I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If one's life is simple, contentment has to come.”
“If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements.”
“If one's mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.”
“if one's natural feelings are suppressed long enough one develops supernatural feelings and feels surer of having a soul.”
“If one's object is ascetic, it is far better to stay in London or Paris or New York; there is practically no extreme of heat or cold, physical risk, loneliness, hunger or thirst that cannot, with a little ingenuity, be conveniently achieved in the centres of civilization.”
Source: The Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh
“If one's patriotism is merely instinctive it is irrational and irresponsible, and consequently a danger to one's country.”
“If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.”
“If one's sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.”
Source: Zen and the Art of Falling in Love
“If one's work environment isn't able to provide individuals with meaning, people will seek out one that does.”
“If one... struggles for what is beyond the most proper, doing not in accordance with one's natural ability, acting not with one's genuine feeling, one will surely get into trouble.”
“If only 1 out of 10 businesses succeeds, start 10 businesses. Just sayin.”
“If only 50 or more people were doing for the country what I have been doing, there would not be a pay freeze or a balance of payments problem.”
“If only 7 percent of the 2 billion Christians in the world would care for a single orphan in distress, there would effectively be no more orphans. If everybody would be willing to simply do something to care for one of these precious treasures, I think we would be amazed by just how much we could change the world.”
“If only [there] really was a door and [you] could walk through it into another life, where threads didn't snarl and stitches didn't go all tight and tiny. Where people loved you and didn't leave you for someone else.”
“If only a few employees are growing, it's a clear indication that the organization is heading towards extinction.”
Source: Quantraz
“If only a group of people were more important to me than the idea of a Novel, I might begin a novel.”
“If only a horrible storm can demolish the castle of the devil, then let the storm be victorious! It is not uncommon that heaven comes after hell!”
“If only a man could spit his past out so easily.”
Source: The White Tiger
“If only a small fraction of what is already known about the effects of sugar were to be revealed in relation to any other material used as a food additive, that material would promptly be banned.”
Source: Sweet and dangerous: the new facts about the sugar you eat as a cause of heart disease, diabetes, and other killers
“If only a stare can kill, I'm already a murderer.”
“If only a world-wide consciousness could arise that all division and fission are due to the splitting of opposites in the psyche, then we should know where to begin.”
Source: The Essential Jung: Selected Writings
“If only Africa had more mosquito nets then every year we could save millions of mosquitoes from dying needlessly of aids.”
“IF ONLY
After days and days
Of the same fate
By now, there should be a million ways
To fix everything, but I can only wait.
They only see the outside of me,
And that’s the only way they decide to judge.
If only I could show them what’s on the inside, but we,
As a group, only decide to hold a grudge.”
Source: Atom: A Collection of Poems
“If only Al Sharpton were around, Lincoln would have known he was a victim of racism.”
“If only all humans took a stand for what is right even in the face of fear, money, party, groups, and ideologies. We would be rid of evil at once.”
“If only all our conflicts could be resolved with a few grunts and a smack in the ass.”
“If only all the contradictory voices shouting in my head would calm down and sing a song in unison, whatever it was I wouldn't care as long as they sang without dissonance.”
Source: Invisible Man
“If only art were as rare as good taste.”
Source: A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney
“If only certain things had been preventable, his life would have unfurled in front of him as intended, like a lush Oriental carpet. No surprises, no detours. Just a thick tapestry of days and nights that at the end of his time on earth, he could roll up and proudly claim as his own.”
Source: Haunting Bombay
“If only cities were as easy for her to maneuver as infinite space.”
Source: A Crash of Fate
“If only Coca-Cola had had the kind of message to accompany its addictive deliciousness that Fox News has, we'd all be speaking Cokelish today.”
“If only corporal punishment cured low self-esteem.”
“If only Cupid were not blind, love may have a better vision.”
Source: Glaring Shadow - A Stream of Consciousness Novel
“If only customs were logical. If only the rules were as simple as "Don't do anything that will hurt others." If that were the only rule, I’d have at least a fifty percent chance of getting it right. I would, for example, ask myself whether saying the Rosary silently on the train would hurt others. The answer would be no and so I would say it. As it is, the reasons as to why something is right and something is not seem arbitrary.”
Source: Marcelo in the Real World
“If only Ed Fleming had a mother who gave such sound advice. The manager of Wazoo's, a downtown Denver restaurant, Fleming is a CSU alum who has been darned giddy about the Rams' recent success. So giddy that he donned a necklace made of Pez candies, a red blazer - and nothing else. A few people gaped (some actually set aside their beers), but most ignored Fleming as he strutted like a red-blazered rooster, demanding that all hail the Mighty Naked Beer King.”
“If only either of us knew the challenges a simple word like forever could bring.”
Source: The Consequences of Forever
“If only employees knew this...there is no hand out just because you got a degree. You still gotta make $ for the biz (employer), if you choose not to make $ for yourself (freelancer / ent).”
“If only every man who sees my films did not get the impression he can make love to me, I would be a lot happier.”
“If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability.”
“If only every workday could be spent in the sunshine with pineapples full of rum. She'd get very little work done, but she'd be in an excellent mood.”
Source: Party of Two
“If only everyone could experience the joy of being Christian, being loved by God Who gave His Son for us!”
“If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness. Would the world be a worse place for it? No, people would be fairer and happier.”
“If only everyone could know we’ve been created by and for God! If only we could all comprehend that we’re precious to Him, housing mirrored souls designed to reflect His glory.”
Source: Wired: For a Life of Worship Leader's Guide
“If only everything hurt as little as a blow to the face.”
Source: The Shadow Of The Wind
“If only evil things are done by evil people... Life would be then safe, morally elevated, cozy - we know how to spot evil people and what to do with them to pay for their crimes.”
“If only faces could talk.”
“If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to the community”
“If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure.”
Source: Marcel Proust, selected letters, 1880-1903
“If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.”
“If only gravity were working, the path would be symmetrical, it is the wind resistance that produces the tragic curve.”
Source: The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author