I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If you give a person a fish, they'll fish for a day. But if you train a person to fish, they'll fish for a lifetime.”
“If you give a scene enough room to breathe, actors will hopefully find those magical moments.”
“If you give a writer a pile of blank paper and say you can write anything you like on any subject you want at any length you want, you will probably never get anything at all, whereas if you have 900 words to write, and it's fiction that is somehow op-ed fiction, and it needs to tie in with Halloween . . . okay, those are my constraints, that's where I now need to start building something.”
“If you give an actor any wiggle room to whine in situations where they want to whine, you're gonna whine.”
“If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.”
“If you give anybody the chance, they can always make a decent human being out of themselves. It's the people that don't have a chance, that we look down at like they're monsters or they're animals or that they want something different than the rest of us.”
“If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill.”
“If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.”
“If you give Congress a chance to vote on both sides of an issue, it will always do it.”
“If you give customers a chance, they'll communicate with you in many ways”
“If you give everybody a slice of pie, you will still have more than enough.”
“If you give, expecting something in return, it's not really giving at all.
If you love, expecting something in return, it's not really loving at all.”
Source: Look into the stillness
“If you give in to intimidation, you'll go on being intimidated”
“If you give in to the threat of violence, if you give in to bullying, what you know is that there will be more bullying. There will not be less bullying. If you appease the bully, you make sure that he will bully you some more. Not less. It doesn't solve the problem. It makes the problem worse.”
“If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you.”
“If you give it to God, He transforms your test into a testimony, your mess into a message, and your misery into a ministry.”
“If you give love, you deserve to get love.”
“If you give me a flower, I will give you a garden”
“If you give me a short shot I will attack you. I'm not a baseliner who rallies. I try to get the point over with.”
“If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that.”
“If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.”
“If you give me anything less than your best, you're not only cheating yourself. your coaches, your teamates, everybody in Green Bay, and everything pro football stands for. Your also cheating the Maker who gave you the talent.”
Source: What it Takes to be #1: Vince Lombardi on Leadership
“If you give me enough time, enough leash, I can become pretty reasonable.”
“If you give me half a chance. I'll prove this to you. I will be patient, kind, faithful and true.”
“If you give me home
I will give you adventure.
It's both we can have.”
“If you give me rice, I'll eat today; if you teach me how to grow rice, I'll eat every day.”
“If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.”
“If you give me the ball, you'll never see it again. Because I'll knock it out of the f*****g park.”
“If you give me the chance and give me your vote I will protect America from the wars that are being brought to our door step.”
“If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you.”
“If you give me the five hundred dollars right now, I’ll let you do
whatever you want to me,” she whimpered.
“Why are you being such a hard ass, Jeni?” he said with a wry
smile. He took her hand and slid it down the front of his bare torso. His
abdominal muscles rippled under her hand. Then he slid her hand over
his erection. His cock twitched at the feel of her hand. “You know you
want me to fuck you.”
“Then cough up the money, Hamilton!” Though her voice regained
its edge, her body was seconds away from crumbling. She wanted nothing
more than him buried deep inside her. She ached for him.”
Source: More Than Friends
“If you give me the privilege of your vote tomorrow, that's what I will do every single day of my presidency, to knock down barriers, to create opportunities so that you have the chance to fill your own dreams. You see, I believe America's best days are still ahead of us.”
“If you give me wings I will soar for you Even if this whole land Sinks down to the water If you give me a sword I will fight for you Even if this whole sky Shoots through with your light”
“If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am:
I'm a genuine philanthropist--all other kinds are sham.
Each little fault of temper and each social defect
In my erring fellow creatures, I endeavor to correct.”
Source: The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan
“If you give money to someone in his bad time.and he don't return you in your bad time.then i advice you that don't help them again in your whole life...”
“If you give more than the customer expects, the customer will help you build your business.”
Source: Productivity Promoter
“If you give only 80 percent leadership, your dog will give you 80 percent following. And the other 20 percent of the time he will run the show. If you give your dog any opportunity for him to lead you, he will take it.”
Source: Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems
“If you give orders and explain nothing, you might get obedience, but you'll get no creativity. If you tell them your purpose, then when your original plan is shown to be faulty, they'll find another way to achieve your goal. Explaining to your men doesn't weaken their respect for you, it proves your respect for them.”
Source: Shadow of the Giant
“If you give other people the power to build you up, you are also giving them the power to tear you down.”
Source: The Stoic Mindset: Ancient Wisdom for Today's World
“If you give out of fear or guilt, your self-esteem is not enriched; indeed, it is only diminished. You aren’t really giving; the other person is taking. You are being taken advantage of, with your consent.”
Source: Mindreader: The New Science of Deciphering What People Really Think, What They Really Want, and Who They Really Are
“If you give people a chance, they shine.”
“If you give people a good enough 'why', they will always figure out the 'how'.”
“If you give people an idea these days, they just think you are sharing it with them so they can critique it, play devil's advocate, and so on. It doesn't occur to them that they might help or get enthused or at least have the courtesy to get out of your way.”
“If you give people happiness, then the happiness you experience will never end, but will be filling you incessantly”
“If you give people light, they will find their own way.”
“If you give people literacy, bad ideas can be attacked and experiments tried, and lessons will accumulate.”
“If you give people more perspective of one object, they start to see it more clearly.”
“If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.”
“If you give people really big jobs to the point that they're scared, they have way more fun and they improve their game much faster.”
“If you give people tools, and they use their natural abilities and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much beyond what you might have expected.”