I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If I was a male, I had the right to, when I stepped out the door, take off my shirt. It's not right for the state to ask me to be both male and female. A choice needs to be made. They cannot hold me to both standards.”
“If I was a Marxist I'd call it the crisis of capitalism. Even though I'm not a Marxist, that seems like a not unreasonable term for the widening gap between the rich and poor that we're seeing.”
“If I was a Mayor, I would sort the traffic out and that includes public transport. The traffic jams really get on my nerves.”
“If I was a mechanic and someone called me and said their car would not start, I would say, "Hey - maybe a killer is after you!"”
“If i was a nightingale
i would sing all night for you
until my throats began to bleed
And if i was a budlet
i would bloom each morning,
only for you, my sweet.”
“If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God.”
“If I was a part of secret ninja group my power would be the power of apology. I would just apologize emphatically and freely. And my mech might just be a phone to send apologetic emails from.”
“If I was a person that felt success is money, and for some people it is, I won't yuck someone's yum - if that's your thing, that's your thing. Go for it. Make as much money as you can. I don't care. Not my thing. My thing is something else. So I don't miss that. At all. Who needs it? How much money do you really need?”
“If I was a poet, I had become one because poetry, more intensely than any other practice, could not evade its anachronism and marginality and so constituted a kind of acknowledgment of my own preposterousness, admitting my bad faith in good faith, so to speak.”
Source: Leaving the Atocha Station
“If I was a Pokemon, I'll either be a Psyduck or a Jigglypuff.”
“If I was a politician right now I would change just about everything.”
“If I was a President I want to put an end to only large financial contributors, lobbyists, inside-the-Beltway fat cats, and corporate bigwigs getting to sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom. I will keep that room open only for people for whom it is too late to drive after attending one of my secret-underground-bunker-after-hours parties.”
“If I was a private individual, I'd be more careful; but being as I'm a government, I'm privileged to make a God-damned fool of myself in any way I choose, especially by spending a lot more money than I've got or ever will have, and promising to do things that I ain't got a chance of doing.”
Source: Oliver Wiswell
“If I was a serial killer? How I would kill somebody? I'm actually a very compulsive person ... I'd chainsaw people.”
“If I was a sex symbol, I would be getting laid a lot more than I am now.”
“If I was a singer who won those Grammys, I'd be gracing all the magazine covers... I barely got asked to do an interview.”
“If I was a supervillain then I guess I'd want what all supervillains want, which is world domination. I wouldn't want anything less than all the other supervillains.”
“If I was a supervillain, I think I'd probably ban all smoking and drinking. That's exactly what I'd do: I'd remove all the cigarettes and alcohol from the world. That would piss so many people off. That's worse than, like, murdering puppies. For some people.”
“If I was a supervillain, I'd create this universal, cosmic rule where every time an old, shitty, right-wing white man says something unsavory about a young woman, he would just get the clap immediately.”
“If I was a waitress, I was too tired at the end of the day when I came home to try to write.”
“If I was a woman in Russia, I would be a lesbian, as the men are very ugly. There are a few handsome ones, like Naomi Campbell's boyfriend, but there you see the most beautiful women and the most horrible men.”
“If I was a woman, I would be dressed in the same thing for a month and just change my hat and gloves. Maybe my shoes too; yes, I see what you mean but, really, it's jewels that change an outfit.”
“If I was a worrier I'd worry, but not being a worrier I'm just sort of confused and pissed off.”
Source: HELP! A Bear is Eating Me!
“If I was a young director starting off, there's so many tools at your disposal now to do things relatively inexpensively that it's a great time to learn your chops and do some cool music videos. If I started all over again, I'd still be doing music videos, I'd just be doing them very differently. It's very difficult for me to do them now, but for young kids out there that love music and want to tackle a different art form - and I do think music video is an art form - that's a very cool thing to do.”
“If I was able to have the game I have and shoot 80% from the line, I'd probably be an arrogant person rather than a humble one. Everything happens for a reason.”
“If I was able to tell my story with the passion I felt, my lecture might help others find a path to fulfilling their own dreams.”
Source: The last lecture
“If I was acting like a politician's kid, I would not have been here for a small brawl. Maybe I would have been here for a rape case.”
Source: Delhi via Lucknow: Once, love travelled this route
“If I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble.”
Source: Of Mice and Men
“If I was American, I think I'd live in New York, because I like that East Coast mentality. There's nothing wrong with Hollywood. If you want to be a big time filmmaker, you should go to Hollywood.”
“If I was an actor, it would be like a part that was me. It has to be real to me. I have to make it mine. I really enjoy taking a song I feel that way about, and sometimes it can take a long time to come up with just the right touch. I think that's really my greatest talent, interpreting.”
“If I was an artist, and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art.”
Source: Please Pay Attention Please: Bruce Nauman's Words : Writings and Interviews
“If I was an aspirant litterateur, I was also an aspirant anarchist. I have disliked Authority always, though sometimes seduced by its resplendence.”
“If I was an eccentric old spinster in a Merchant Ivory movie, I'd want to share my lovely cottage with Holly and that's the truth. I'd do the cooking and leave the decorating to her, and we'd be inseparable.”
Source: The Sky Beneath My Feet
“If I was an exceptional human being in Detroit, then I saw no reason why I couldn't be an exceptional human being in Mississippi. In Hattiesburg.”
“If I was an owl, I would peck your eyes out. Wow this lyric is ****ing brilliant.”
“If I was any happier, you'd think I was on crack.”
“If I was any more on edge, I'd be Bono.”
“If I was any more pleased with you, I would lose what little remains of my sanity.”
Source: Seven Years to Sin
“If I was as half as good as I was. I'm still twice as good as you'll ever be.”
“If I was as relaxed as what I perceived myself to be, I would not be able to multi-task the way I multi-task.”
“If I was as rich as Rockefeller I'd be richer than Rockefeller, because I'd do a bit of window cleaning on the side.”
Source: Fork Handles: The Bery Vest of Ronnie Barker
“If I was asked to choose a friend from history to have dinner with, I’d definitely pick Muhammad Ali, because he was the same person, inside and out. He practised what he preached, even if it meant going to prison, in a time of social division – a time of war and racial tensions. When you manage to send out important messages from the platform afforded to a world champion athlete, messages that reach around the world, then you’re something far more than simply an athlete. You’re an icon, a symbol – everything. I would have loved to spend some time chatting with him.”
Source: Adrenalina. My untold stories
“If I was asked to get rid of the Zen aesthetic and just keep one quality necessary to create art, I would say it's trust. When you learn to trust yourself implicitly, you no longer need to prove something through your art. You simply allow it to come out, to be as it is. This is when creating art becomes effortless. It happens just as you grow your hair. It grows.”
“If I was asked to say what was the greatest invention of human beings, I would say the sentence.”
“If I was asked to write a poem about her. Every word I use would end up, being her name. And it would still sound so beautiful and breathtaking to me in the end.”
“If I was asked what is the greatest treasure which India possesses and what is her finest heritage, I would answer unhesitatingly that it is the Samskrit language and literature and all that it contains. This is a magnificent inheritance and so long as this endures and influences the life of our people, so long will the basic genius of India continue. If our race forgot the Buddha, the Upanishads and the great epics (Ramayana and Mahabharata), India would cease to be India .”
“If I was asked what my only joy is, maybe it's eating.”
“If I was at the Comedy Cellar at midnight you yelled at the back of the room. But you, for television, play it to the camera because yes you're communicating to the people at home using the studio audience that's right in front of you as a guide for that.”
“If I was barely alive, I wouldn't be in so much pain. If anything, I'm too alive. I need to dull down all this aliveness." Casey tried to smile but grimaced instead. "I think I need a minibar moment.”
“If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.”