increase things that Republicans like and pretend Democrats don't exist.”
“I would rather kill her myself than let my father take her as a punishment in my cycle.
Because that's what love is.
Protection.”
Source: Return
“I would rather kill myself than play my own music... I can't stand it when people do that.”