I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If everyone in America agreed that 80 percent of their contributions for House, Senate, and president could only come from people making contributions of $100 or less, we'd have a pretty darn good system. The influence of money would be gone.”
“If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors.”
“If everyone in the world sat quietly at the same time, closed their eyes and concentrated as hard as they could on peace and goodwill, all the killing and cruelty in the world would continue. And probably increase.”
Source: When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
“If everyone invested in the neighborhood they lived in, the United States would be a magical place.”
“If everyone is a changemaker, there's no way a problem can outrun a solution”
“If everyone is a hero, then disasters and atrocities lose their meaning. It's only when certain people are heroes and others are not that these tragedies and disasters that mankind faces take on meaning.”
“If everyone is a product of this society, who will say the things that need to be said, and do the things that need to be done, without compromise? Truth will never start out popular in a world more concerned with marketability than righteousness. It will initially suffer ridicule and even violence - yet ultimately it is undeniable. All of humanity is living in a dream world, but suffering real consequences.”
“If everyone is against you, but God is for you. It is more than enough to keep moving.”
“If everyone is defining a problem or solving it one way and the results are subpar, this is the time to ask, What if I did the opposite? Don't follow a model that doesn't work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn't matter how good a cook you are.”
“If everyone is dreaming the same thing, then no one is truly dreaming.”
Source: Black Friday 2050
“If everyone is exceptional, nobody is exceptional.”
“If everyone is getting money, no one is getting disrespected, and no one is getting hurt, no one should be arguing.”
“If everyone is mature, there is no comedy.”
“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”
“If everyone is my brother, I have no brothers.”
“If everyone is speaking caterpillar, don’t be afraid to speak butterfly. When it’s time to awaken, nothing else will suit you.”
“If everyone is special, then no one is. If everyone gets a trophy, trophies become meaningless.”
“If everyone is standing up to bow to an authority, you sit down! If everyone sits to bow to an authority, you stand up!”
“If everyone is suddenly a writer, then no one is. It feels like cultural appropriation. You're stealing their identity. You're appropriating the one thing that is sacred to real writers. You're not a writer. You like to write. There's a difference. To you it's just a hobby, and yet you decorate yourself with stolen feathers. You give yourself a title you haven't earned and don't deserve. Just like you can't wake up one day and pretend now you're a proctologist.”
Source: The Ugly Truth About Self-Publishing: Not another cookie-cutter contemporary romance
“If everyone is there to make a good film, everyone is down to earth, and everyone is there for the right reasons - the scale doesn't really matter I think.”
“If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.”
“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”
“If everyone is thinking the same way, nobody is thinking.”
Source: Make It, Don't Fake It: Leading with Authenticity for Real Business Success
“If everyone is to be made responsible for everything they do, you must extend responsibility beyond the level of conscious intention.”
“If everyone is trying to prevent error, it screws things up.”
“If everyone isn't beautiful, then no one is.”
“If everyone just accepted you the way you are, then, probably, you'd still be the way you were. So for anyone who didn't accept you at one point, just give 'em a smile in your heart and say, "Thank You"!”
“If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?”
Source: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“If everyone liked what I did, I probably wouldn't be playing anything of depth.”
“If everyone likes you than you are not "YOU".”
“If everyone likes you, it probably means you aren't saying much.”
“If everyone likes you, you're not doing it right.”
“If everyone lives roughly the same lies about the same thing, there is no one to call them liars. They jointly establish their own sanity and themselves normal.”
“If everyone only gave a fraction of the compassion their hearts are capable of giving... how much suffering could we alleviate in this world?”
Source: Abandoned Breaths
“If everyone perceives a different reality based on their unique physical and psychological attributes, their histories, needs, and desires, then whose reality is accurate? The point is, our so-called reality, the world we think we live in, is actually a contrivance. It’s a projection of what we perceive, think, feel, and believe at any given moment. That may sound depressing, but it can be quite the opposite. It can be empowering. Why? Because, if our reality is contrived, it can be adjusted . . . and elevated.”
Source: Elevate: An Essential Guide to Life
“If everyone played it safe, we wouldn't get anywhere.”
“If everyone practiced cherishing others, many of the major problems of the world would be solved in a few years.”
“If everyone practiced yoga, pharmacies would have to close.”
“If everyone read the Erich Fromm, they would understand themselves and their world better. They would realize their "leaders" are at best fools and at worst, devils.”
“If everyone realized how unimportant they actually were and how easily they could be replaced, they might be a bit nicer to each other.”
Source: El descontento
“If everyone realized the value of life, the world would be peaceful. The meaning of these words, "Do unto others as you would have them, do unto you," would be understood: It would be practiced.”
“If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn't be so adored in the slightest.”
“If everyone’s life is worth the same value, then what is a nation-state, and what is a family?”
Source: sciVive
“If everyone saw himself as a citizen of the world rather than of his town, city or country, the world would be a more peaceful, better place where success in all forms is abundant and available to all.”
Source: A Gift to my Children: A Father's Lessons for Life and Investing
“If everyone sincerely practices the path of compassion and wisdom, all their problems will be solved. I guarantee this.”
“If everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place.”
“If everyone spent as much time o happiness as they did on drama and anger, they'd shine a lot brighter!”
“If everyone started off the day singing, just think how happy they'd be.”
“If everyone sweeps before his own front door, then the street is clean.”
“If everyone sweeps their own doorstep, their own neighbourhoods, the world will be a clean, pure and healthy place for life to prosper.”