I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If there is a defining aspect of UNC women's soccer, and its success, it is what we call the competitive cauldron. It is the pinnacle of our program. The great part about the cauldron is that it fosters a quality we can all possess. It isn't a talent we are born with. Competitive drive is not governed by innate ability, but by self-discipline and desire”
“If there is a defining characteristic of a man as opposed to a boy, maybe it's patience.”
Source: It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life
“If there is a deity of the kind imagined by votaries of the big mail-order religions such as Christianity and Islam, and if this deity is the creator of all things, then it is responsible for cancer, meningitis, millions of spontaneous abortions everyday, mass killings of people in floods and earthquakes-and too great mountain of other natural evils to list besides. It would also,as the putative designer of human nature, ultimately be responsible or the ubiquitous and unbeatable human propensities for hatred, malice, greed, and all other sources of the cruelty and murder people inflict on each other hourly.”
“If there is a devil—and I believe there is—his work is to divide. If there is a Savior—and I believe there is—His work is to unite. It follows, therefore, that where division is, the devil is nearby. My proper response to division, then, is to disengage myself from whatever is causing it. If I would be on the side of the Redeemer, then I will do His work: I will engage in acts of reconciliation; I will become a peacemaker.”
“If there is a devil at work then he rests in institutions and not in individuals. Because the beauty of institutions is that any individual can abdicate responsibility. The assumption that we're all utterly powerless, that's the devil at work.”
“If there is a diamond hidden in some drawer at your home, perhaps you won’t notice until next festive cleaning. If it’s in a hotel room. you will find it immediately after check-in.
You are in the illusion that your body, family. home, office etc. are yours. Because of this illusion of ownership, you are missing so many diamonds that God has given you. See everything from the eyes of a guest, not owner.”
“If there is a difference between what is said and what is done, only a fool believes what was said.”
“If there is a distinctive Irish experience, it is one of division, exacerbated by the fact that division in a country so small seems perverse. But the scale doesn't matter.”
“If there is a divine creator, some ultimate moral authority, then why do bad things happen to good people? And why would this deity create people at all, since people are such imperfect beings?”
Source: The Poppy War
“If there is a doubt, I believe that I must put myself forward and undergo the people's judgment.”
“If there is a fear of falling, the only safety consists in deliberately jumping.”
“If there is a fence and you don't know its purpose, don't just assume there isn't one and tear it down. Find out what the fence is intended to accomplish. You might see it needs to stay.”
“If there is a form of government, then, whose principle and foundation is virtue, will not every sober man acknowledge it better calculated to promote the general happiness than any other form?”
Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations
“If there is a fruit that can be eaten raw, it is beauty.”
“If there is a fundamental challenge within these stories, it is simply to change our lurking suspicion that some lives matter less than other lives.”
Source: Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
“If there is a gay army, I am their warrior princess.”
“If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings.”
“If there is a God and future life, there is truth and good, and man's highest happiness consists in striving to attain them. We must live, we must love, and we must believe that we live not only today on this scrap of earth, but have lived and shall live”
Source: War and Peace
“If there is a God, he must be taking revenge on me for the things I've done. I'll live in a perpetual hell with you as my tormentor, and it will be my greatest delight.”
Source: Sire Bound: Part 2
“If there is a God he's a great loathsome spider in the darkness.”
Source: The Collector
“If there is a god [...] he's a poet. And a failed one at that.”
Source: Hyperion #2
“If there is a god maybe it rewards those who don't believe on the basis of insufficient evidence--and punishes those who do.”
“If there is a god, or hundreds of them, I hope they will forgive me for the harm I may have inflicted on you by telling you exactly what happened.”
Source: The Midnight Palace
“If there is a God that has special plans for humans, then He has taken very great pains to hide His concern for us. To me it would seem impolite if not impious to bother such a God with our prayers.”
Source: Dreams of a Final Theory
“If there is a God what the hell is He for?”
Source: The Sound and the Fury: And As I Lay Dying
“If there is a God who made us and we did wrong before His eyes—as George says—at least we did wrong only because we were as God made us, and I do not think that He should set traps. Oh, you should know better than George! Let us not bring all that back into the world again—the angry God, the mean God—the one who does not tell us the rules of the game, and then strikes us when we break them. Let us not bring Him back.”
Source: Earth Abides
“If there is a God who uses us and makes his saints out of such material as we are, the devil too may have his ambitions: he may dream of training even such a person as myself, even poor Parkis, into being his saints, ready with borrowed fanaticism to destroy love wherever we find it.”
“If there is a God who will damn his children forever, I would rather go to hell than to go to heaven and keep the society of such an infamous tyrant.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.”
“If there is a God, he is a malign thug.”
Source: Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist
“If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible, since, having, neither parts nor limits, He has no affinity to us. We are then incapable of knowing either what He is or if He is. [So] you must wager. Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then without hesitation that he is.”
“If there is a God, he is not doing a good job of protecting the earth. He's kind of checked out.”
“If there is a god, he is not only a wizard at leaving clues behind. More than anything, he's a master of concealment. And the world is not something that gives itself away. The heavens still keep their secrets. There is little gossip amongst the stars. But no one has forgotten the Big Bang yet. Since then, silence has reigned supreme, and every thing there is moving away. One can still come across a moon. Or a comet. Just don't expect friendly greetings. No visiting cards are printed in space.”
“If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme.”
“If there is a God, he or she or it or whatever higher power there is is behind us so long as we're using our music in an inspirational way. I'm here for a reason, and I was given a talent, so I'll continue to try to use it.”
“if there is a god, he sure hates people”
Source: Timequake
“If there is a God, he's a great mathematician.”
“If there is a God, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan.”
“If there is a God, I don't think He would demand that anyone bow down or stand up to Him. I often have a suspicion that God is still trying to work things out and hasn't finished.”
“If there is a god, I think he has a sense of humour. He does not require human beings to protect him from satire.”
“If there is a God, I want to see Him, not only His energy or His light, but Him.”
“If there is a God, I want to see him. I don't want to just hear some holy roller shouting about him.”
“If there is a God, it is inconceivable that he would be concerned about my day to day affairs.”
“If there is a God, it's going to be a whole lot bigger and a whole lot more incomprehensible than anything that any theologian of any religion has ever proposed.”
“If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality would not be worth having.”
“If there is a God, the King of kings, there is also a Kingdom. If there is a Kingdom, there must also be an army. Now the question is, are you in this army and are you willing to fight for your King?”
“If there is a god, the only genuine friend he has is an atheist. He does not blame him for anything.”
Source: Opinions, Random Reflections, and Wayside Sayings
“If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is - holy war.”
“If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me”
“If there is a God, there is a map. If God has a map, his map is the true map.”
Source: Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion