I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If I were doing the Security Council today, I'd have one permanent member, the United States, because that's the real reflection of the distribution of power in the world. All international laws are invalid, meaningless attempts to constrict American power.”
“If I were Donald Trump, I would definitely not pick Mitt Romney because it's very easy for Mitt Romney to have have a separate foreign policy operatus in the State Department that would run a dissenting foreign policy from the White House foreign policy. There, I think the populist America-first foreign policy of Donald Trump does run against a potential rival.”
“If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.”
“If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.”
“If I were elected President, the first thing I would do would be to set up a Department of Restoring the Bill of Rights. I would have 10,000 people working there.”
“If I were emperor, king, or prince in a campaign against the Turk, I would exhort my bishops and priests to stay at home and mind the duties of their office, praying, fasting, saying mass, preaching, and caring for the poor, as not only Holy Scripture, but their own canon law teaches and requires.”
Source: On War Against the Turk
“If I were emperor of the world, I would put the pedal to the floor on energy efficiency and conservation for the next decade.”
“If I were entering adulthood now instead of in the environment of fifty years ago, I would choose a career that kept me in touch with nature more than science. ... Too few natural areas remain; both by intent and by indifference we have insulated ourselves from the wilderness that produced us.”
“If I were ever asked by some young, sensitive writer just starting out, what key lesson I've learned in life (which I'll never be), I'd probably say that there is no aperture of egress, however tiny and exquisitely sensitive, that can't be turned into an aperture of ingress.”
Source: Gone with the Mind
“If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me.”
Source: Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle
“If I were ever stranded on a desert island, there would be 3 things I’d need: food, shelter, and a grip.”
“If I were ever to go mad it would be on Thanksgiving Day, that day of guilt and grace when the family hangs upon you like an ax over a sacrificial victim, like the oven's heat on that poor bird.”
“If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath,I'd live with scarlet Majors at the Base,And speed glum heroes up the line of death.”
“If I were flying, I would travel to a perfect place. A place with frosted cakes and beautiful flowers and excellent trees to climb and absolutely no doldrums.”
“If I were forced to sum up in one sentence what the Copenhagen interpretation says to me, it would be 'Shut up and calculate!'”
Source: Why Quark Rhymes with Pork: And Other Scientific Diversions
“If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn't use, I would hire a professor and get some text books.”
“If I were free, as a physician, to say what I pleased, I would tell every abused person I see that there is an entire world out there that is nothing like the one you’re living. Go discover it.”
Source: Ómorphi
“If I were gay, life would be a lot simpler. I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not.”
“If I were gay, you know. I think Woody Allen is one of a long list of men I might go gay for.”
“If I were German and I had a vote, I might support Angela Merkel.”
“If I were given a change of life, I'd like to see how it would be to live as a mere six-footer.”
“If I were given a choice between two films and one was dark and explored depraved, troubled or sick aspects of our culture, I would always opt for that over the next romantic comedy.”
“If I were given a choice, I would stand by Eve and eat that forbidden apple once again. Why? I know there is beauty and meaning and significance in the complexity of our lives on earth. Otherwise, we are just animals. I prefer us to be human.”
“If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.”
“If I were God - and I never understand why I'm not - I should say, "Shop around, I don't think you'll find a better bargain than here."”
“If I were God, I'd make men like myself.”
Source: Love, Leda
“If I were God wanting to make a human being, I would do it by a more direct way rather than by evolution. Why deliberately set it up in the one way which makes it look as though you don't exist?”
“If I were God, I certainly wouldn't want people to love me sentimentally. It's too unreliable.”
Source: FOR ESME- WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR
“If I were God, I would just be up there scratching my head, thinking, 'What the hell am I supposed to do with this?' For everyone helping an old lady across the street, there's someone else bludgeoning a person to death. And sometimes they're the same. How can He separate us all out?”
“If I were God, I'd work on the reach of empathy.”
“If I were going to begin practicing the presence of God for the first time today, it would help to begin by admitting the three most terrible truths of our existence: that we are so ruined, and so loved, and in charge of so little.”
Source: Help: The First Essential Prayer
“If I were going to construct a God I would furnish him with some ways and qualities and characteristics which the Present One lacks... He would spend some of His eternities in trying to forgive Himself for making man unhappy when He could have made him happy with the same effort and He would spend the rest of them in studying astronomy.”
“If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary.”
Source: Margaret Atwood: Conversations
“If I were going to fight and steal, It'd be because I had no choice. It would be for survival.”
Source: The Orphan Queen
“If I were going to have such a short visit on earth, I had to do everything possible to experience it now.”
Source: The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims
“If I were going to name my blade," Mia said thoughtfully, "I'd call it 'Fluffy.”
Source: Nevernight
“If I were going to put my money on it, I would bet that by 2050—hopefully earlier—we’ll have found that more than 80 percent of all human cancer is caused by infection.”
“If I were going to war I would want to be alongside an Englishman not a Frenchman. The Frenchman would think too much.”
“If I were granted omnipotence, and millions of years to experiment in, I should not think Man much to boast of as the final result of all my efforts.”
Source: Religion and Science
“If I were growing up today, I probably would be diagnosed on the autism spectrum.”
Source: Source Code - Meine Anfänge
“If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! I know whose love would follow me still Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!”
“If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! I know whose love would follow me still, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! If I were drowned in the deepest sea, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! I know whose tears would come down to me, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! If I were damned of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!”
“If I Were Head of State (The Sonnet)
If I were the head of state,
my first act in government will be,
to dissolve the government,
and redistribute all powers of society,
to experts in their respective fields.
Civil servants and experts run a nation anyway,
While brainless politicians take all the credit.
Time to give credit and power where they're due,
Putting an end to the circus of representatives.
Instead of trading one incompetent fool for another,
We gotta rotate the civil servants office to office.
In a civilized democracy, civilians are the law,
Never you forget that, never let anyone forget it!
If I were the head of state, that is the end of state.
Dictatorships empower leaders, democracy empowers citizens.”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“If I were healthy, I would not research radiation.”
“If I were hungry and friendless today, I would rather take my chances with a saloon-keeper than with the average preacher.”
“If I were in a different body, this would be the time I would lean down and kiss her. If I were in a different body, that kiss could transform the night from off to on. If I were in a different body, she would see me inside. She would see what she wanted to see.
But now it's awkward.”
Source: Every Day
“If I were in a position to announce a public competition to coin a new word, I would do so right now.”
“If I were in a room full of people, I'd rather be the person who is more interesting than the one who is wallpaper.”
“If I were in an ‘Essential Job’, I would be considering resigning to protect my health from COVID-19.”
“If I were in authority in Singapore indefinitely without having to ask those who are governed whether they like what is being done, then I would not have the slightest doubt that I could govern much more effectively in their interests.”