I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If I went to them all dressed up and flashed a nice smile for the cameras it would probably be easier for me to get work. But I just can't tolerate it.”
“If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.”
“If I were 21 years old, I would go into biotechnology or genetic engineering.”
“If I were 50 years younger, I would kick your ass”
“If I were a 13-year-old and I wanted to create subversive art, I wouldn't go out and buy an electric guitar. I'd get myself a personal computer.”
“If I were a 40-year-old woman, 40-to-50, I'd want to be getting my mammograms. They catch cancers, and cancer is very curable if you catch it early.”
“If I were a better artist, I'd be a painter, and if I were a better writer, I'd write books.. but I'm not, so I draw cartoons!”
“If I were a bird,I could wish a flight unrestrained, and without bothering my sadness.”
“If I were a bird, I will have no feet.”
“If I were a bottle of wine, my name would be Thom Cork”
“If I were a Brazilian without land or money or the means to feed my children, I would be burning the rain forest too.”
“If I were a buyer today in one of the American department stores, I would go with extremes-the most beautiful, the more expensive, the more eccentric. I would take risks. The worst thing would be to buy only the little black dress. You know why? Because everyone has it already. I would go with a purple dress, something different”
“If I were a candidate for running, I'd say, "Look at what the economy has done." It's strong. We've created a lot of jobs. I'd be telling people that the Democrats will raise your taxes. I'd be reminding people that tax cuts have worked in terms of stimulating the economy. I'd be reminding people there's a philosophical difference between those who want to raise taxes and have the government spend the money, and those of us who say, "You get to spend the money the way you want to see fit. It's your money."”
“If I were a capitalist I would not give my employees health insurance with no deductible, which I do, including dental, and paid pregnancy leave. That's not called capitalism, that's called being a Christian and someone who believes in democracy, so that everyone should get a fair slice of the pie.”
“If I were a carpenter, I would build you a window to my soul. But I would leave that window shut and locked, so that every time you tried to look through it all you would see is your own reflection. You would see that my soul is a reflection of you.”
Source: Point of Retreat
“If I were a carpenter, I'd find a way to empower using that skill. I'm using as much as God has given - my mind, my voice, my heart, my art forms. This is the highest form of expression on the planet from God, to me, to you.”
“If I were a cassowary On the plains of Timbuctoo, I would eat a missionary, Cassock, band, and hymn-book too.”
“If I were a Catholic, I'd be asking what's going on here. I really would. "The pope also broke with his predecessors by suggesting that Catholic lawmakers are free to vote for same-sex marriage and civil unions."”
“If I were a CEO of a company and ran it like God runs the universe, I'd be fired.”
“If I were a character in one of my books, I'd be the optimistic one, believing the best and urging others to do the same.”
Source: Dreams That Won't Let Go
“If I were a chocolate I'd eat myself. Seriously, we're all interested in ourselves and what other people are saying about us to some extent.”
“If I were a COVID-19 superhero, I would be ‘Hazmat-Man’.”
“If I were a dad, I'd have my kids watch 'I Love Lucy' and 'The Honeymooners.'”
“If I were a dictator I should make it compulsory for every member of the population between the ages of four and eighty to listen to Mozart for at least a quarter of an hour daily for the coming five years.”
“If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!”
Source: All Men Are Brothers
“If I were a different kind of person, I might say that this whole incident is a metaphor for life in general: things get broken, and sometimes they get repaired, and in most cases, you realise that no matter what gets damaged, life rearranges itself to compensate for your loss, sometimes wonderfully.
"Actually - maybe I am that kind of person after all.”
Source: A Little Life
“If I were a doctor nobody would be inviting me to talk to reservations. I'd be a different person. Writers can influence more people.”
“If I were a doctor or nurse and I showed up to the hospital and found they had no sterile personal protective equipment (PPE), I would go to the staff room and wait until the health and safety issues were resolved.”
“If I were a factory employee, a workman on the railroads or a wage-earner of any sort, I would undoubtedly join the union of my trade. If I disapproved of its policy, I would join in order to fight that policy; if the union leaders were dishonest, I would join in order to put them out. I believe in the union and I believe that all men who are benefited by the union are morally bound to help to the extent of their power in the common interests advanced by the union.”
Source: Bully!
“If I were a first rate writer, I wouldn't mind a bit. What does depress me is this: it is so desperately hard and so obsessive and so lonely to write that, in return for all this work, one would like a little self satisfaction. And that is never going to come, for the simple reason that I do not deserve it. I cannot be a good enough writer. You see? I call it grim. But the future looks awfully clear to me.”
Source: The letters of Martha Gellhorn
“If I were a flower,
humming bird would be my favourite bee
And If I were blind,
the light of darkness I'd love to see”
“If I were a flowerpot, I would've checked my hair. ~Carter Kane”
“If I were a food, I'd be a Chili because you know.. I'm hot.”
“If I were a gambling man I would put all my money on there not being anything other than this universe.”
“If I were a garden
I’d be one with many weeds”
Source: Flour & Salt: A novel
“If I were a German today, I would be proud, proud but also worried. I would be proud of the magnificent achievement of rebuilding my country, entrenching democracy and assuming the undoubtedly preponderant position in Europe. But a united Germany can't and won't subordinate its national interests in economic or in foreign policy to those of the Community indefinitely. Germany's new pre-eminence is a fact - and its power is a problem - as much for Germans as for the rest of Europe.”
Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations
“If I were a girl for a day I would try to sleep with Tom Kaulitz.”
“If I were a girl, I’d be sucking every cock I could get my mouth on,” Will said. “Fuck, I’d take on the whole football team at one time.”
Burke ran his hand through Will’s hair. “Careful,” he said. “You don’t want to get a reputation as a bad girl. No one will marry you, then.”
Source: The Road Home
“If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.”
Source: Conversations with Robert Graves
“If I were a guy, it would be, you know, just a different set of problems I have to carry along.”
“If I were a headmaster, I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead and my pupils would study a subject that affected all of them.”
“If I were a lame only just for a week. I'd look at myself in the mirror and shoot the first thing I see.”
“If I were a lesbian, I’d probably be one of those lipstick lesbians, which I of course had in my pocket for touch-ups later.”
Source: Feeling Lucky
“If I were a magician who could make things possible, I'd have lemonade always tasting as it did on the evening Francesco explained how right it was for the Italian moon to be a feminine moon. If I were a magician who could make things possible, we'd be able to understand all languages every evening between eight and nine. If I were a magician who could make things possible, all dams would keep their promises. If I were a magician who could make things possible, we'd be really brave.”
Source: How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
“If I were a maker of books I should compile a register, with comments, of different deaths. He who should teach people to die, would teach them to live.”
“If I were a maker of perfumes, I would make one and call it 'Spring,' and it would smell like this cool, sweet, early-morning air.”
“If I were a man I think I’d be a minster. They can have such an influence for good, if their theology is sound; and it must be thrilling to preach splendid sermons and stir your hearers’ hearts. Why can’t women be ministers, Marilla? I asked Mrs. Lynde that and she was shocked and said it would be a scandalous thing. She said there might be female ministers in the States and she believed there was, but thank goodness we hadn’t got to that stage in Canada yet and she hoped we never would. But I don't see why. I think women would be splendid ministers. When a social reunion is to be prepared, it's the women who do all the work. I'm sure that Mrs. Lynde can pray each prayer just as well as Mr. Bell, and I don't doubt she could preach well with some practice.”
Source: Anne of Green Gables: The Unexpected Arrival at Green Gables
“If I were a man with gills, I would be a fish!”
“If I were a man, I would strenuously object to the assumption that women have any moral or spiritual superiority as a class.”
“If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.”