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 label the whole enterprise of setting a biological value upon groups for what it is: irrelevant, intellectually unsound, and highly injurious.”
Source: The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)
“I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in several chapters.”
“I would rather lead one soul to greatness, than follow many into mediocrity.”
“I would rather lie facedown on the ground
and use my body as a bridge,
than stand proud and tall
and use my body as a wall.”
“I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.”
Source: Superwoman
“I would rather like to think of God as being a kind of adventurer - even as Wells thought about him - or perhaps as something within us making for some unknown purpose.”
Source: Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations
“I would rather live a harder reality than a happy fantasy. It is actually more satisfying, even despite the difficulties, to be outside of the faith.”
“I would rather live a joyful simple life, doing what I love, than to be unhappy and rich.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“I would rather live a life alone, than live a life based on lies, deceit and manipulation”
“I would rather live a life alone, than live a life built on lies, deceit and manipulation".”
“I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.”
“I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“I would rather live each day in war with you by my side than endure one day of peace without you" -Gareth”
Source: Lord of Seduction
“I would rather live in a country where children are protected and their predators prosecuted, and even (which in Hollywood is evidently not always the same thing) disapproved of.”
“I would rather live in a world where people shout, "This is wrong." than live in a world with superheroes saving the day.”
“I would rather live in McCain's world than Obama's. But I believe that we live in Obama's world.”
“I would rather live in Russia on black bread and vodka than in the United States at the best hotels. America knows nothing of food, love or art.”
“I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is.”
“I would rather live on my own than with an unfaithful partner.”
“I would rather live one day in Maui than one month in New York.”
“I would rather live short and right then long and wrong.”
“I would rather live than die. I would rather die than survive as a monster.”
Source: The War of Mists
“I would rather live with the woman I love in a world full of trouble, than to live in heaven with nobody but men.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.”
“I would rather lose half of our clients than half of our clients' money.”
“I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.”
“I would rather lose money than trust”
“I would rather lose my intellect than my humility.”
Source: Revolution Indomable
“I would rather lose than win the way you guys [Republicans] did.”
“I would rather lose the battle to my enemy than lose my integrity in the way that I fought the battle with my enemy.”
“I would rather make choices that strip me of what I ‘want’ because those are the choices that will give me what I ‘need.”
“I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.”
“I would rather make my name than inherit it.”
Source: The Virginians
“I would rather make the wrong decision and correct it, rather than make no decision which leaves me nothing to correct.”
“I would rather marry a good man, a man of mind, with a hope and bright prospects ahead for position, fame and power than to marry all the houses, gold and bones in the world.”
“I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.”
“I would rather my descendants have greater abilities and a greater knowledge of the love of Christ than I do, much like standing on one's shoulders in order to get a clearer view of the valley.”
Source: Salomé: In Every Inch in Every Mile
“I would rather my enemy's sword pierce my heart then my friend's dagger stab me in the back." Faustus - Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire”
“I would rather my films be well-known than I be well-known.”
“I would rather my soul broil in hell than I do you any harm.”
“I would rather not be engaged. When people are engaged, they begin to think of being married soon, and I should like everything to go on for a long while just as it is.”
Source: Four Novels of George Eliot
“I would rather not have upset him, but I couldn't see any reason to change my life. Looking back on it, I wasn't unhappy. When I was a student, I had lots of ambitions like that. But when I had to give up my studies I learned very quickly that none of it really mattered.”
“I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.”
“I would rather not know what light is, rather than have it and then lose it. For then the darkness that it momentarily lit becomes insufferably darker. But I must remember that God is the light that never goes out in a world where darkness will.”
“I would rather not make a film than make one where I don't have final cut.”
Source: David Lynch: Interviews
“I would rather not watch myself in movies. I enjoy the experience, but I won't really see the film until they're on cable deep on into my life so I can pretend it's someone else at another time.”
“I would rather not work than play in a movie that nobody watches.”
“I would rather not write if I'm depressed, or am going through a breakup, or I've had some disappointment, or I'm having a family issue. You don't want to just put out an open wound. Sometimes that just isn't even really good writing. Good writing should be good writing and storytelling and not just therapy or someone's personal journal.”
“I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.”
“I would rather obey than work miracles.”