I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If the world were a big apartment, we wouldn't get our deposit back.”
“If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.”
“If the world were a paradise of luxury and ease, a land flowing with milk and honey, where every Jack obtained his Jill at once and without any difficulty, men would either die of boredom or hang themselves; or there would be wars, massacres, and murders; so that in the end mankind would inflict more suffering on itself than it has now to accept at the hands of Nature.”
Source: The Suffering of the World
“If the world were clear, art would not exist.”
Source: The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays
“If the world were flat,
like a flying carpet,
our sorrow would have a beginning and an end.
If the world were square,
we'd lie low in a corner
whenever the war plays hide and seek.
If the world were round,
our dreams would take turns on the Ferris wheel, and we'd all be equal.”
Source: The Iraqi Nights
“If the world were flat
like a magic carpet,
our sorrow would have a beginning and an end.
If the world were square,
we would lie low in a corner
when the war plays "hide and seek."
If the world were round,
our dreams would take turns on the ferris wheel,
and we would be equal.”
Source: The Iraqi Nights
“If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.”
Source: Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
“If the world were not so full of people, and most of them did not have to work so hard, there would be more time for them to get out and lie on the grass, and there would be more grass for them to lie on.”
“If the world were really right, humans would live life backward and do the first part last. They'd be all knowing in the beginning and innocent in the end.”
Source: The First Part Last
“If the world were to end tomorrow and we could choose to save only one thing as the explanation and memorial to who we were, then we couldn't do better than the Natural History Museum, although it wouldn't contain a single human. The systematic Linnean order, the vast inquisitiveness and range of collated knowledge and beauty would tell all that is the best of us.”
Source: Previous Convictions: Assignments from Here and There
“If the world were to end tomorrow; Even so, today, i would plant a tree.”
“If the world weren't such a beautiful place, we might all turn into cynics”
Source: Moon Palace: A Novel (Penguin Ink)
“if the world will attain its utmost peace and stability;and contentions be limited, then the ideology, philosophy and mentality of people in the world should be shifted from the more you acquire the more valuable you are to the more you give the more important you are and with the mentality that giving is a sacred responsibility and not a competition”
“If the world would apologize, I might consider a reconciliation.”
“If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and sculptor would have plenty to do, and could, in complete peace and suitably honored, pursue their trade without further trouble.”
“If the world you created on your own is stronger than the real world, then the real world disappears and you stay alone with your own created world!”
“If the worst happens, if you lose and fail, but you still celebrate coming second because you've given it a red hot go. There is no need to fear failure.”
Source: The Happiest Refugee: The Extraordinary True Story of a Boy's Journey from Starvation at Sea to Becoming One of Australia's Best-loved Comedians
“If the worst is going to happen, it'll happen. Worrying can't protect you from that. And if it doesn't happen then you've missed out on all the time that when you could have been having fun”
Source: The Two Lives of Miss Charlotte Merryweather: A Novel
“If the worst that happens is that I wake up and see a picture of myself and a headline saying, 'He wasn't very funny last night', then I've got nothing to complain about.”
“If the worst thing that can happen is that nobody laughs, then I can deal with that, because the worst thing that can happen at the factory is that I could lose a limb or be crushed by a huge machine.”
“If the would-be writer studies people in their everyday lives and discovers how to make his characters in their quieter moods interesting to his readers, he will have learned far more than he can ever learn from the constant presentation of crises.”
Source: On being an author
“If the wounds of a neighbor were inflicted by us, there is then two who need healing.”
“If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So we need pioneers.”
“If the writer does not cry, the reader does not cry.”
“If the writer is a woman, feminist or not, it will give the language something that it would not have if it had been used by a man.”
“If the writer were more like a reader, he’d be a reader, not a writer. It’s as uncomplicated as that.”
Source: Flaubert's Parrot
“If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.”
Source: New Selected Essays: Where I Live
“If the wrong man uses the right means, the right means work in the wrong way”
“If the wrong person preaches a right teaching, even a right teaching can become wrong. If a right person expounds a wrong teaching, even a wrong teaching can become right.”
“If the wrong trains are constantly coming to your stop, neither swear at the station nor at the trains! Keep the swearing to yourself, you're waiting in the wrong place, it's that simple!”
“If the WWF was about talent, Taka Michinoku would have been WWF champion”
“If the year 2000 can help us move into the future, that's fine, but I am afraid that people see it as a full stop and that one can take a big breath afterwards - you can't.”
“if the year you're about to live doesn't look the same as anyone else's year and doesn't feel like any other year you've lived before, you don't have to be afraid… it's just a sign that you're perfectly on the way to somewhere your soul is aching to go”
“If the years have taught me one thing it's that those who care are always scarce. Those who genuinely care; not the acquaintances, false friends or those with similar aspirations. The few who seek your company, the souls who would plainly step off the world for you. Once you resolve to ignore them, only regret will follow.”
“If the years of youth are experienced slowly, while the later years of life hurtle past at an ever-increasing speed, it must be habit that causes it. We know full well that the insertion of new habits or the changing of old ones is the only way to preserve life, to renew our sense of time, to rejuvenate, intensify, and retard our experience of time - and thereby renew our sense of life itself. That is the reason for every change of scenery and air.”
“If the young filmmakers ask themselves enough questions and come up with enough answers and get the scripts tight enough.”
“If the youth full of strength are deprived of work, what a waste of their ability.”
“If the youth is content to abandon his previous associates and to throw in his lot whole-heartedly with the rulers, he may, after suitable tests, be promoted, but if he shows any regrettable solidarity with his previous associates, the rulers will reluctantly conclude that there is nothing to be done with him except to send him to the lethal chamber before his ill-disciplined intelligence has had time to spread revolt. This will be a painful duty to the rulers, but I think they will not shrink from performing it.”
“If the youth of the country is Patriot, it is the Sign of Great Nation.”
“If the yumens are men, they are unfit or untaught to dream or act as men. Therefore they go about in torment killing and destroying, driven by the gods within, whom they will not set free but try to uproot and deny. If they are men, they are evil men, having denied their owns gods, afraid to see their own faces in the dark...”
Source: The Word for World is Forest
“If the yumens are men, they are unfit or untaught to dream or act as men. Therefore they go about in torment killing and destroying, driven by the gods within, whom they will not set free but try to uproot and deny. If they are men, they are evil menm having denied their owns gods, afraid to see their own faces in the dark...”
Source: The Word for World is Forest
“If the Zen master sees that it will cause a person to progress, he will ask that person to do a task. The task is charged with power if it's performed properly. It's a koan between yourself and the Zen Master.”
“If the Zionist commit the folly and attack Iran, they will receive a crushing response from the Islamic Republic's armed forces which will lead to their annihilation.”
“If the ‘germ theory of disease’ were correct, there’d be no one living to believe it.”
“If theater is ritual, then dance is too... It's as if the threads connecting us to the rest of the world were washed clean of preconceptions and fears. When you dance, you can enjoy the luxury of being you.”
“If theft is advantageous to everyone who succeeds at it, and adultery is a good strategy, at least for males, for increasing presence in the gene pool, why do we feel they are wrong? Shouldn't the only morality that evolution produces be the kind Bill Clinton had - being sorry you got caught?”
“If their first kiss—which he had commanded—had been one born of passion, then this one was of love and it was she who led. There was love in the kiss and there was a promise: I will never do you wrong, her lips said. Have faith in me.”
Source: The Seafaring Lady's Guide to Love
“If their forces are substantial, prepare for them; if their forces are strong, avoid them.”
“If their happiness was best served by leaving me, how would I feel about it?" This reveals the degree to which we are trying to restrict and control the other person--which is attachment and not love.”
Source: Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender