I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If the numbers mean anything, they tell us that vastly more life is left in the reviled internal-combustion engine than any of the blue-state lefties could imagine. First, that madman Bush wins, and now this news. How depressing.”
“If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.”
“If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.”
“If the Obama administration is this afraid of Glenn Beck, how do they deal with the Iranians?”
“If the Obama administration responds with an even harsher hand against me, they can be assured that they'll soon find themselves facing an equally harsh public response.”
“If the object of capitalism or socialism is to increase needs, the object of anarchism is to increase choice.”
Source: The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy
“If the object of love is removed, then the whole world becomes the object.”
“If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.”
“If the objective of testing were to prove that a program is free of bugs, then not only would testing be practically impossible, but it would also be theoretically impossible.”
“If the objects who serve us feel ecstacy, they are much more often concerned with themselves than with us, and our own enjoyment is consequently impaired. The idea of seeing another person experience the same pleasure reduces one to a kind of equality which spoils the unutterable charms that come from despotism.”
Source: The 120 days of Sodom and other writings
“If the obstacles of bigotry and priestcraft can be surmounted, we may hope that common sense will suffice to do everything else.”
Source: Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence
“If the ocean was pure mind and I was a wave, I would be in terror if Itried to distinguish myself fromthe water that produced me.What is a wave without water, and what is a mind without God?”
Source: The Quiet Answer
“If the October days were a cordial like the sub-acids of fruit, these are a tonic like the wine of iron. Drink deep or be careful how you taste this December vintage. The first sip may chill, but a full draught warms and invigorates.”
Source: John Burroughs' America: Selections from the Writings of the Naturalist
“If the odds are 50/50, I don't stand a chance!”
“If the Old and New Testament teach us anything, they teach us that nothing is too difficult for God. What he originates, he orchestrates.”
Source: Visioneering: Your Guide for Discovering and Maintaining Personal Vision
“If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
[If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.]”
“If the old saying is true, that what one generation learns in school is the philosophy of the next, then the philosophy of the next generation will be totalitarianism.”
“If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.”
Source: Reflections
“If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears.”
“If the Olympic champion doesn't know how to jump quad, I don't know. Now it's not figure skating. Now it's dancing.”
“If the Olympics fail, human rights will suffer. The government would stop paying any attention to the rest of the world. I personally think: we want the Games and we want human rights to be respected.”
“If the oncoming mutation to interstellar immortality is screwed up by the politicians, it will be because those of us who see the opportunities in modern science are not adroit enough to outmaneuver the forces of inertia, stupidity and greed. Well, if we're not intelligent enough to overcome such obstacles, then we don't deserve to carry off the mutation at this stage of evolution.”
“If the one I waited for
came now, what should I do?
This morning's garden filled with snow
is far too lovely
for footsteps to mar.”
Source: The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan
“If the one person you have always trusted to make sense of the snakes of anxiety knotting in your mind over and over again, suddenly stops even listening to you, what do you do?”
Source: Monsters Born and Made
“If the one who gave me life wants the real me to die... then all I can do is die.”
Source: After School Nightmare, Volume 8
“If the one who is experiencing the kashay (anger-pride-deceit-greed), gets rid of the kashay then there is not telling when he will do something erroneous. And if the One who remains in the awareness of the Self gets rid of the kashay, then he swims through the ocean of the worldly life!”
Source: Right Understanding To Help Others
“If the one who is to get us the news is in chains, the news may get to us but with chains!”
“If the one word that you use to describe your life is a noun, maybe you should replace it with a verb. And once you’ve done that, maybe should write a sentence that outlines how you intend use your verb to help people who have settled for nouns.”
“If the only common thread you have as an industrial company is the fact that you think you're well managed, you can still be a pretty good company, but you're not going to be a dominant company, a competitive company over time.”
“If the only light in my life was taken away, how dare they keep theirs?”
Source: Heart of My Monster
“If the only motive was to help people who could not afford education, advocates of government involvement would have simply proposed tuition subsidies.”
“If the only new thing we have to offer is an improved version of the past, then today can only be inferior to yesterday. Hypnotized by images of the past, we risk losing all capacity for creative change.”
Source: The heritage industry: Britain in a climate of decline
“If the only obstacle to the renewal and modernization of France is a choice of personnel, I am completely convinced that the president will make the right choice. What is at stake is not Alain Juppe but France.”
“If the only place you look for research is the internet, you will only have a partial view of things.”
“If the only point of jail is isolation, then I have served a full sentence.”
Source: The Gods Are Not Dead
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.”
“If the only prayer you say throughout your life is "Thank You," then that will be enough.”
“If the only reason I coached was to win basketball games, my life would be pretty shallow”
Source: Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life
“If the only significant history of human thought were to be written, it would have to be the history of its successive regrets and its impotences.”
Source: The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays
“If the only teacher you have is your suffering, you will need a substantial dose of it for the ego to dissolve. But if the power of spiritual teaching is already at work, then a minor event can dissolve the ego.”
“If the only thing I can learn from a situation is that some humans do bad things, it's a waste of my precious time -- I already know that.
What I want to know is: What can this teach me/us about how to improve our humanity?”
Source: Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement
“If the only thing I did for the rest of my life was treat others kindly, file manila folders, and sit on the porch watching the grass grow it would be enough. It had to be. I did the math. The number of people who actually achieve a significant legacy is trifling compared to the vast number who go from birth to death living relatively unremarkable lives (at least on the surface). And maybe that wasn't the failure I'd been conditioned to believe. Maybe there was something to be said in praise of an outwardly unremarkable life. Maybe there were deep everyday forms of magic that had nothing to do with profound acomplishments or a Twitter feed that resonated down through the ages.”
“If the only thing people learned was not to be afraid of their experience, that alone would change the world.”
“If the only thing that you are good at is convincing others that you are good, then being in biz with you is bad experience.”
“If the only thing that you want to do is make money - if that's your whole motivation - I think you're lying to yourself. If the only motivation you have is to make money and make it, what's making it? Oh, you get a yacht or an island. Well, you're going to need someone to be on that island. You're going to need people, one way or another.”
“If the only thing you mastered in this life was to always act and speak with love, your countenance would shine as bright as the glorious angels in heaven.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist.”
“If the only tool we use to analyse what's valuable is a price tag, then those things that don't have price tags begin to look like they have no value.”
Source: Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, all your problems begin to look like nails. - Abraham Maslow”
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, it's hard to eat spaghetti.”