I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If am hurt evergreen mother earth hug my balance that I am carried like the waters and trees of calm ~”
“If Amarantha ripped out my throat, at least I would die doing something for him- at least I would die trying to fix the destruction I hadn't prevented, trying to save the people I'd doomed. At least Tamlin would know it was for him, and that I loved him.”
Source: A Court of Thorns and Roses
“If Amazon’s dream of a world without gatekeepers becomes reality, then the company itself will become a powerful gatekeeper.”
Source: To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism
“If Amber kept up her act forever, it would only be a matter of time before the broken pieces of her real self were too small to ever be put back together. I didn’t know what happened to people once they were unfixable. I only hoped I never had to find out.”
Source: Life Unaware
“If Ambition be a Fault, ’tis only in those who have not a sufficient stock of Merit to support it ...”
Source: Love in Excess
“If ambitious fantasies make people blush, and sexual fantasies make people blush and feel guilty, fantasies of violence and death may make people blush and feel guilty-and frightened too.”
Source: Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Ex
“If America becomes militant, it will be because its people choose to become such; it will be because they think that war and warlikeness are desirable.”
Source: War and Other Essays
“If America can go on breeding men like that, she will be a power in the world indeed.”
“If America can go to the moon, then in the decades to come we should not ever have to have young Americans sent to any part of the world to defend and die for America`s gluttony on fossil fuel.”
“If America cannot win a war in a week, it begins negotiating with itself.”
“If America could be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen, hunters, ranchers, and artists, then the rich would have little power to dominate others. Neither to serve nor to rule: That was the American dream.”
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
“If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God's children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell.”
Source: All Labor Has Dignity
“If America does not wish to end her days in the same nursing home as Britannia she had best end this geo-babble about new world orders. Our war, the Cold War, is over. It is time for America to come home.”
“If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.”
“If America ever passes out as a great nation, we ought to put on our tombstone: America died from a delusion she had Moral Leadership.”
Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Hoover years, 1931-1933
“If America fails in advancement, so will the world,
If South America fails in liberty, so will the world.
If Mexico fails in passion, so will the world,
If India fails in diversity, so will the world.”
Source: Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans
“If America gave anybody anything it is ambition. Bad things would come out of it because some guys are in a hurry, but that doesn't mean they're evil or anything, it just means they fall into bad grace somehow.”
“If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus.”
“If America has a future, Jazz has a future. The two are inseparable.”
“If America has the right to target Osama bin Laden, or terrorists, of course Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorism.”
“If America is a melting pot, then to me India is a thali--a selection of sumptuous dishes in different bowls. Each tastes different, and does not necessarily mix with the next but they belong together on the same plate, and they complement each other in making the meal a satisfying repast.”
Source: The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-century Power
“If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.”
“If America is at war, I won't speak a word without measuring how it'll sound to the guys doing the fighting when they're listening to their radios in the desert.”
“If America is destroyed, it may be by Americans who salute the flag, sing the national anthem, march in patriotic parades, cheer Fourth of July speakers - normally good Americans, but Americans who fail to comprehend what is required to keep our country strong and free, Americans who have been lulled away into a false security.”
Source: An enemy hath done this
“If America is ever going to be saved, it will be through a church flowing both in the message of the cross and the miracle of the resurrection.”
Source: My Promise is the Palace: So What Am I Doing in the Pit?
“If America is the land of opportunity, a country where perseverance and hard work is rewarded by recognition, then an illegal harbors the opposite ambitions. His greatest reward us anonymity, invisibility. Aided and abetted by market forces and the laws of supply and demand, he hones his skill to stand up but make sure he's never counted.”
Source: Midnight Cactus
“If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.”
“If America is to be great in the future, it will be if we understand that our source is not civic and temporal, but our source is godly and eternal.”
“If America is to be run by the people, it is the people who must think. And we do not need to put on sackcloth and ashes to think. Nor should our minds work like a sundial which records only sunshine. Our thinking must square against some lessons of history, some principles of government and morals, if we would preserve the rights and dignity of men to which this nation is dedicated.”
Source: Addresses Upon the American Road, 1948-1950
“If America is to be strong in the future, Americans must see America as home, not divided by race or region. Build American jobs for the future and come together with compassion to solve problems.”
Source: A Bright New Morning: An American Story
“If America is to compete effectively in world markets, its corporate leaders must strategically position their companies in the right businesses, and then manage their workforces in the right ways. However, the nation has a shortage of business leaders who understand the importance of utilizing human capital to gain competitive advantage, let alone the know-how to do so. In the future, that shortcoming promises to be exacerbated because few business schools today teach aspiring executives how to create the kind of high-involvement organizations.”
“If America is to succeed in responding to these 21st Century challenges, our political system cannot continue to bog down in the mire of partisan gamesmanship.”
“If America is to survive, we must elect more God-centered men and women to public office; individuals who will seek Divine guidance in the affairs of state.”
“If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to be.”
“If America is truly Israels greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.”
“If America leads a blessed life, then why did God put all of our oil under people who hate us?”
“If America runs on Dunkin', do I detect a slight limp?”
“If America stands today as a free country, it's because of those Americans who sacrificed their lives fighting against the redcoats. But there is another side of American history which is not taught in schools. And it's the bitter side of the story, so brace for it. The only reason the country called America even exists is because the native americans who were living in the land for a long time before the pilgrims arrived here from Europe, couldn't organize a large and strong enough uprising to fight them away from their land. This is more reason for each person of this sweet land of liberty to practice assimilation not segregation - this is more reason for each of us to come to the aid of the oppressed and segregated - this is more reason for each of us to stand upright against discrimination, narcissism, prejudice and sectarianism.”
Source: Hurricane Humans: Give me accountability, I'll give you peace
“If America taught me anything, it's that quitting is right up there with pissing in the Girl Scouts' lemonade jar.”
Source: The Kite Runner
“If America wants concessions, she must fight for them. We must purchase our power with our blood.”
“If America wants to make "made in America" a symbol of excellence and worth. They have to make everything of high quality, otherwise the best.”
“If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.”
“If America was a house, the Left would root for the termites.”
“If America was a person, and it sat down, Lancaster town would be plunged into a Darkness unbreathable.”
Source: Mason & Dixon
“If America was trying to keep the bubonic plague out of its hemisphere, Canadians would import it just to show their independence of American foreign policy.”
“If America were in a just war I'd volunteer for the front line. I'd do the shuffling and win the war.”
“If America would withdraw from South Korea, there could be a power struggle between such as China and Japan.”
“If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the hopes of men the world over.”
“If America's tv and movie producers are unwilling to clean up their act... when it comes to sex, bloodshed and violence in their programming... the government stands ready to step in.”
“If American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran.”