I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If Russia shuts off central Asia and the Caspian Sea from Europe, the European allies of the United States will be totally dependent on Russian gas and energy.”
“If Russia were to do something that it could do, it looks like it might even be preparing to do, to invade Ukraine and essentially to dismember it, this would be the one item that could reflect really badly on Trump because of the warm way he spoke about Putin.”
“If Russia's interests and security are threatened, Russia will resist. Everyone needs to know that.”
“If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off.”
“If Ryan Giggs is worth £20 million, Dennis Bergkamp is worth £100 million”
“If Rylin had learned anything by now, it was that in real life, you never quite knew what was coming. You had to take the bad with the good. You had to take a chance, hold your breath, and trust people. After all, the fun of real life stories is that they're still being written.”
Source: The Towering Sky
“If s/he is intimidated by your achievements so far, s/he shouldn't be in your future because s/he cannot handle what is coming...”
Source: The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership
“If sacred places are spared the ravages of war... then make all places sacred. And if the holy people are to be kept harmless from war... then make all people holy.”
“If sacrifice is not the theme of my life, there’s no sense telling the story.”
“If Saddam Hussein committed crimes such as political oppression against the Iraqi people, it should be resolved legally in a fair and just manner which doesn't paint a sense of injustice”
“If Saddam Hussein is unwilling to bend to the international community's already existing order, then he will have invited enforcement, even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act.”
“If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program.”
“If Saddam were to be replaced tomorrow he would probably be replaced with someone who's just as bad or worse than he is.”
“If Saddam's regime and survival are threatened [by invasion], he will have nothing to lose, and may use everything at his disposal... If weapons of mass destruction land on Israeli soil, killing innocent civilians, the experts I have consulted believe Israel will retaliate, and possibly with nuclear weapons... Nor can we rule out the possibility that Saddam would assault American forces with chemical or biological weapons.”
“If sadness comes to you one day with an invitation, tell it you are committed to joy and will be faithful to it your whole life long.”
“If safety is my goal, living life is not.”
“If,"said the Dowager, after a pregnant silence," I had ever dared to speak so to my grandmother, I should have been soundly whipped and confined to my bedchamber on bread-and-water for a sennight!"
The gravity vanished from Cressy's face. "no, would you, Ma'am? How very brave your parents must have been!”
Source: False Colours
“if Saint Bruce doesn't like your poem, he chops your head off.”
Source: Heir Apparent
“If salt isn’t salty, it’s pointless.”
Source: Let's Be Honest: Living a Life of Radical, Biblical Integrity
“If Samadhi (state of inner bliss) is maintained amidst physical (non self complex, pudgal) problems, then even the pudgal (non self complex) will remain in Samadhi.”
Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization
“If same-sex relationships are really sinful, then why do they so often produce good fruit-loving families, open homes, self-sacrifice, commitment, faithfulness, joy? And if conservative Christians are really right in their response to same-sex relationships, then why does that response often produce bad fruit-secrets, shame, depression, loneliness, broken families, and fear?”
“If San Francisco is indeed a city of leaders, then I think we should lead, and if we don't want a chain store, then we should say so loudly.”
“If sanity ever returns to our society and we stop taking pretentious elites seriously, one of the signs will be that the public will force the removal of those ugly pieces of twisted metal that are called 'art' in front of government buildings.”
“If sankalp-vikalp (all the relative 'I-ness' and ‘my-ness’ that stems from the belief that ‘I am Chandubhai’) happen, then it can be said that Self-realization has not yet been attained. As one becomes the doer of the sankalp-vikalp, he cannot become nirvikalp (free from the belief that 'I am Chandubhai' and with the right belief that 'I am pure Soul')!”
Source: The Flawless Vision
“If SANTA CLAUS came down the chimney in a f**king jogging suit, you wouldn't even know it was him.”
“If Santa Claus was a politician, he would only put billboards promising the best Christmas presents.”
Source: The New Land
“If Sara had been a boy and lived a few centuries ago, her father used to say, 'she would have gone about the country with her sword drawn, rescuing and defending everyone in distress. She always wants to fight when she sees people in trouble.”
Source: A Little Princess
“If Sasha’s threatened, Astrid’s upset. If Astrid’s upset, I’m going to kill whatever’s upsetting her until she’s happy again. (Zarek)”
Source: Dead After Dark
“If Satan can defeat you in your thoughts then he can defeat you anywhere else as well.”
“If satan can keep you in the sense realm, he will destroy you - but if you keep him in the faith realm, you'll put him under your feet.”
“If Satan can't make you bad, he'll make you busy.”
“If Satan ever laughs, it must be at hypocrites; they are the greatest dupes he has.”
Source: L.P.
“If Satan existed, he could scarcely do better at seeding pain and destruction than to hide himself within the human mind, saying things like “You’re a failure and a fuckup, nobody understands you, you deserve some escape, you should probably just go drink something, or overeat, or spend a bunch of money, or fuck somebody, or take command over someone else’s existence, or blow up your own life, or just kill yourself—but don’t tell anybody I said any of this.” (Satan: translated from the Hebrew as “the accuser”—a shadowy internal figure I know all too intimately.)”
Source: All the Way to the River
“If Satan had this extensive media coverage at the time, it would have come forward, claiming to expel evil from the world.”
“If Satan has blinded and bound men and women, how can we ever see souls saved? This is where you and I enter the picture. Spoiling the goods of the strong man has to do with liberating those whom Satan has blinded and is keeping bound. . . . This is where prayer comes in.”
“If Satan really wanted to face Jesus Christ in a battle, he will be facilitating the End of the Age by helping to spread the gospel to the whole world. This must be fulfilled for the End to come. Matthew 24:14”
Source: God's Blueprint of the Holy Bible: Volume Two
“If Satan should ever replace God he would find it necessary to assume the attributes of Divinity.”
“If satan succeds in blinding your mind, he has succeeded in arresting you because anything that can stop you from believing can stop your future.”
Source: Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
“If Satan, the unconscious part of your Carnal Mind, is not opposed, and her expansion reversed at the third energy center, she will continue to rise into your higher centers, from where she can do great damage.”
Source: Conversations With Nicole
“If Satan wasn't around, churches would go out of business.”
“If Satch (Paige) and I were pitching on the same team, we would clinch the pennant by July fourth and go fishing until World Series time.”
“If satire is to be effective, the audience must be aware of the thing satirized.”
Source: Visit to a Small Planet: A Comedy Akin to a Vaudeville
“If satisfying the ego was the thing to forget your flaws,
Not getting the respect will make you to remember those.”
“If Savarkar had any sweetheart, his country was the only sweetheart he had.”
“If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!”
Source: Up Till Now: The Autobiography
“If Sawtooth could put words to the brambled knot forming in his throat, he would tell her: Girl, don't go. I am marooned in this place without you. What I feel for you is more than love. It's stronger, peninsular. You connect me to the Mainland. You are my leg of land over dark water.”
Source: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
“If say 90% of Christian marriages were intact, people would be writing about it.”
“If saying a different pronoun is that difficult for us due to the cultural programming we've had around gender, we can start to get a picture of the power of the structures trapping our [trans] clients.”
Source: Person-Centred Counselling for Trans and Gender Diverse People: A Practical Guide
“If saying that religion should be a private matter and should not have special influence in public life is illiberal, then 74% of U.K. Christians are illiberal, too.”
“If school days are the happiest days of your life, I'm hanging myself with my skip-rope tonight.”