I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If we want to write, it makes sense to read—and to read like a writer. If we wanted to grow roses, we would want to visit rose gardens and try to see them the way that a rose gardener would.”
“If we want TRULY EXTRAORDINARY VISION then you have to continually expand your horizons, take risks. If we don’t push our edge we’ll never expand our view.. It’s not trespassing to go beyond your own boundaries.”
“If we want truth and justice to rule our global village, there must be no hypocrisy. If there is no truth, then there will be no equality. No equality, no justice. No justice, no peace. No peace, no love. No love, only darkness.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“If we want unity, we must all be unifiers. If we want accountability, each of us must be accountable for all we do.”
“If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.”
“If we want well-being for all people, then we must share what we have with our neighbors, and they must share with their neighbors, and every recipient of kindness and charity must continue to share until all—worldwide—are partakers and benefactors of true generosity. Human well-being does not exist in consort with selfishness.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“If we want world peace, we must break the vicious circle of violence and reprisal, of an eye for an eye, of endless hate.”
“If we wanted a program to help the majority of the population, we'd offer loan guarantees to help poor people get access to reliable cars so that they could have a better shot at getting - and keeping - a well-paying job...A small amount of capital could make a much bigger difference in their lives than extra student loan relief for middle-class college kids would.”
“If we wanted home truths, we should have stayed at home.”
Source: Available Light: Anthropological Reflections on Philosophical Topics
“If we wanted to construct a basic philosophical attitude from these scientific utterances of Pauli's, at first we would be inclined to infer from them an extreme rationalism and a fundamentally skeptical point of view. In reality however, behind this outward display of criticism and skepticism lay concealed a deep philosophical interest even in those dark areas of reality of the human mind which elude the grasp of reason. And while the power of fascination emanating from Pauli's analyses of physical problems was admittedly due in some measure to the detailed and penetrating clarity of his formulations, the rest was derived from a constant contact with the field of creative processes, for which no rational formulation as yet exists.”
Source: Physics and philosophy: the revolution in modern science
“If we wanted to make it the way I imagined I knew that we would have to wake up earlier and start very early. So we prep like crazy. And the competition you have is like Avatar, you have Star Wars, you have all the big Marvel stuff. So if you want to come in the race, you know, don't be pretentious.”
“If we wanted to make money we would have become lawyers or doctors or stuff like that.”
“If we watch ourselves honestly we shall often find that we have begun to argue against a new idea even before it has been completely stated.”
“If we wear our worst reviews like a backpack, they travel with us.”
“If we weep for all the deaths in our country, the tears in our eyes would never dry.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
“If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up very high on the list.”
“If we welcome the gospel of salvation, we shall be saved by grace.”
“If we went after everyone who ever hurt or wronged us, we'd never appreciate the good in our lives.”
Source: Kingdom of the Feared
“If we went back to the imprisonment rate we had in the early '70s, something like four out of five people employed in the prison industry would lose their jobs. That's what you're up against.”
“If we went by the world's definition of who I'm supposed to be because I look weird 'Well, surely, this guy can't have a productive life, surely, he doesn't have a sense of humor. Surely, he can't love life.' We stereotype people in this world. And so if the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion.”
“If we went into stores only when we needed to buy something, and if once there we bought only what we needed, the economy would collapse, boom.”
Source: Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping--Updated and Revised for the Internet, the Global Consumer, and Beyond
“If we were a culture of high-risk alcoholics, and suddenly we had Jack Daniels piped into our houses, we would be feeding that fire. Social networking, and the internet as a whole, seems to have simply landed in an extremely fertile place in an extremely fertile time in history, when we all have these narcissistic tendencies anyway - you can go further back into the self-esteem movement, and Dr. Spock, and the 'everybody gets a ribbon at the track meet' sort of thing, which preceded the internet - and then you drop the internet into the middle of this, and we've all gone haywire.”
“If we were a dog and God owned us, the cops would come and take us away.”
“If we were a family, we were sharks in the womb, eating one another before only a few exited.”
Source: The Gods Below
“If we were a primitive society, movie stars would be gods.”
“If we were a sex manual it'd be a best-seller.”
“If we were able to distill all human experience to its essence, it would be a question on the lips of a man named Jesus. As he asked Peter, he asks all mankind, "Who do you say that I am?"
"Our idea of God," observed Thomas Merton, "tells us more about ourselves than about Him.”
“If we were able to live at the level of the soul all the time, there would be no need for hindsight to appreciate the great truths of life.”
Source: The Essential Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: The Essence of Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence
“If we were able to put every single solitary cancer cell that has a genomic - had their genome done in one place, we have the computing capacity to go in and look at what are the similarities and dissimilarities that make them work and don't work. And every expert will tell you, it is probably gonna exponentially increase the capacity to be able to find, A, cures, B, vaccines, and C, turn some cancers into chronic diseases, rather than it cost you your life.”
“If we were able to rewrite the script for the reputation of Christianity, I think we would put the emphasis on developing relationships with non-believers, serving them, loving them, and making them feel accepted, only then would we earn the right to share the gospel.”
“If we were able to see God's image in our neighbor, do you think weapons and generals would be needed?”
“If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.”
“if we were all extraordinary, we'd be ordinary”
Source: Reflections
“If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships.”
Source: The Conquest of Happiness
“If we were all given by magic the power to read each other’s thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be almost all friendships would be dissolved; the second effect, however, might be excellent, for a world without any friends would be felt to be intolerable, and we should learn to like each other without needing a veil of illusion to conceal from ourselves that we did not think each other absolutely perfect.”
Source: The Conquest of Happiness
“If we were all looking for something 'easy come and easy go', then all of our lives would be easy. The problem is that we look for something real, don't we? And it is this longing for what is real, that makes finding the right person to be the most difficult task in the world. You can marry someone and promise the rest of your life to the person, only to find out later that this person makes you feel lonely. If we had no innate longing for true love and for true partnership, then none of us would have any problems! Therefore, the most frightening question to ponder upon, is, 'what if true love does not exist; what if the real stuff isn't real at all?' In such a case, life would be meaningless. I suppose I would rather believe in love relentlessly, than live in this world meaninglessly.”
“If we were all on trial for our thoughts, we would all be hanged.”
Source: Alias Grace: A Novel
“If we were all to be judged by our thoughts, the hills would be swarming with outlaws.”
Source: Modern Icelandic Plays: Eyvind of the Hills, The Hraun Farm
“If we were all to reduce our demands for energy, it would make an enormous amount of difference.”
“If we were alone, you would be against that wall and I would be fucking you stupid.”
Source: This Man
“If we were always conscious of the fact that people precious to us are frighteningly mortal, hanging not even by a thread, but by a wisp of gossamer, perhaps we would be kinder to them and more grateful for the love and friendship they give to us.”
Source: Seize The Night
“If we were bees, ants, or Lacedaemonian| warriors, to whom personal fear does not exist and cowardice is the most shameful thing in the world, warring would go on forever. But luckily we are only men — and cowards.”
Source: What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
“If we were being absolutely honest , wouldn't we just call [the Third World] the exploited world?”
Source: Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
“If we were being attached by space aliens, we wouldn't be playing these kinds of games.”
“If we were born knowing everything, what would we do with all this time on this earth?”
“If we were born to overthrow the order of ignorance and injustice of the world, it’s our job to realize it and get down to business.”
Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
“If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.”
“If we were building our navy, rather than reducing our navy to pre-World War I levels, China would not be thinking about increasing its navy to take over the South China Sea.”
“If we were built, what were we built for? ... Why do we have this amazing collection of sinews, senses, and sensibilities? Were we really designed in order to recline on the couch, extending our wrists perpendicular to the floor so we can flick through the television's offerings? Were we really designed in order to shop some more so the economy can grow some more? Or were we designed to experience the great epiphanies that come from contact with each other and with the natural world?”
“If we were capable of thinking of everything, we would still be living in Eden, rent-free with all-you-can-eat buffets and infinitely better daytime TV programming.”
Source: The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd