I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I would teach peace rather than war, love rather than hate.”
Source: Einstein on Peace
“I would teach the world that science is the best way to understand the world and that for any set of observations, there is only one correct explanation. Also, science is value-free, as it explains the world as it is. Ethical issues arise only when science is applied to technology - from medicine to industry.”
“I would teach U.K. parents how to stop their children throwing litter. London is a beautiful city but its streets are disgusting.”
“I would tell 17-year-olds to be proud of who you are. Don't try to change yourself for others. Focus on school and your future. Boys and friends will come and go, just focus on you and your future.”
“I would tell a newly diagnosed young woman that breast cancer is a complex disease which can be frightening and confusing, and it's normal to experience these emotions, and having a good support system is important. Be an active participant in your treatment, follow your doctor's instructions and ask questions. Also, I would tell her that there have been many advances in breast cancer and women are now living much longer.”
“I would tell any actress that the trick is to play all the female characters on your show, and then all the men are yours.”
“I would tell any aspiring designer to take the time to experience everything they can to really get a feel for what direction they want to go in. And most importantly, let your passion and your gut lead you.”
“I would tell anyone, pick the person you love the most, the musician, the actor, public figure, whatever, and watch a bunch of their interviews and find ones where they talk about all the times they've failed, all the times they weren't good enough, and watch those on the regular. It's a very unique type of inspiration. It's almost like spiritual jumper cables for your inner drive.”
“I would tell everyone to go to college, no matter what. It gives you time to grow up.”
“I would tell him that shoot me but first listen to me. And I would tell him that education is my right and education is the right of your daughter and son a well. And I'm speaking up for them. I'm speaking up for peace.”
“I would tell kids not be like me, but to try and be better than me. Because I always wanted to be better than everyone I was around. That's what drove me. I wanted to be better than my role models. I'm super competitive.”
“I would tell kids that the person bullying you is the one with the issues and the insecurities and that they need to be strong and not let anyone tell you that you are not worth it.”
“I would tell most young people that in life you can go through many difficulties, but if you know what you want to do, if you can focus, and work, then in the end, you will end up doing it. No matter what happens, if you don't give up, you will still succeed.”
“I would tell my 14 year old self to never ever, ever put all of your money in one bank account. And love the ones who love you back. You're going to want to quit...DON'T! Oh, and get everything in writing.”
Source: Soledad
“I would tell my 25-year-old self to relax, just trust yourself, it's going to be okay. You're exactly where you're supposed to be right here and right now.”
“I would tell myself that I was about to address the largest mass assembly of idiots ever gathered in the history of mankind.”
“I would tell myself the same thing that I continue to tell myself today, which is don't sweat the small things.”
“I would tell myself to get more sleep! Believe it or not, I wrote the book while finishing my PhD in English literature. It was wonderful to get away from doing literary scholarship by writing this mythical love story. I think so much of my own love for books and scholarship comes through in The Thorn and the Blossom.”
“I would tell myself, "Love yourself and don't be afraid to take risks." I was often afraid to take risks, socially, because I was young and a little more shy and still figuring out who I wanted to be. Sometimes I look back and think, "I should have just been bolder and more confident."”
“I would tell new artists to be themselves. Show your talents first, have your own identity, don't try to be Lady Saw. If you're coming out to be like me, once you get in, return back to yourself, that's the only way you'll be happy. Don't come in trying to be me and then disrespect me.”
“I would tell people some years later that I was raised an only child and so was my brother.”
Source: Rocket Boys
“I would tell people to enjoy the present moment and the journey rather than the outcome.”
“I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you've lost your focus.”
“I would tell startups to just keep your head down, keep building. Your contingency plan, if you have one, should be because you are still spending more than you make and you still don't have a line of sight for that J curve. That is the most important contingency. Because otherwise you are betraying that equation to your cofounders, to your investors, to your employees and to your customers.”
“I would tell the Democrats in Washington who are trying to be civil with the "bipartisanship" to please stop and let the joker die once and for all, let the agents of chaos hit the pavement, stop picking them up.”
“I would tell the world that Shahrukh is the better actor”
“I would tell them that when you look at a person, you never know what the're hiding.”
“I would tell to young people to sit on their heels. Children do that naturally so if they never had furniture they would do it. It's wonderful for all parts of the body.”
“I would tell you I love you, Sir, if I knew what it was to love.”
“I would tell you more of Him, but how shall I? When love becomes vast love becomes wordless. And when memory is overladen it seeks the silent deep.”
Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces
“I would tell you, Peter, never to mind what people say. People can never know the heart of another.'
'I'll never mind what people say.'
'And Peter, please don't say it quite like that. Most who don't mind - most of them grow hard, get hard. You must be kind, you must be kind. I think the man you will become could hurt people terribly, because you're strong. Do you understand kindness, Peter?'
'I'm not sure whether I do, father.'
'Well, then. To be kind is to try to remove obstacles in the way of those who love or need you.”
Source: The Power of the Dog
“I would tell you stories from dawn to dusk if it meant filling your eyes with happiness.”
Source: Six Crimson Cranes
“I would tell you that for me the sanctity of life proceeds out of the belief that ancient principle that - where God says before you were formed in the womb, I knew you, and so for my first time in public life, I sought to stand with great compassion for the sanctity of life.”
“I would tell you that the abuse of words as a means of pressing an agenda is inexcusable. But the abuse of the people to whom those words are directed is reprehensible. Yet, to refuse to allow a set of ethics to guide the choice of your agenda as well as the selection of your words to articulate it is an offense that far eclipses the former.”
“I would tell you that you looked really hot today when I saw you naked, but that probably wouldn't be appropriate, being as we're in bed together but not doing anything.”
“I would tell you to never give up. You may need to tighten your plan, adjust your pace, redistribute your resources, tweak your trajectory, or backup just enough to regain the objectivity that you may have lost. You may need to eliminate the naysayers, rub shoulders with the visionaries, leave the cowards to the smallness of their existence, hike with those who traverse horizons, and ride hard with those who refuse to live in the rear mirrors of life. Therefore, if I were to tell you to give up, I would tell you to give up everything that are not these things.”
“I would tell young journalists to be brave and go against the tide. When everyone else is relying on the internet, you should not; when nobody's walking, you should walk; when few people are reading profound books, you should read. ... rather than seeking a plusher life you should pursue some hardship. Eat simple food. When everyone's going for quick results, pursue things of lasting value. Don't follow the crowd; go in the opposite direction. If others are fast, be slow. -- Jin Yongquan”
Source: China Ink: The Changing Face of Chinese Journalism
“I would tell young people to start where they are with what they have and that the secret of a big success is starting with a small success and dreaming bigger and bigger dreams, I would tell them also that a young Black woman or a young Black man can't dream too much today or dare too much if he or she works hard, perseveres and dedicates themselves to excellence.”
“I would tell your generation, wherever you are on the totem poll - whether you're halfway there or at the bottom, don't despise small beginnings; small beginnings get you ready for great things.”
“I would tend to be drawn to independent cinema as a viewer, probably more than the big blockbuster.”
“I would tend to say that I do what I do as well as possible and that most people don't.”
“I would thank God, but I don't believe in it.”
“I would thank God, but I don't believe in it... It's like a movie that was way too popular. It's a story that's been told too many times and just doesn't mean anything... All I really believe in is this moment, like right now.”
“I would that I could have stopped time and preserved that day forever. It was a perfect day. There was the shadow of sorrow, yes. It would always be there. But that was the nature of life. The bright mirror and the dark, reflecting one another. And today there was so much brightness.”
“I would that I were an old beggar
Rolling a blind pearl eye,
For he cannot see my lady
Go gallivanting by.”
Source: The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats
“I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for me.”
Source: Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)
“I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a news event, but an indictment of war - the brutal corrupting viciousness of its doing to the minds and bodies of men; and, that my photographs might be a powerful emotional catalyst to the reasoning which would help this vile and criminal stupidity from beginning again.”
Source: W. Eugene Smith, his photographs and notes
“I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a news event, but an indictment of war.”
Source: W. Eugene Smith, his photographs and notes
“I would that the healing power of Christ might spread over the earth and be diffused through our society and into our homes, that it might cure men's hearts of the evil and adverse elements of greed and hate and conflict. I believe it could happen. I believe it must happen. If the lamb is to lie down with the lion, then peace must overcome conflict, healing must mend injury.”
“I would that there was nothing in the world
But my beloved that night and day had perished,
And all that is and all that is to be,
All that is not the meeting of our lips.”
Source: The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition