I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If I deny the existence of the airplane. If I reject the fact that I boarded it. If I refute the need for a parachute for a plane that I’ve repeatedly asserted I’m not on. And if I justify the decision that I made to jump out of a plane that didn’t exist because I declared it so, the freefall might be very perplexing, but the ground is certain to be very unwelcoming.”
“If I depended on critics and children to make a living I'd grow broke.”
“If I depended on the critics' judgment and recognition, I'd never have gone into the motion-picture business.”
“If I describe a person's physical appearance in my writing, which I often do, especially in fiction, I never say someone is "black" or "white." I may describe the color of their skin - black eyes, beige skin, blue eyes, dark skin, etc. But I'm not talking about race.”
“If I describe a sunny morning in May (the buds, the wet-winged flies, the warm sun and cool breeze), I am also implying the perishing quality of a morning in May, and a good description of May sets up the possibility of a May disaster.”
“If I designed a computer with 200 chips, I tried to design it with 150. And then I would try to design it with 100. I just tried to find every trick I could in life to design things real tiny”
“If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.”
“If I determine the enemy's disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. The pinnacle of military deployment approaches the formless: if it is formless, then even the deepest spy cannot discern it nor the wise make plans against it.”
“If I determine to set out to conquer my fellowman, I must realize that such a goal is not achieved by force of strength, but by depth of character. And in that sense, it’s not about conquering a person, but making a friend.”
“If I did a Rock record, it would be equally as truthful because I love Rock. I had to actually sing to Bon Jovi one time and I felt like he believed me. He's one of my favorite artists, so there's nothing better than the truth.”
“If I did a TV show, it would have to be in North London because I'm a bit of a homebody, and my work takes me away from home enough. But yeah absolutely. Television has never been more exciting than it is now.”
“If I did any movies I'd have to take a break from singing, because I'd want it to be really good.”
“If I did anything 'next,' I would do writing.”
“If I did anything right it was when I decided to practice forgiveness and free my heart from pain.”
Source: The Shear Truth: 10 Things Your Hairstylist Really Wants You to Know.
“If I did better... I'd be God.”
“If I did everything, I probably wouldn't be here talking to you. There aren't too many people who can actually double me, so I do most of my stunts though.”
“If I did get the opportunity to write something cool that people would like, I would jump at the opportunity to make it.”
“If I did have the impulse to be a parent, I would adopt - or foster.”
“If I did meet somebody, I would only ever make room for someone that loved me how I deserved to be loved. Until then I've got my shoes, I've got my album, my dog.”
“If I did not believe God healed, I'd quit tomorrow and go get a job.”
“If I did not believe in God, I should still want my doctor, my lawyer and my banker to do so.”
“If I did not believe that our work was done in the faith and hope that at some day, it may be a million years hence, the Kingdom of God will spread over the whole world, I would have no hope, I could do no work, and I would give my office over this morning to anyone who would take it.”
“If I did not believe, if I did not make what is called an act of faith (and each act of faith increases our faith, and our capacity for faith), if I did not have faith that the works of mercy do lighten the sum total of suffering in the world, so that those who are suffering on both sides of this ghastly struggle somehow mysteriously find their pain lifted and some balm of consolation poured on their wounds, if I did not believe these things, the problem of evil would indeed be overwhelming.”
“If I did not have a sense of humor, I would have long ago killed myself.”
“If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration.”
Source: Beyond Horizons
“If I did not have my wife, I wouldn't be married, I wouldn't have the life that I have and I wouldn't have my wonderful baby boy who's not a baby anymore - he's going to be eight-years-old.”
“If I did not have my work, I would not have any life.”
“If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?"
"No", said the priest, "not if you did not know."
"Then why," asked the Eskimo earnestly, "did you tell me?”
Source: PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK
“If I did not love America, I wouldn't have moved here from Kenya.”
“If I did not love the things that I do, how could I spend my life doing this? You have to invest what you spend your life doing with pleasure.”
“If I did not love what is present, if I could not cling to this enormous, safe parachute, I would long since have fallen into the abyss.”
“If I did not publish this autobiography [Les Mots] sooner and in its most radical form, it is because I considered it exaggerated.”
“If I did not see that the Lord kept watch over the ship, I should long since have abandoned the helm. But I see Him! - through the storm, strengthening the tackling, handling the yards, spreading the sails - yes more, commanding the very winds! Should I not be a coward if I abandoned my post? Let Him govern, let Him carry us forward, let Him hasten or delay; we will fear nothing!”
“If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.”
Source: The Story of the Soul
“If I did not speak with people who call me names, I could not engage in politics.”
“If I did not succeed I still thought that what I had worked on would be continued. Not immediately. But there are others who believe in things that are true.”
“If I did not wear torn pants, orthopedic shoes, frantic disheveled hair, that is to say, if I did not tone down my beauty, people would go mad. Married men would run amuck.”
Source: Strength to Your Sword Arm: Selected Writings
“If I did nothing, Heather -- If I did nothing more -- then what you see around you Now is just a taste... ... of the fate of the world.”
Source: X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1
“If I did only one thing at a time I'd think I was wasting my time. If, for example, I only wrote novels I would feel like a charlatan and a fraud.”
“If I did only what I wanted to do, I would not be obedient to the Creator. Sometimes He wants us to do certain things that we may not feel like doing. When it comes to what God asks of us, we need more than good intentions we need to follow through fully.”
“If I did see a white man who was willing to go to jail or throw himself in front of a car in behalf of the so-called "negro cause," the test that I'd put to him, I'd ask him, "Do you think negro, when Negroes are being attacked they should defend themselves even at the risk of having to kill the one who's attacking them?" If that white man told me, "Yes," I'd shake his hand.”
“If I did something to hurt Frankie and she said that I was never getting near her heart again, I’d spent the rest of my life trying anyway. That’s the difference between you and me, Tom. I’d go back to the moment it all fell apart and I’d start there.”
“If I did that, I'd be sticking my head in a moose.”
“If I did that, playing golf would drive me crazy.”
“If I did the right thing, why does it hurt so much?”
Source: Until the Last Star Fades
“If I did things for the money, I'd have done adverts in the 1980s, when I was hot enough to be offered them, and 'Police Academy 6,' which I was asked to write.”
“If I did want to come back, I was going to make, what, $50 million? You know what; don't call my phone unless you've got $100 million.”
“If I did what has already been done, I would be a plagiarist and would consider myself unworthy; so I do something different and people call me a scoundrel. I'd rather be a scoundrel than a plagiarist!”
Source: The writings of a savage
“If I didn't believe, there would be nothing left.”
“If I didn't care so much, then being betrayed wouldn't feel so painful.”
Source: The Hero of Ages