I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If there were no such creatures as minstrel-maidens, it would be necessary to invent them.”
Source: The Dragon Masters
“If there were no suffering, man would not know his limitations, would not know himself.”
Source: War and Peace
“If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.”
Source: 20,000 leagues under the sea
“If there were no trials in life, no disappointments, no fears, no suffering, nothing overwhelming enough to bring you to your knees beseeching God for help, would you seek Him out on your own? What would be your motivation if not desperation for something you want but cannot do for yourself?
The trials that permeate mortality serve a real purpose. Because of them, great personal change comes about, and beautiful blessings await. Forgiveness, peace, miracles, personal revelations, a real relationship with God—these things can be yours when you pray. Talk to God.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.”
Source: To the People of Antioch
“If there were no valleys of sadness and death, we could never really appreciate the sunshine of happiness on the mountain top.”
Source: Happy trails: the story of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
“If there were no war,
We could construct a bridge between Earth and Mars
Melting weapons in an open-hearth furnace.”
“If there were no way into God, I would not have lain in the grave of this body so long.”
“If there were no women then men would still be living in the jungle.”
“If there were no women to be married, there would be no men at work.”
Source: Plotless
“If there were no world, no time, no space, no condition, if none of us existed, that would be meditation.”
“If there were not a man in my life constantly questioning me about what drives me and what pains me," I wrote in my journal, " would I be doing it on my own?”
Source: Becoming
“If there were not a time frame on earth, the devil could have become an eternal lord on earth.”
“If there were not thousands who still conceive that the sun and moon were created and are kept going for no other purpose than to lighten the darkness of our little planet; if only the other day a grave gentleman had not written a perfectly serious essay to show that the world is a flat plain, one would scarcely believe that there could still be people who doubt that ancient Egyptian is now read and translated as fluently as ancient Greek. Yet an Englishman whom I met in Egypt — an Englishman who had long been resident in Cairo, and who was well acquainted with the great Egyptologists who are attached to the service of the khedive — assured me of his profound disbelief in the discovery of Champollion. "In my opinion," said he, "not one of these gentlemen can read a line of hieroglyphics.”
Source: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile
“If there were nothing but thought in you, you wouldn't even know you are thinking. You would be like a dreamer who doesn't know he is dreaming. When you know you are dreaming, you are awake within the dream.”
Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“If there were nothing else of Abraham Lincoln for history to stamp him with, it is enough to send him with his wreath to the memory of all future time, that he endured that hour, that day, bitterer than gall - indeed a crucifixion day - that it did not conquer him - that he unflinchingly stemmed it, and resolved to lift himself and the Union out of it.”
Source: Memoranda During the War
“If there were nothing else to trouble us, the fate of the flowers would make us sad.”
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion
“If there were nothing else, reading would--obviously--be worth living for.”
Source: Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman
“If there were nothing you'd still be complaining!”
“If there were one city I should pick to live in, it would be New York. It is a city where I walk down the street and feel anything is possible.”
“If there were one million families praying the Rosary every day, the entire world would be saved.”
“If there were one more thing I could do, it would be to go on safari once again.”
“If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.”
“If there were only one cherry pie in the world, and Bill Clinton owned it, I might get a piece of it. If Bush or Reagan owned it, you'd have to kill them to get a piece of pie. That's my feeling about Bill. And Bill's a good bullshitter. America likes a good bullshitter. That's one of the reasons he was re-elected. Honesty has no place in politics. It would throw everything off.”
“If there were only one person in the world, is there any way he could be insane?”
Source: LILA An Inquriry into Morals
“If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.”
Source: Treatise on Toleration
“If there were only one religion, God would indeed be manifest.”
Source: Pensees: Thoughts on Religion
“If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.”
Source: Picasso's Vollard Suite
“If there were only some way of contriving that a state or an army should be made up of lovers and their beloved, they would be the very best governors of their own city, abstaining from all dishonour, and emulating one another in honour; and when fighting at each other's side, although a mere handful, they would overcome the world. For what lover would not choose rather to be seen by all mankind than by his beloved, either when abandoning his post or throwing away his arms? He would be ready to die a thousand deaths rather than endure this.”
Source: Symposium
“If there were only three women left in the world, two of them would immediately convene a court-martial to try the other one.”
Source: A little book in C major
“If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.”
“If there were past misdeeds, I do not believe we should nag or repeat them, never mind throw them in someone’s face. If they sincerely apologized and we genuinely forgave them, we must move on. Learn from mistakes, but move on. If we bring them up and toss them at the offender, we may not have actually forgiven them, even if we claim we have.”
Source: The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts
“If there were people become a real threat to my family,
then I would stop them from doing so in anyway I could.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“If there were really serious consequences if I did not accept, then of course I would do whatever was necessary. But in general I really prefer some freedom.”
“If there were reason for these miseries, then into limits could I bind my woes. If the winds rages, doth not the sea wax mad, threat'ning the welkin with its big-swoll'n face? And wilt though have a reason for this coil? I am the sea. Hark how her sighs doth blow. She is the weeping welkin, I the earth.”
Source: The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works
“If there were Satan, I would gladly sell my soul to him to prevent Sting from making another record.”
“If there were social democratic redistributive measures that wiped out black poverty, and if racial and sexual discrimination could be abated through the good will and meritorious judgments of those in power, affirmative action would be unnecessary. Although many of my liberal and progressive citizens view affirmative action as a redistributive measure whose time is over or whose life is no longer worth preserving, I question their view because of the persistence of discriminatory practices that increase black social misery, and the warranted suspicion that good will and fair judgment among the powerful does not loom as large toward women and people of color.”
Source: Race Matters
“If there were some recipe that would make all of our children really sane and civic-minded and hugely intelligent, I think we'd probably all do it. But I don't know that there is a recipe for creating that.”
“If there were some solitary or feral man, the passions of the soul would be sufficient for him; by them he would be conformed to things in order that he might have knowledge of them. But because man is naturally political and social, there is need for one man to make his conceptions known to others, which is done with speech. So significant speech was needed if men were to live together. Which is why those of different tongues do not easily live together.”
“If there were something that Mother Nature or God could do with money, She or He would have sold immortality to the rich a long time ago.”
“If there were such a thing as an inter-city thieving contest, Ankh-Morpork would bring home the trophy and probably everyone’s wallets.”
“If there were such a thing as Chapter 11 for politicians, the Republican push to extend the unaffordable Bush tax cuts would amount to a bankruptcy filing.”
“If there were such a thing as terminal literalism, you'd have died in childhood.”
Source: City of Bones
“If there were three things I could give all children, they would be — the confidence to always know their self-worth, the strength to chase their dreams, and the ability to know how deeply loved they are.”
“If there were to be a Labor-Greens government, that would be the end of the Adani mine, that would be the end of coal mining in central Queensland, and that would be the end of their best shot at economic prosperity in the future.”
“If there were to be such a thing as a witch, may God have mercy to retrieve their souls from His son.”
“If there were two candidates, a Democrat and a Republican, who each committed to the same kind of fundamental reform, then the election would be an election between the vice presidential candidates. It'd be just like the regular election, except it would be one step down.”
“If there were two princes in Christendom who had good will and courage, it would be very easy to reconcile the religious difficulties; there is only one Jesus Christ and one faith, and all the rest is a dispute over trifles.”
“If there were two things Silas McFuller knew about the world, it was that life is not always fair, but everything happens for a reason.”
Source: Ninety Degrees: A Precursor to Small Circles
“If there were, say, only 10 percent of the hotels that exist now, there would be all these apartments for people who live in New York, as opposed to people visiting New York. And then all this junk in the theater, we would no longer need the kind of stuff that tourists like.”