I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If ever the Divine appeared on earth, it was in the person of Christ.”
“If ever the Greeks needed a Trojan horse, it is now.”
“If ever the public was betrayed by its press, it's ours.”
“If ever the search for a tranquil belief should end,
The future might stop emerging out of the past,
Out of what is full of us; yet the search
And the future emerging out of us seem to be one.”
Source: The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play
“If ever there comes a time when everyone you vote for wins and they do everything you think they should do, there will still be a gap between what is and what ought to be.”
“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.”
“If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.”
Source: Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
“If ever there was a cause, if ever there can be a cause, worthy to be upheld by all of toil or sacrifice that the human heart can endure, it is the cause of Education.”
Source: Common School Journal
“If ever there was a cause, if ever there can be a cause, worthy to be upheld by all of toil or sacrifice that the human heart can endure, it is the cause of Education. It has intrinsic and indestructible merits. It holds the welfare of mankind in its embrace, as the protecting arms of a mother hold her infant to her bosom. The very ignorance and selfishness which obstructs its path are the strongest arguments for its promotion, for it furnishes the only adequate means for their removal.”
Source: Thoughts
“If ever there was a dwelling worthy of the Creator, it would be... in a truly Thankful heart.”
“If ever there was a fish made to endure, it is the Atlantic cod... But it has among its predators - man, an openmouthed species greedier than cod.”
Source: Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
“If ever there was a holiday that deserves to be commercialized, it's Halloween. We haven't taken it away from kids. We've just expanded it so that the kid in adults can enjoy it, too.”
“If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.”
Source: Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness
“If ever there was a metaphor to illustrate the importance of the journey over the destination, it is life itself.
For everyone who departs from birth is destined for death, so the journey IS life. Savor it!”
“If ever there was a mobilizing energy, it is the millennial generation. So we have the power to turn out and even to win this race. Not to split the vote but to flip the vote.”
“If ever there was a moment for an Islamic reformation, it’s now. For the love of God, what are we doing about it?”
Source: The Trouble with Islam: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith
“If ever there was a more perfect picture of love, it was the silhouette of this couple standing at the window with the full moon behind them in a star filled sky.”
Source: The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel
“If ever there was a perfectly bad time to bring out a perfectly bad Dad joke, this was it.”
Source: Harp and the Lyre: Exposed
“If ever there was a proverbial truth, it's the more you give, the more you get. Give and start experiencing a life of fulfillment!”
“If ever there was a slamming of the door in the face of constructive investigation, it is the word miracle. To a medieval peasant, a radio would have seemed like a miracle.”
“If ever there was a time for a PM ready and able to do the job from day one, this is it.”
“If ever there was a time for true bipartisanship, it is today.”
“If ever there was a time this country needed the intervention of God, it is now.”
“If ever there was a time this country needed the intervention of God, it is now. We can and should pray for America as a whole, but remember that when God sets out to change a nation, He begins by changing people. It starts with individuals.”
“If ever there was an area in which to do the exact opposite of that which government and the media urge you to do, that area is the purchasing of gold.”
“If ever there was one player, anywhere in the world, that was made for Manchester United, it was Cantona. He swaggered in, stuck his chest out, raised his head and surveyed everything as though he was asking: 'I'm Cantona. How big are you? Are you big enough for me?'”
“If ever there was something she needed to stick around and fight for, Luc was that something.”
Source: See Jane Score
“If ever there were a time there was nothing, there would be nothing now.”
“If ever there were a true "just as I am" church, if ever there were a community where everybody could bring all their baggage and brokenness with them without neat and tidy happy endings quite yet, if ever there was a group where everyone was loved and no one pretended - we could not make enough room inside the building.”
Source: The Me I Want to Be
“If ever there were three mismatched riders, it was us- the crown prince of Dalbreck, the Assassin of Venda, and the fugitive princess of Morrighan. Sons and daughter of three kingdoms, each bent on domination of the other two.”
Source: The Beauty of Darkness
“If ever there's been somebody to hold as an icon of sheer determination and willpower, it's that guy [Stephen Hawking ], let alone any of the things he's done scientifically. I'm sure that's his driving force, but he's a miracle and an aspiration.”
“If ever they could resume, even just for an afternoon. If ever she called. A sin was not a sin, if it were for her. A risk was not a risk.”
Source: A Place for Us
“If ever they remembered their life in this world it was as one remembers a dream.”
Source: The Chronicles of Narnia Vol I: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
“If ever this free people, if this Government itself is ever utterly demoralized, it will come from this incessant human wriggle and struggle for office, which is but a way to live without work.”
“If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption, indifferent and incapable of a wholesome care over so wide a spread of surface. This will not be borne, and you will have to choose between reform and revolution. If I know the spirit of this country, the one or the other is inevitable.”
Source: Life of Thomas Jefferson: with selections from the most valuable portions of his voluminious and unrivalled private correspondence : with portrait
“If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption.”
Source: Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness
“If ever thou be'st bound in thy scarf and beaten, thou shalt find what it is to be proud of thy bondage.”
Source: The plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators
“If ever thou shalt love,
In the sweet pangs of it remember me;
For such as I am all true lovers are,
Unstaid and skittish in all motions else
Save in the constant image of the creature
That is beloved.”
“If ever two were one, than we.”
“If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you can I prize thy love more than whole mines of Gold. Or all the riches that the East doth hold. My love is such that rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense. Thy love is such I can no way repay, The heavens reward thee manifold repay, Then while we live, in love let's so persevere That when we live no more, we may live ever.”
Source: To My Husband and Other Poems
“If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.”
“If ever we are constrained to lift the hatchet against any tribe, we will never lay it down till that tribe is exterminated, or driven beyond the Mississippi... in war, they will kill some of us; we shall destroy them all.”
Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson
“If ever we are going to be made into wine, we will have to be crushed; you cannot drink grapes. Grapes become wine only when they have been squeezed. I wonder what kind of finger and thumb God has been using to squeeze you, and you have been like a marble and escaped?”
Source: Called of God: Extracts from My Utmost for His Highest on the Missionary Call
“If ever we find the truth to be offensive, then we must be prepared to change what is true.”
“If ever we needed in this country to adopt a new attitude towards homosexuality, this is the time. Instead of treating it as a crime, and driving it underground, we ought to recognize it for what it is: it's a mental illness, it's a psychiatric condition which ought to be treated sympathetically by psychiatrists and social workers.”
“If ever we needed to put the Golden Rule into action, it’s with our aging parents.”
Source: Billy Graham in Quotes
“If ever we two had a soul, let our soul
—keep on walking and leave us behind.”
Source: Madwomen: Poems of Gabriela Mistral
“If ever wife was happy in a man, compare with me, ye women if you can.”
“If ever you are tempted to become discouraged or to lose faith, remember those faithful Saints who remained true in Kirtland. Hold on a little longer. You can do this! You are part of a special generation. You were prepared and preserved to live at this important time in the existence of our beautiful planet earth. You have a celestial pedigree and therefore have all the necessary talents to make your life an eternal success story.”
“If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a veil of pleached and intertwining branches, then the loftiness of the forest, the seclusion of the spot and your marvel at the thick unbroken shade in the midst of the open spaces, will prove to you the presence of deity.”