I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I believe that in this way the teacher always is the prophet of the true God and the usherer in of the true kingdom of God.”
Source: The Early Works, 1882-1898: 1895-1898. Early essays
“I believe that in time we will have reached the point where we will deserve to be free of government.”
Source: Brodie's Report: Including the Prose Fiction from In Praise of Darkness
“I believe that in years to come, historians will see the beginning of the 21st century as the ‘golden age’ of real estate.”
“I believe that in your heart you already know something is profoundly wrong. When bartenders are responsible for drunk drivers' acts, and gunmakers are responsible for criminals' acts, and nobody is responsible for O. J. Simpson's acts, something is wrong.”
“I believe that incentivized prizing is the best solution to help unlock the answers to the some of the profound problems that plague our planet.”
“I believe that independent film making is the last frontier of creative expression available. So I'm always willing to lend a helping hand to a young film maker who's just getting into the business.”
“I believe that India is such a big country that one must do as much work as possible. So I keep doing that.”
“I believe that Indonesia has to first be ruled by some form of a socialist system, before we can even start talking about 'democracy'.”
“I believe that inside every tool is a hammer.”
“I believe that inside many Americans lies certain uneasiness about capital punishment.”
“I believe that instinct is what makes a genius a genius.”
“I believe that integrating science concepts into exciting stories is the best way for students to learn.”
Source: The Stardust Mystery
“I believe that intelligence and rationality will always be primary no matter what shape sentient creatures take. To not think that would be to doubt the value of life itself.”
Source: Pandora's Star
“I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.”
“I believe that interpretation should be like a transparent glass, a window for the composer's music.”
“I believe that is the major reason why I've gotten as far as I have this quickly”
“I believe that Islam and freedom are incompatible.”
“I believe that Israel is one of our most important friends in the world.”
“I believe that Israel is very likely not to survive, it's not going to last forever, and now there's nothing that someone like me can do about it, in that it's a threat of nuclear or biological or chemical attack.”
“I believe that Israel must concede to the Palestinian right of return in principle. Israel must, first of all, assume its responsibility for what happened in 1948, as far as we are to blame - and we are to blame for a great part of it, if not for all - and we must recognize in principle the right of refugees to return.”
“I believe that it doesn't matter where you work or what you have access to because anything can help. If you're working in an ice cream shop, you can ask your boss if you can give away twenty ice cream cones to an organization every Friday afternoon. It's really interesting to see what people are willing to help you with if you can make it easy for them.”
“I believe that it is a great mistake not to stand up for people, even when you differ with them, if you feel that they are trying to do things that will help our country.”
“I believe that it is a whole lifetime of work on Shakespeare's part that enabled him to do what he did. But the question is how you can explain this whole lifetime in such a way to make it accessible and available to us, to me.”
“I believe that it is an unchanging value of democracy that ends cannot justify the means in politics.”
“I believe that it is appropriate for young people in society to revisit Malcolm's journey and his role in history.”
“I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)
“I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.”
“I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than be ignorant.”
“I believe that it is dangerous for a young person simply to go from achieving goal after goal, generally being praised along the way. So it is good for a young person to experience his limit, occasionally to be dealt with critically, to suffer his way through a period of negativity, to recognise his own limits himself, not simply to win victory after victory. A human being needs to endure something in order to learn to assess himself correctly, and not least to learn to think with others. Then he will not simply judge others hastily and stay aloof, but rather accept them positively, in his labours and his weaknesses.”
Source: Last Testament: In His Own Words
“I believe that it is essential to our leadership in the world and to the development of true democracy in our country to have no discrimination in our country whatsoever. This is most important in the schools of our country.”
“I believe that it is higher education's purpose and calling to keep open the door to the American dream.”
“I believe that it is imperative that we learn from the mistakes.”
“I believe that it is important for the artist, painter, poet, dancer, etc. to keep in mind that it is the art that drives the art world and not the other way around. Artists and other people of intelligence have the power to bring deeper content to our culture.”
“I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship.”
Source: Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life
“I believe that it is impossible to end hatred with hatred.”
Source: The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation
“I believe that it is indeed easier for a woman who follows a male monarch, as it was in my case. There was no role model I had to measure up to. It was clear from the beginning that many things would be different, and that helped. And I hope that the same thing will help my son, Crown Prince Frederik, when he becomes king one day.”
“I believe that it is made out of the same cloth of mind, but it is an add-on, it was something that was specialized to create what we call the self. And it exists for very special purposes and it has very special, and I think by and large good consequences, although not only good consequences.”
“I believe that it is my duty and your duty to teach our children concerning this great God-inspired Constitution, this great law of liberty which he has given to this world, and which was never given before to any nation in any land. Never before has there been a representative government of this kind. Republics have been tried, hundreds of times, thousands of years ago, but never was there anything like this Government.”
“I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a child. You have to defend the life of a child.”
“I believe that it is my job to fight for the rights of others to have the same rights that I take for granted. As a white, American male, I have had it quite good. I recognize that and fight every day for everyone to have the same opportunities that I have had.”
“I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.”
“I believe that it is my right and responsibility as an American to question our government when our government is wrong.”
Source: Not One More Mother's Child
“I believe that it is my right and responsibility as an American to question our government when our government is wrong. I'm not one of the immature patriots who say my country right or wrong because my country is wrong now, and my country-the policies of my country are responsible for killing tens of thousands of innocent people, and I won't stand by and let that happen anymore.”
“I believe that it is not beneficial either to idealize Romani culture or treat it as exotic. Romani culture is not simply Indian or Asian, though some aspects of it clearly reflect its historical origins in India, language being one of the most obvious. Nor is it inherently a culture of poverty or a culture of resistance or defiance against mainstream norms.”
Source: I Met Lucky People: The Story of the Romani Gypsies
“I believe that it is of the utmost importance that we all should feel and inculcate among the people and circulate amongst them what I call a sense of compatriotism. We should all feel that we are all nationals of one country, whatever our race, colour, creed, or sect.”
“I believe that it is only through empathy, that the pain experienced by an Algerian woman, a North Korean dissident, a Rwandan child or an Iraqi prisoner, becomes real to me and not just passing news. And it is at times like this when I ask myself, am I prepared - like Huck Finn - to give up Sunday school heaven for the kind of hell that Huck chose?”
“I believe that it is our human right to be parents and women. And there's no contradiction between feminism, which means women should have all that they are entitled to, all that they can do, all the opportunities that they can take advantage of they should have.”
“I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation is lacking.”
Source: The Art of War and the Prince
“I believe that it IS possible to live every day in the consciousness that is experienced as unconditional love.”
Source: The Lifetimes of a Journey: My Amazing Journey of Coming Alive and the Power of Unconditional Self-Love
“I believe that it is preferable sometimes to have one candidate rather another candidate, while you understand that that is not the solution. Sometimes the lesser evil is not so lesser, so you want to ignore that, and you either do not vote or vote for third party as a protest against the party system.”