I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If I thought of the number of people who were watching me as I got ready to shoot, I?d miss it.”
“If I thought someone was just chatting me up because of being on TV, it'd kill me.”
“If I thought that any of this was pre ordained, then it takes away any kind of incentive to struggle, or to put up with things, to reach for those impossible dreams, all those dramatic things.”
“If I thought that any poem of mine could have been written by anyone else, either a contemporary or a forerunner, I should suppress it with a blush; and I should do the same if I ever found I were imitating myself. Every poem should be new, unexpected, inimitable, and incapable of being parodied.”
“If I thought that everything I did was determined by my circumstancse and my psychological condition, I woudl feel trapped.”
“If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish.”
Source: Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
“If I thought that raising the minimum wage was the best way to help people increase their pay, I would be all for it, but it isn't. If you raise the minimum wage, you're going to make people more expensive than a machine. And that means all this automation that's replacing jobs and people is only going to be accelerated.”
“If I thought that what I'm doing when I write is expressing myself, I'd junk the typewriter. Writing is a much more complicated activity that that.”
“If I thought the Jews killed God, I'd worship the Jews.”
“If I thought the Lord was speaking to me I'd check myself into Bellevue, and I think you should too.”
“If I thought there was any hope of turning 'World War Z' into a movie, I wouldn't have written it as a giant, epic, global story, because that requires a giant, epic, global budget.”
“If I thought there was some reason to be concerned about them, I wouldn't be sleeping in this house tonight. (When asked about continued presence of Soviet nuclear submarines along US coastlines)”
“If i thought this would never happen again I would die.
But this is wrong, nobody dies from lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from.”
Source: The Handmaid’s Tale
“If I thought you weren't my friend, I just don't think I could bear it.”
“If I thought, had any idea, that I'd ever be a slave again, I'd take a gun an' jus end it all right away. Because you're nothing but a dog. You're not a thing but a dog.”
“if i told her about liking guys, she would probably stop trying to date me, which would be a huge plus, but i also know i'd immediately become her gay pet, and that's the last kind of leash i want. and it's not like i'm really that gay, i fucking hate madonna.”
Source: Will Grayson, Will Grayson
“If I told my parents that I was going to do that [ to be really counsel to a Prime Minister] when I was kid, they would probably put me in therapy.”
“If I told my wife I was going to become a manager she'd say 'sign this then. Don't worry it's only a divorce. Au revoir'.”
“If I told you about a land of love,
friend, would you follow me and come?
In that land are vineyards,
that yield a deadly wine -
no glass can hold it.
Would you swallow it as a remedy?”
Source: The Drop That Became the Sea: Lyric Poems
“If I told you about a land of love...would you swallow it as a remedy?”
“If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself.”
“If I told you all the people that have secretly told me I've influenced them, you'd never believe it, and you'll never see it in print, either.”
“If I told you God was black, what would you think of that?”
“If I told you I loved you back then and if you found out that I was dying at the same time, would've you been able to take the pain ?”
“If I told you Jesus Christ was black you're going to be afraid of me because I'm telling you the truth. That's where I always come from.”
“If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it?”
“If I told you that the big contract had nothing to do with my signing, Id be lying. It made the future secure for my family.”
“If I told you the few things keeping me alive,
Don’t run, don’t laugh, don’t cry.
Just forgive me for being soft in life,
I am one of those things that die”
Source: The Goodbye Song
“If I told you the whole story it would never end...What's happened to me has happened to a thousand woman.”
“If I told you to wish for good health, you would think I'm ridiculous; but when I exchange the word "wish" for the word "pray", you believe it can work. That is the disempowering delusion religions have brought us.”
Source: Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
“If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high you'd laugh and say nothing that simple, but you've been told many times before messiah's point you to the door though no one's got the guts to leave the temple.”
“If I told you what we were doing there, I would have to kill you.”
“If I told you, you might be forced to lie about it. Not that you aren't really good at it, but why put an old man in that position?”
“If I told you, you'd only know it in your mind, not in your heart. There's a big difference.”
Source: White is for Magic
“If I took fear out of the equation, what would I change about how I spend my days?”
Source: Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof You Can Heal Yourself
“If I took it away, no doubt I'd find a morningstar hidden under your pillow within a fortnight. Try not to stab your sister, whatever the provocation.”
Source: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons
“If I took my turkey out of the refrigerator and, like, threw it in a dumpster or drug it down the street in New York for a while [it will make people sick].”
“If I took over the 'Glamour' offices for a day, I would put Joe Pesci on the cover. I would say 'We've got to change all these magazines a little bit. We have to bring out a different version of what is, like, cool. You know, what's winning. Joe Pesci, Burt Reynolds.”
“If I took perfect pictures all the time, the people standing in the room with me, or on the carpet, would think, 'What an actress! What a faker!' That thought embarrasses me so much that I look like s**t in half my photos, and I don't give a f***. What matters to me is that the people in the room leave and say, 'She was cool. She had a good time. She was honest.'”
“If I took the energy that I expend in running from my problems and used that energy to face those problems, I probably wouldn’t have a problem and I wouldn’t be out of breath either.”
“If I took the time to shower in your fancy stuff I wanna smell like a damn strawberry.”
Source: Loyal
“If I took you as my own, one night would not be nearly enough."
Her gray eyes darkened, and her voice was a thick murmur. "Then take more."
There was no hesitation in her reply, no coy flirtation. The words were a perfect blend of plea and command. Just as her manner was equal parts vulnerability and strength, courage and beauty.
Avenell's chest tightened with a feeling he could not identify. He could do nothing beyond acknowledging it was something more than lust and so much more than the desire to possess. He was helpless to resist the sensation as it traveled through his bloodstream, leaving him in a state of heightened anticipation.”
Source: The Untouchable Earl
“If I touch a burning candle
I can feel no pain
If you cut me with a knife
It's still the same
And I know her heart is beating
And I know that I am dead
Yet the pain here that I feel
Try and tell me it's not real
And it seems I still have a tear to shed”
Source: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride: The Illustrated Story
“If I touch you, it's your blessing, if you touch me, it's your curse. Touch Me Not”
“If I train the hardest, run the longest, go beyond what anyone else has the mental determination to do, I will be the winner.”
“If I traveled all my life And I never get to stop and settle down Long as I have you by my side There's a roof above and good walls all around You're my castle, you're my cabin and my instant pleasure dome I need you in my house 'cause you're my home.”
“If I traveled to the end of the rainbow as Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell me the pot's at the other end.”
“If I tried listing all my friends, it would take days.
If I tried listing why they mean so much to me, it would take forever.”
“If I tried to flirt with a woman and she didn't know who I was, she would run away.”
“If I tried to make a commercial album, it would be a complete flop. I have no idea what the world at large likes.”