I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it, but then they ask why.”
“If I tell you a secret can you keep it quiet? “Well, I can. I’m not so sure about Doll Girl.”
Source: The Way Of Shadows: Book 1 of the Night Angel
“If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying.”
Source: Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way
“If I tell you my character has grey hair, you will not see her. If I tell you she has a tiny scar at the upper left corner of her lip from which protrudes one grey whisker—you will make up the rest of her face with absolute clarity. If I tell you my character is waiting in a car, you won’t be ‘caught,’ but if I tell you he pushes his fingers down in the crack of the car seat where the ancient leather has pulled away from the seat frame, and pulls up a small coin purse with a faded note in it—you will be mine.”
Source: Writing Alone and with Others
“If I tell you not to follow me, it ain't because I hate you, kiddo.
I just don't want you feel dissapointed...when seeing the truth.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“If I tell you something, you will stick to it and limit your own capacity to find out for yourself.”
“If I tell you that I have robbed a bank, prepare the correct reaction.”
Source: The Imperative Mood
“If I tell you that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is impossible for me to keep quiet, you won't be persuaded by me, taking it that I am ionizing. And if I tell you that it is the greatest good for a human being to have discussions every day about virtue and the other things you hear me talking about, examining myself and others, and that the unexamined life is not livable for a human being, you will be even less persuaded.”
“If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.”
“If I think about it, there's almost no one we know who hasn't contributed in some way. The logo--- Scaramouche with his sword inside an ice cream swirl--- was done by a local graphic designer, the husband of the director of the village crèche. The sewing lady across the street made the cushions for the bench inside the shop. We get the three-liter bidons of fruity olive oil for our rosemary-olive oil-pine nut ice cream at the butcher, and the saffron, bien sûr, from Didier and Martine in Reillane. Mr. Simondi, whose farm is down the hill near Marion, has promised to hand-pick our melons for sorbet when the time comes. Angela has become our gardener in chief, making sure the terrace is full of bright spring flowers.”
Source: Picnic in Provence: A Memoir with Recipes
“If I think about it too much, I can't get dressed.”
“If I think about most of America, and maybe I'm terribly wrong...but I think most of America would say that they're not in favor of gay marriage. But there is certainly a large cohort, not a majority but a large number of people, who are articulate and vocal and they'd rally behind this. They're making their opinion known.”
“If I think about my life, I'm not reluctant about taking chances. I'm definitely not reluctant about relationships.”
“If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.”
“If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.”
“If i think about us logically, there is no chance for us. But logic doesn't produce magic.”
“If I think about what other people are thinking when I'm making music, I just can't do it. It's too withheld - I need to go totally over the top, and then kind of clean it up a bit and make it more reasonable after the fact.”
“If I think back to every rehearsal process for every play I've ever worked on, there's just so much crying at home. I barely sleep. There are moments of deep despair and anxiety, and then there are moments in rehearsal that are the most exhilarating; feeling seen and seeing everybody. Feeling like you have a purpose on the planet. A huge part of the process I enjoy is watching the actors figuring out what they can handle and what they can take and what they need from the director and me.”
“If I think God’s aim is to produce rule-followers, spiritual growth will always be an obligation rather than a desire of my heart.”
Source: The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You
“If I think highly of myself, it’s because it’s well deserved.”
Source: The Crown's Game
“If I think I weigh too much, I'll lose weight; if my hair looks stupid, I'll cut it. I guess I'm my harshest critic. I'm not easily satisfied.”
“If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do.”
“If I think myself to be made in my own image, I will have been unmade by my own hand.”
“If I think of a joke that's really dirty and I think it's funny I'll try it but what I've found over the years is they just don't laugh. It doesn't work coming out of my mouth so it's like they taught me 'don't do that. Don't go that way or you'll lose me.'”
“If I think of all those homosexuals in Germany today, I think I'd hand my German passport back, if I had one.”
“If I think of something, half-way into it, I can throw it in there and it won't be so far down the line that it would be insignificant. However, I also like to completely focus on something for a certain period of time, and then be able to move on to something else.”
“If I think she' hot and it turns out she's a psychopath, then what does that say about me? I'm totally not ready for that kind of therapy.”
“If I think something is beautiful, there must be somebody out there who will agree with me.”
“If I think something's a waste of time or inappropriate I don't wait to point it out. I say it right away. It's real time. So you might hear me say 'That's the dumbest idea I have ever heard' many times during a meeting.”
“If I think something's funny, I think it's funny.”
“If I think that I and I alone make the majority of my decisions, my real decision has been to be ignorant.”
“If I think that someone else is causing my problem, I'm insane.”
“If I think that what I need are the things that my hands craft, I will miss the fact that what I need are the hands of the God who crafted me.”
“If I think the environment in the world needs to be cleaned up, let me clean up my own environment. Let me clean up the environment in my head - let me work with that pollution and that ecosystem.”
“If I think the universe is triangular, and you think it is square, there cannot be room for two universes. We may argue politely, we may argue humanely, we may argue with great mutual benefit: but, obviously, we must argue.”
“If I think too hard about it, I get lost...He should probably be here instead of me. But the thing is--I'm really glad to be here.'
Mikey growled, frustrated, shaking his head. 'Anyway, Janine and I never would have stayed together in high school. We were both only half-baked and double stupid back then. She broke up with me after prom because I didn't believe in Jesus. Now I paint, like, *actual* profanity, and she wants to have babies with me.'
Shiloh was biting her bottom lip and laughing softly. 'I feel like this proves my point--high school relationships aren't magical. They're not destiny.”
“If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff in a Wal-Mart is made, I get that woozy feeling you get when you see ducks covered in crude oil.”
“If I think, everything is lost.”
“If I think, I am lost.”
“If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting.”
“If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.”
“If I thought being kissed by Tyr had been what kissing was all about, I had been wrong. This kiss trampled Tyr's kiss, threw it to the ground, and danced on its grave.”
Source: The False Princess
“If I thought I could win one more soul to the Lord by walking on my head and playing the tambourine with my toes, I'd learn how!”
“If I thought I’d been drawn to her, now I knew, I’d been taken,
kidnapped,
caged,
destroyed,
and all the other things that went with someone having complete power over another.”
Source: 420
“If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I'd wind up kicking myself.”
“If I thought I knew what was going to happen, it wouldn't be worth doing. The challenge is how joyfully, with what sense of fun and adventure and playfulness, we will greet it. We don't have to look for what the next thing will be. If experience is any judge, it'll come flowing toward us like a river.”
“If I thought I was going to die tomorrow, I should nevertheless plant a tree today.”
“If i thought i was replying to someone who would every return to the world, this flame would cease it's flickering. But since no one has returned from these depths alive, if what I've heard is true, I will answer you without fear of infamy.”
“If I thought it was my identity to be a spiritual teacher, that would be a delusion. It's not an identity. It's simply a function in this world.”
“If I thought last night was a onetime thing, I wouldn't be sitting here discussing this with you, but you're putting the stipulation on me that if I want a man, it has to be Ethan - nice choice, by the way....”
Source: Double Time