I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If the show sucks, I ain't happy. If the show is damn good, I'm very happy.”
“If the shrike did not eat the grasshoppers, then the grasshoppers would eat all the grass, and there would be none left for the deer...and the deer are food for the tiger. Life in the jungle is a giant spiderweb; if you touch one strand, it will vibrate at the other end. We cannot separate nature into good and bad, Rita. The gods do not will it so.”
Source: What Elephants Know
“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.”
“If the sign on your heart says "WELCOME", the love will come pouring in from everywhere.”
“If the simple positions of ballet are demonstrated straight on, they seem quite dull and lifeless, but when put on a diagonal, they begin to take on all kinds of possibilities.”
“If the sins of the flesh ever got old I didn't ever want enough years on me to know it.”
Source: King of Thorns
“If the situation in Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate, Britain will argue for Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in March.”
“If the situation is framed in a way that emphasizes a loss compared to your starting point, you might avoid the risk—even if the final amount would still be more than what you currently have. Conversely, if the risk is presented as a chance to gain relative to your current position, you might be more willing to take it.”
“If the situation presents itself, I'm always going to play as if I want the job. You either play, or get played out.”
“If the situation was such that there was only one learned lama or genuine practitioner alive, a person whose death would cause the whole of Tibet to lose all hope of keeping its Buddhist way of life, then it is conceivable that in order to protect that one person it might be justified for one or 10 enemies to be eliminated if there was no other way.”
“If the size of your vision for your life isn't intimidating to you, there's a good chance it's insulting to God.”
Source: Sun Stand Still: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible
“If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.”
“If the skill of participatory listening came effortlessly and easy for everyone, there would not be so many misunderstandings, communication breakdowns, irritations, and frustrations.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“If the skin were parchment and the blows you gave were ink, Your own handwriting would tell you what I think.”
Source: The Comedy of Errors In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
“If the sky could dream, it would dream of dragons.”
Source: Fate's Edge
“If the sky falls they shall have clouds for supper.”
Source: New and Selected Poems: 1962-2012
“If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.”
“If the sky has turned a darkened grey and the sea threatens to spill the occupants in the boat, know that the Lord God made the storm still, and though you shall face storms in your life the Lord God will still them with his hand. When you are alone, Jesus will have his arms wrapped around you, holding you tightly, the angels shall call out your name when you feel that you have been deaf, and you shall see the light of Heaven when you think you are blind. When you feel your dreams are broken it does not do well to cast yourself into misery but look at the brighter side of life, and see all the Lord has blessed you with!”
Source: Little Man
“If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.”
“If the sky stands still, if the earth quakes, if there is famine, if there is pestilence, at once the cry is raised: Throw the Christians to the lions! So many to one?”
“If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall. Or the mountain should crumble to the sea. I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear, just as long as you stand by me.”
“If the sky was full of stars and you didn't have one, don’t be sad, maybe the moon will be yours one day.”
“If the sky was the limit, stars would not light our way to the edge of the universe.”
“If the sky were to suddenly open up, there would be no law, there would be no rule. There would be only you and your memories, the choices you've made and the people you've touched.”
“If the slave-owner of our times has no slave, John, whom he can send to the cesspool, he has five shillings, of which hundreds of such Johns are in such need that the slave-owner of our times may choose any one out of hundreds of Johns and be a benefactor to him by giving him the preference, and allowing him, rather than another, to climb down into the cesspool.”
Source: Slavery of Our Times
“If the sleep of reason produces monsters, what does the sleep of unreason produce?”
“If the slogan for Google is 'Don't be evil', then the slogan for Uber is 'Do a little bit of evil & don't get caught.'”
“If the so-called 'Christianity' now being practiced in America displays the best that world Christianity has left to offer - no one in his right mind should need any much greater proof that very close at hand is the end of Christianity.”
“If the social conservatives feel that they have a strong argument on traditional marriage, then feel free to have it.”
“If the social stress is physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, the way to treat the depression is to stop the abuse. Unfortunately, advocates of the biochemical treatment of depression have gone along with the view of academic theory and popular culture that the problem is entirely within the skull of the victim. Enthusiasm for biochemical treatment and research is partly due to the fact that it helps perpetuate the myth that suicide and depression should be treated by changing the victim, not by changing ourselves. As long as we have a narrow view of the causes of biochemical imbalance, such as limiting it to innate genetic defects, we can practice denial on the social complicity in the causation of suicide. The narrow view does nothing to help reduce pain and increase resources for the millions of people whose problems do not respond to medications. It also deprives us of an opportunity for progress in a much broader area for social reform. The dynamics behind the oppression of the suicidal is similar to the dynamics of other forms of injustice; progress in one area can support progress in other areas.”
Source: Out of the Nightmare: Recovery from Depression and Suicidal Pain
“If the Socialism is Authoritarian; if there are Governments armed with economic power as they are now with political power; if, in a word, we are to have Industrial Tyrannies, then the last state of man will be worse than the first.”
Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays
“If the society that we're talking about is a society that starts wars all over the world, degrades indigenous cultures, is misogynistic in itself, if that's the society we're talking about, then it's not a bad thing if hip-hop did degrade that society.”
“If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.”
Source: Barbara Jordan: Speaking the Truth With Eloquent Thunder
“If the society toward which we are developing is not to be a nightmare of exhaustion, we must use the interlude of the present era to develop a new technology which is based on a circular flow of materials such that the only sources of man's provisions will be his own waste products.”
“If the sociologist could hear the voices of men and women searching for love, s/he would hear a long and loud litany of moans and groans.”
Source: Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation
“If the sociologist has a role, it is probably more to furnish weapons than to give lessons.”
“If the soft machine works, don't fix it. If it works, don't fix it.”
Source: Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs
“If the soil were as good as the harbours, it would be a blessing.”
“If the sole purpose is not to secure the peace, it might look like a battle when in fact it is a collective rant in uniform.”
“If the solution to all of Africa’s illegal practices and crimes is to legalize them, then we are a doomed continent. Human trafficking; buying, selling, and consuming illegal addictive drugs; fraudulent financial transactions, computer hacking, identity theft—would legalizing these destructive behaviors improve society? If not, why would legalizing abortion improve the lives of Africans?”
Source: Target Africa: Ideological Neocolonialism in the Twenty-First Century
“If the Son was begotten by the Holy Ghost, it would be very dangerous to baptize and confirm females, and give the Holy Ghost to them, lest he should beget children, to be palmed upon the Elders by the people, bringing the Elders into great difficulties”
Source: Journal of Discourses
“If the song was upbeat, we'd get out a funky Harry Connick, Jr. album, some Louis Prima big band, or a Bob Wills swing record for inspiration and swing for the fence, hoping to get that 'soundtrack to your life' vibe. And if it was a slow song, we'd go the other way and really make it worshipful.”
“If the songs were in lumps, then you would expect to understand what was going on in the plot. Which is not a realistic goal. And also the instrumentation is different for every show, so it's more varied sonically. And people are free to make up their own plots, of course. There are pretty dense and complicated plots, and they're simple songs.”
“If the soul be happily disposed, every thing becomes capable of affording entertainment, and distress will almost want a name.”
Source: Poems and essays
“If the soul be pure, then shall she obtain favor and rejoice in the latter day; but if she hath been defiled, then shall she wander for a time in pain and despair.”
“If the soul cannot find its jacket. it is condemned to an eternity of wandering--naked and alone”
Source: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
“If the soul doesn't exist, how is it possible to converse with oneself ? Or, hear your own voice?”
“If the soul has food for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than an old age of leisure.”
Source: Cicero's Three books of offices, or moral duties: also his Cato Major, an essay on old age; Lælius, an essay on friendship; Paradoxes; Scipio's dream; and Letter to Quintus on the duties of a magistrate
“If the soul is immortal, it demands our care not only for that part of time which we call life, but for all time; and indeed it would seem now that it will be extremely dangerous to neglect it. If death were a release from everything, it would be a boon for the wicked, because by dying they would be released not only from the body but also from their own wickedness together with the soul; but as it is, since the soul is clearly immortal, it can have no escape of security from evil except by becoming as good and wise as it possibly can. For it takes nothing with it to the next world except its education and training...”
Source: Apology, Crito And Phaedo Of Socrates.
“If the soul is impartial in receiving information, it devotes to that information the share of critical investigation the information deserves, and its truth or untruth thus becomes clear. However, if the soul is infected with partisanship for a particular opinion or sect, it accepts without a moment's hesitation the information that is agreeable to it. Prejudice and partisanship obscure the critical faculty and preclude critical investigation. The results is that falsehoods are accepted and transmitted.”