I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If no war in heaven, then defeat ain't misery.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“If no words come, you can always give him the finger.”
Source: Rules of Attraction
“If no-one comes from the future to stop doing it, then how bad of a decision can it really be?”
“If Noah waited for signs of rain to build an ark, he would have been swept away by the flood.”
“If nobody asked questions, then we would never learn anything.”
Source: Oathbringer
“If nobody can learn from the past,
then there's no point in raking it up.”
“If nobody cares to accept you and wants you in this world, accept yourself and you will see that you don’t need them and their selfish ideas.”
“If nobody cares, then it doesn't matter what happens to flowers.”
“If nobody changes the world, if nobody works to make it better, then we stagnate.”
Source: Firefight
“If nobody comes to your shows, then it's modern dance. If everybody comes to your shows and no one likes it, is that ballet? I don't know.”
“If nobody ever offers an opinion or takes the slightest interest in one's production, one loses not only all pleasure in them, but all power of judging their value.”
Source: The Mendelssohn family 1729-1847: from letters and journals
“If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we’d all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and our jobs.”
Source: The last lecture
“If nobody has too much, everybody will have enough.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“If nobody in the world were to think that I am a good person; I wouldn't care! I am aware of the fact that goodness does not materialise due to popular opinion! Goodness in fact is a state of the heart, and the heart is something that is only seen by those who have good enough eyes to see it. I am in fact more interested in being good; than in maintaining the appearance of goodness.”
“If nobody is afraid of me, I'm meaningless.”
“If nobody is clear on what you're protesting, it's not a protest. Thousands of people gathered in London this week to voice their disapproval of the G-20. Their basic message being, Stop all your globalizing and unite the world!”
“If nobody is looking for a story, and I have no reason to write a story, I would really much rather to do anything else because it's no fun writing stories, particularly not for me. I just do it in order to sell them and make a couple of bucks.”
“If nobody liked him, did that mean he was bad?”
Source: Henri and the Magnificent Snort : A Children's Book about Bullying, Belonging, and Love
“If nobody loved, the sun would go out.”
“If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault.”
“If nobody makes you do it, it counts as fun.”
“If nobody quotes you, you haven't said a thing worth saying.”
“If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.”
“If nobody sees what you are doing, two things are possible, either you are operating below their level or so high a level for their short sighted eyes to see.”
“If nobody speaks of remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable?”
“If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.”
“If nobody talks about books, if they are not discussed or somehow contended with, literature ceases to be a conversation, ceases to be dynamic. Most of all, it ceases to be intimate. It degenerates into a monologue or a mutter. An unreviewed book is a struck bell that gives no resonance. Without reviews, literature would be oddly mute in spite of all those words on all those pages of all those books. Reviewing makes of reading a participant sport, not a spectator sport.”
“If nobody teaches us the words, the thoughts, we stay ignorant. If nobody shows a little child, two, three years old, how to look for the way, the signs of the path, the landmarks, then it gets lost in the mountain, doesn't it? And dies in the night, in the cold.”
Source: The Telling
“If nobody throws all their rules at you, you might make a song with no introduction.”
“If nobody wants to buy your album, who's going to buy your clothes?”
“If nobody will help you do it alone!”
“If nominated by either party, I should peremptorily decline, and even if unanimously elected, I should decline to serve.”
“If nominated, I shall run to Mexico. If elected, I shall fight extradition.”
“If nominated, I won't run; If elected, I won't serve.”
“If non-linear leaps in intelligence and ability are possible, why haven't these effects been observed in our schools? I believe the answer lies in the profound inertia of human thought: when an entire society believes something is impossible, it suppresses, by its very way of life, the evidence that would contradict that belief.”
“If non-violence is the Law of our being, the future is with Women.”
Source: A Gandhi Reader
“If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that advocated "change," we would all be the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants.”
“If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, "What would make me happy?" In other words, let your feelings guide you. This doesn't work well if you focus narrowly on your personal needs. I am not talking about selfishness or self-interest. When I ask, What will make you happy?, I mean, What way of loving others feels right for you? Choose a way of loving that makes you happy, and your efforts will be play rather than work.”
“If none were to have Liberty but those who understand what it is, there would not be many freed Men in the world.”
“If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled.”
Source: Astell: Political Writings
“If nonsatiety were the natural state of human nature then aggressive want-stimulating advertising would not be necessary, nor would the barrage of novelty aimed at promoting dissatisfaction with last year's model. The system attempts to remake people to fit its own presuppositions. If people's wants are not naturally insatiable we must make them so, in order to keep the system going.”
“If norms are oppressive, try to foster acceptance of deviations, don't try to destroy the norms themselves — that's a fool's errand.”
“If North Korea doesn't have a deterrent, they will be wiped out.”
“If nostalgia had a smell, it’d smell like her.”
Source: The Oldest Dance
“If nostalgia had a smell, it’d smell like her. He closes his eyes, removing the scent from his mind, just as an evolved Grade A should do—not let little thoughts infect his inner quiet.”
Source: The Oldest Dance
“If not a big banyan tree, at least be like a mango tree under the shade of which a few people can rest.”
Source: Love, God & Neurons: Memoir of a scientist who found himself by getting lost
“If not, a person might find himself standing at a funeral, spinning a false narrative to mask a guilty conscience.”
“If not against us, nature is not for us.”
Source: Mardi: And a Voyage Thither
“If not as a true human, let me tell you as a Biologist, color of the skin does not define an individual’s intelligence – it does not define an individual’s ambitions - it does not define an individual’s dreams – and above all, it does not define an individual’s character.”
Source: We Are All Black: A Treatise on Racism
“If not bliss, ignorance can at least be fun.”