I Quotes
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“If a woman seeks education it is probably because her sexual apparatus is malfunctioning.”
“If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.”
“If a woman smiles, her dress must also smile.”
“If a woman stands behind you, respect her; if she stands beside you, cherish her; if she stands with you, adore her.”
“If a woman, teen, or girl says No, Stop, I Changed My Mind, I Can’t do This, or I’m Just Not Ready… Believe Her! No, she doesn’t REALLY want it. No, she’s NOT playing hard to get. No, she’s NOT just a tease. No, she didn’t ASK for it. Sexual violence is NOT okay no matter how much you try to rationalize it. Don’t be a predator! Have some self-control and RESPECT her decision. Forcing yourself on a person is sexual assault, period!”
“If a woman tells you she's twenty and looks sixteen, she's twelve. If she tells you she's twenty-six and looks twenty-six, she's damn near forty.”
“If a woman tells you she's twenty and looks sixteen, she's twelve. If she tells you she's twenty-six and looks twenty-six, she's damn near fourty.”
“If a woman understands a man's heart, she can treat him like a child.”
“If a woman upsets you,
forgive her.
If a woman betrays you,
forsake her.
If a woman abandons you,
forget her.
If a woman stands behind you,
respect her.
If a woman stands beside you,
cherish her.
If a woman stands with you,
adore her.”
“If a woman waits 10 years to invest, "I'm busy", "I've got to do this", "I can put it off", "I gotta find the right financial..." It costs her $100 a day. $100 a day! And if we had money falling out of her pocketbook at the rate of $100 a day, we'd change our pocketbook; we'd fix our pocketbook.”
“If a woman walks with her head down - she has a lover! If a woman walks with her head proudly up - she has a lover! If a woman carries her head straight - she has a lover! And actually, if a woman has a head, she has a
lover!”
“If a woman wants to hold a man she has merely to appeal to what is worst in him.”
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan
“If a woman wants to succeed in the public arena, she needs to grow skin as thick as the hide of a rhinoceros. I have certainly, as you can tell, have had to learn how to do that, and there's a lot of good moisturizers I can tell you about if you're interested. The second thing is to learn how to take criticism seriously but not personally.”
“If a woman was successful, she wasn't helping other women.”
“If a woman was supposed to be first, she wouldn't have been created second.”
“If a woman were about to proceed to her execution, she would demand a little time to perfect her toilet.”
“If a woman were elected president, would our nation expect her husband to be the official White House host?”
“If a woman who has grown up alone in a far off island gets pregnant, she might think that she has got a fatal disease which is making her stomach swell. Your pain and discomfort is intolerable to you because you don't know that you are pregnant with a beautiful destiny.”
“If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.”
“If a woman writes about herself, she’s a narcissist. If a man does the
same, he’s describing the human condition. But people seem to evaluate
your work based on how much they relate to it, so it’s like, well, who’s
the narcissist?”
“If a woman's got any instincts, she feels when her husband's off the reservation.”
Source: The Women
“If a woman's got nothing but her fair fame to feed on, why, it's thin tack, and a donkey would die of it!”
Source: D. H. Lawrence: The Complete Novels (Book House)
“If a woman's work is never done, she should start earlier.”
“If a woman's young and pretty, I think you can see her good looks all the better for her being plainly dressed.”
“If a womb had a window, the world would sit up and take notice.”
Source: Daddy's Little Girl
“If a women ask for respect instead of earning it then they are weak.”
“If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?”
“If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? Why is 'phonics' not spelled the way it sounds? How come abbreviated is such a long word?”
“If a word means everything, then in means nothing.”
“If a work has started with negativity from the beginning, it ends negatively.”
“If a work of art is a projection of feeling, its kinship with organic nature will emerge, no matter through how many transformations, logically and inevitably.”
“If a work of art is placed before me, I believe I can enjoy it; but I do not overlook the fact, that Art is one thing, another thing Amusement; and that people do like amusements, and will run after it.”
“If a work of art is to be truly immortal, it must pass quite beyond the limits of the human world, without any sign of common sense and logic. In this way the work will draw nearer to dream and to the mind of a child.”
“If a work of art is to explore new environments, it is not to be regarded as a blueprint but rather as a form of action-painting.”
Source: Letters of Marshall McLuhan
“If a work of art or a new style disturbs you, then it is probably good work. If you hate it, it is probably great.”
“If a Work of God does NOT Continue, it was NEVER a Work of God.”
“If a work works without a wage, how can he care for his well-being?”
“If a worker is deprived of hope to acquire some personal property, what other natural stimulus can be offered him that will inspire him to hard work, labor, saving and sobriety today, when so many nations and men have lost everything and all they have left is their capacity for work?”
“If a working class Englishman saw a bloke drive past in a Rolls-Royce, he'd say to himself "Come the social revolution and we'll take that away from you, mate". Whereas if his American counterpart saw a bloke drive past in a Cadillac he'd say "One day I'm going to own one of those". To my way of thinking the first attitude is wrong. The latter is right.”
“If a workplace makes you sick enough to self medicate on a daily basis, then you should aim to leave at the earliest opportunity to safeguard your long term health.”
“If a works without a wage, how can he care for his well-being?”
“If a Writer births the baby, then a Producer raises the child and sends it off to school.”
― Rona Edwards, I Liked It, Didn't Love It: Screenplay Development from the Inside Out”
Source: I Liked It, Didn't Love It: Screenplay Development from the Inside Out
“If a writer can seek help from a family member, friend, professional editor, translator, or ghost‑writer to refine, reshape, or even rewrite their work without losing authorship, then denying that same right when using AI is an unacceptable double standard!”
“If a writer disbelieves what he is writing, then he can hardly expect his reader to believe it.”
“If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead.”
“If a writer falls in love with you, you can never die.”
“If a writer is convinced that he is honest, then it is very difficult for him to be a bad writer.”
“If a writer is honest, if what is at stake for him can seem to matter to his readers, then his work may be read. But a writer will work anyway, as I do, and as I have, in part to explore this terra incognita, this dangerous ground I seem to need to risk.”
Source: A Dangerous Profession: A Book About the Writing Life
“If a writer is not an opponent of the government, he cannot be called as a writer, but just a disreputable lickspittle!”
“If a writer is so cautious that he never writes anything that cannot be criticized, he will never be able to write anything that can be read. If you want to help other people you have got to make up your mind to write things that some men will condemn.”
Source: Echoing Silence: Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing