I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If I could go back in time and tell my younger self that eventually that I'd become very successful writing Dune books after Frank Herbert's death, I would have laughed myself silly, I think, at how strange that prospect would be.”
“If I could go back in time to change stuff? Oh yeah, there's a few movies I would not have done.”
“If I could go back to a point in history to try to get things to come out differently, I would go back and tell moses to go up the mountain again and get the other tablet. Because the Ten Commandments just tell us what we are supped to do with one another, not a word about our relationship to the earth. Genesis starts with these commands: multiply, replenish the earth, and subdue it. We have multiplied very well, we have replenished our populations very well, we have subdued it all too well, and we don't have any other instruction.”
“If I could go back to my younger self, I'd be like, "Not everything's permanent."”
“If I could go back would I do it differently? Well, I can't go back.”
“If I could go into the woods and kill a bear myself, I'd wear it proudly as a trophy.”
“If I could grant wishes do you think I would be driving a cab?”
Source: American Gods: Tenth Anniversary
“If I could hang out with Jimi Hendrix, it wouldn't be over dinner.”
“If I could have a Barbie body, which has no cellulite, I totally would. I would like to have a flatter stomach, but that won't happen either. That is never going to happen. No matter how much weight I lose, my stomach, below the belly button, always pooches out.”
“If I could have a special power in real life I'd love to fly.”
“If I could have a superpower, I would choose the ability to make people's heart stop, if I just point at them.”
“If I could have all of those things, I wouldn't mind if I touched her or not.”
“If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.”
“If I could have any job I would be a cat... but that's not something I'm supposed to talk about in public.”
“If I could have any job in the world I'd be a professional Cinderella.”
“If I could have any job in the world, I'd start out by writing a blog on Wired.com.”
“If I could have any power in the world, it would be super-metabolism. I would love to eat anything and not gain weight! That would be a great power. I would have an intravenous Guinness with me, everywhere I went! But I wouldn't want to know what my wife is thinking. It's a difficult power, yeah.”
“If I could have any power, I think flying would definitely be up there! Along with speaking every language.”
“If I could have any superpower, it would be the ability to project my feelings, thoughts, and memories onto a wall, so others could fully understand me without the obstacle of me failing to explain things to them.”
Source: That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You
“If I could have anyone on speed dial it would be George Clooney. He seems like a cool guy who would give good advice.”
“If I could have anything I wanted, I would choose story without end, and it seems I have lots of company in that.”
Source: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“If I could have banned them all...I would have!”
“If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point.”
“If I could have been anyone in the world, it would have been Ronaldinho. He's fantastic, I love watching him.”
“If I could have chosen I would have died at my birth.”
“If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.”
“If I could have dinner with anyone who lived in history, it would depend on the restaurant.”
“If I could have done anything more, it would have been less”
“If I could have done it myself, I would have already done it: pried open my ribs and etched the Word onto my heart’s beating chambers. But it seemed my ex-gay counselors were the only ones with enough skill and experience to wield the scalpel.”
Source: Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family
“If I could have drawn a cat yelling for lasagna every day for 15 years and have them pay me $30 million to do so, I would have.”
“If I could have enough money that I know I could buy a house someday, and if I want to have kids, I could raise them - I don't need the money grab. I don't need to have a mansion. I just need to be creative and happy.”
“If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Constitution framed in the Convention where I had the honor to preside might possibly endanger the religious rights of any ecclesiastical society, certainly I would never have placed my signature to it.”
Source: pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses
“If I could have found what I needed at thirteen, I would not have lost so much of my life chasing vindication or death. Give some child, some thirteen-year old, the hope of the remade life. Tell the truth. Write the story that you were always afraid to tell. I swear to you there is magic in it.”
Source: Skin: Talking About Sex, Class, and Literature
“If I could have gave more, I would have done it. I gave everything I had”
“If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them... 'Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in,' I would have done it.”
“If I could have had everything exactly the way I wanted, this is how I would have written it down. Win all my fights in the first round, then go to the UFC and headline a show, and have it as a pay-per-view and at home. People's dreams don't come true like that.”
“If I could have had my own way, I would have confined myself to black and white.”
Source: Degas
“If I could have him like this in my dreams every night of my life, I'd stake my entire life on dreams and be done with the rest.”
Source: Call Me by Your Name: A Novel
“If I could have it my way with the weather, I’d make it storm tonight. There’s something about violently, growling thunder… and the sound of hard racing rain that settles my spirit. I sleep so well when this happens.”
Source: Compilation of Contemplation
“If I could have just 1 per cent of the money spent on global armaments, no one in this world would go to bed hungry.”
“If I could have just one more wish, I'd wipe the cobwebs from my eyes.”
“If I could have just one wish,
I would wish to wake up everyday
to the sound of your breath on my neck,
the warmth of your lips on my cheek,
the touch of your fingers on my skin,
and the feel of your heart beating with mine...
Knowing that I could never find that feeling
with anyone other than you.”
“If I could have made the change sooner I daresay I should never have given a thought to the literary delights of Paris or London; for life in the country is the only state which has always completely satisfied me, and I had never been allowed to gratify it, even for a few weeks at a time. Now I was to know the joys of six or seven months a year among fields and woods of my own, and the childish ecstasy of that first spring outing at Mamaroneck swept away all restlessness in the deep joy of communion with the earth.”
“If I could have my way I would place the Deity on half-pay as the Government of this Country did the subaltern officers.”
“If I could have one friend,
just one in all the world,
I know that I would not seek out
a boy or pretty girl.
The friend I’d dare to choose
to stand by me each day
would be a dragon fierce enough
to scare the world away.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.”
“If I could have one superpower, I'd want to have the power of mind over matter. I'd want to be able to move things and people with my mind.”
“If I could have one wish, it would be for people to look at one another with open hearts and minds. Most of all, to look at each other with compassion. No matter who they are.”
“If I could have picked two guys on the planet, to have some exposure to at that age, those were the two right guys [Phil Woods and Charles McPherson].”
“If I could have said it, I shouldn't have had to dance it.”