I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If we're talking music I could go on and on and on.”
“If we're thinking about old civilizations, those that formed a long time ago and there were stars and planets around long before Earth even existed, then these are going to be towards the center of the galaxy. That is the place to look if you think there are ancient civilizations that have made beacons or some other way of attracting our attention.”
“If we're to be judged by our parents and grandparents, then we all may as well impale ourselves upon jagged bits of rock.”
Source: Fire
“If we're to have a future in the 21st century, we'll want to be able to say, "Now what was the 20th century like in the United States of America, the most powerful of all countries of that century? What was it like to be an ordinary person?"”
“If we're to honor the heritage of our country, whether it be in terms of religious freedom, whether it be in terms of truly protecting life, protecting not just the unborn but who comes next, the infirm, the elderly, the maimed, the disabled - that's who comes next as we get into the budget crunch of taking care of those people in the years - I believe we ought to have that debate honest and openly.”
“If we're trying to excite young people about reading, we need to be experiencingbookjoy ourselves so that we have references to make. It's important to be able to say, "You know, I read the most wonderful poem the other day. Let me tell you about it."”
“If we're trying to get the perfect house, the perfect relationship or the perfect job, it's likely there's some kind of fear driving us beyond the natural wish to improve. It's really the refusal to acknowledge that life - including ourselves - is simply not perfect.”
“If we're trying to protect the American public, we should not put in place a travel ban.”
“If we're unified, there's nothing we cannot do.”
“If we're united, I wouldn't care about a White school board getting me a little something. The hell with the school board; that's the White supremacy board and the White supremacy board wants you reading stupid books rooted in the idea of White supremacy. I don't want a thing to do with White supremacy.”
“If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes.”
“If we've been a little more successful than other people, is because we always realised that the school of life was always open, and if you were not learning more you are falling behind.”
“If we've learned any lessons during the past few decades, perhaps the most important is that preservation of our environment is not a partisan challenge; it's common sense. Our physical health, our social happiness, and our economic well-being will be sustained only by all of us working in partnership as thoughtful, effective stewards of our natural resources.”
Source: Ronald Reagan
“If we've learned anything, it's that the combination of yellow smiley faces and blue polyester vests are irresistible to the inbred.”
“If we've seen one thing from Donald Trump, it's that he says one thing one day, and another thing another.”
“If we, as coaches, aren't teachers, we are nothing”
“If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.”
Source: Life Of Pi, Illustrated
“If we, each doing our own part, if we do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make that culture of encounter: we need that so much. We must meet one another doing good.”
“If we, like the Savior, have the faith to put our trust in our Father in Heaven, to submit to His will, the true spirit of peace will come as a witness and strength that He has heard and answered our prayers.”
“If we, on our most fundamental level, are packets of quantum energy constantly exchanging information with this heaving energy sea, it means that all of us connect with each other and the world at the level of the very undercoat of our being. It also means that we have the power to access much more information about the world than we realize.”
“If we, who have been redeemed, don't say what we have been redeemed from, how are those in the same bondage going to even know that there is hope.”
“If we, who live outside asylums, act as if we lived in a fictitious world- that is to say, if we are consistent with our beliefs- we cannot adjust ourselves to actual conditions, and so fall into many avoidable semantic difficulties. But the so-called normal person practically never abides by his beliefs, and when his beliefs are building for him a fictitious world, he saves his neck by not abiding by them. A so-called "insane" person acts upon his beliefs, and so cannot adjust himself to a world which is quite different from his fancy.”
Source: Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics
“If we`re going get back into hypotheticals, I think it does a disservice to a lot of people that sacrificed a lot.”
“If weak in prayer we are weak everywhere.”
“If weakness may excuse, What murderer, what traitor, parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it? All wickedness is weakness; that plea, therefore, With God or man will gain thee no remission.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins
“If wealth come, beware of him, the smooth, false friend! There is treachery in his proffered hand; his tongue is eloquent to tempt; lust of many harms is lurking in his eye; he hath a hollow heart; use him cautiously.”
Source: The Crock of Gold, and Other Tales
“If wealth is a blessing from God, then salvation was designed for the wealthy. Money can never please your soul.”
Source: Face to Face Meetings with Jesus Christ 2: Astounding Biblical Mysteries revealed in his own words like never before in human history
“If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent.”
Source: Long Walk To Freedom
“If wealth is accumulated in the hands of a few, either by a feudal or a stock monopoly, it carries the power also; and a government becomes as certainly aristocratical, by a monopoly of wealth, as by a monopoly of arms. A minority, obtaining a majority of wealth or arms in any mode, becomes the government.”
Source: An Inquiry Into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States
“If wealth was important it would be bestowed on Jesus Christ.”
“If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.”
“If wearing this rag will in any way speed the process of gathering my furture soldiers, then I will waer it. But if it doesn't..." Vollrath bowed. "I will subject myself to your temper." You'll have no choice.”
“If wed known we were going to be The Beatles wed have tried harder.”
“If welfare and equality are to be primary aims of law, some people must necessarily possess a greater power of coercion in order to force redistribution of material goods. Political power alone should be equal among human beings; yet striving for other kinds of equality absolutely requires political inequality.”
Source: Private Rights and Public Illusions
“If well applied, the Word of God creates exceptional results that lead to a long-lasting impact.”
Source: The Infallible Word of God: 365 Inspirational Quotes
“If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.”
“If wells are constructed right and operated right, hydraulic fracturing will not cause a problem. … Our natural gas supplies would plummet precipitously without hydraulic fracturing.”
“If Wells recognized any merit in [Henry] James, it was his undeniable talent for using very long sentences in order to say nothing at all. p. 516”
“If Wenger had strengthened in the window, Arsenal could have been stronger”
“If were going to change the laws, lets change them in ways which makes it easier to catch criminals, and yet at the same time protect the Second Amendment rights of our law-abiding citizens.”
“If were honest, we all have some measure of wrong believing in our lives. If you dont believe this, all you need to do is ask yourself, Have I often felt anxious, worried, or fearful that the worst would happen to me and my loved ones?”
“If were not foolish young, were foolish old.”
“If were were in a film, the villain would turn out to be the least-expected person. But as we aren't in a film, I'd go for the character who tried to strangle you.”
Source: Ruby Red
“If Wes Anderson has a very strong cast, he can direct the minutia of that story and still manage to have something that lives and breathes.”
“If western culture is shown to be rich it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to "dissolve" harmful simplifications through inquiry and the critical mind.”
“If we’re born to inquire, then why must it be taught?”
Source: A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
“If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments — but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.”
“If we’re going to solve the problems of the world, we have to learn how to talk to one another. Poetry is the language at its essence. It’s the bones and the skeleton of the language. It teaches you, if nothing else, how to choose your words.”
“If we’re going to strive for spiritual growth, we have to be willing to put concepts into practice in our everyday lives, in all relationships with all people. You can’t separate your “spiritual life” from your “work life.” They’re both your life! In the same vein, you can’t separate money and happiness.”
“If we’re going to talk about transport, I would say that the great city is not the one that has highways, but one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can go safely everywhere.”