I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig.”
“If you have to have a policy manual, publish the 'Ten Commandments.'”
Source: Further Up the Organization
“If you have to have it, it's ego. If you have to not have it, it's ego. Hold life lightly and it will deliver what you need and release what you don't.”
“If you have to hide it, it’s already harming the relationship.”
Source: How to Rebuild Trust in a Relationship: A Qur’an, Hadith, and Psychology-Based Guide to Healing Hearts
“If you have to hire paid actors to impersonate people who politically support you, people don't actually natively politically support you. You are not a political animal that exists in nature.”
“If you have to hit--hit low.”
Source: Alanna: The First Adventure
“If you have to introduce yourself then understand that success is still far away.”
“If you have to invoke a distant past to justify a present grievance, the case for the grievance is already undermined.”
Source: Hating Whitey: And Other Progressive Causes
“If you have to keep a secret it's because you shouldn't be doing it in the first place”
“If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.”
Source: Morley's Variety: A SELECTION FROM THE WRITINGS OF CHRISTOPHER MORLEY, MADE BY LOUIS GREENFIELD, AND PUBLISHED IN CLEVELAND AND NEW YORK BY THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY
“If you have to keep telling us that Hillary Clinton’s uber-qualified, there must be some doubt about it. It must not be self-evident. It must not be apparent. And the reason it is not apparent and self-evident is because it isn’t true. The woman is no more qualified to be president than anybody else.”
“If you have to learn it from a self-help book, you may be beyond help.”
“If you have to lie, cheat, steal, obstruct and bully to get your point across, it must not be a point capable of surviving on its own merits.”
“If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power... they will talk, they will gloat. So hope like hell your captor is an evil man. A good man will kill you with hardly a word.”
“If you have to lose me to realize my worth, you are not worth it.”
“If you have to make a daily choice to be in a relationship then you are married to the past, not the person.”
“If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it.”
“If you have to make laws to hurt a group of people just to prove your morals and faith, then you have no true morals or faith to prove.”
“If you have to make mistakes, make them good and big, don't be middling if you can help it.”
“If you have to pay about forty to forty-three percent of your income for housing, you also have to pay fifteen percent of your paycheck for the FICA for Social Security wage withholding. You have to pay medical care, you have to pay the banks for your credit card debt, student loans. Then you only have about twenty-five or thirty-five percent, maybe one-third of your salary to buy goods and services. That's all.”
“If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of, use a pen-name for that.”
“If you have to perform for people’s approval, trust me, it’s not worth having.”
Source: Shark Proof: How to Deal with Difficult People
“If you have to pray and sacrifice an animal to purify your heart, that is not a prayer. That is pure hatred.”
“If you have to prove a theorem, do not rush. First of all, understand fully what the theorem says, try to see clearly what it means. Then check the theorem; it could be false. Examine the consequences, verify as many particular instances as are needed to convince yourself of the truth. When you have satisfied yourself that the theorem is true, you can start proving it.”
“If you have to prove you are worthy of credit, your credit is already gone.”
“If you have to put on a haz-mat suit to visit a farm, you may not want to eat what comes from it.”
“If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes.”
“If you have to put something on your head, make sure it's really meant to be worn.”
“If you have to put your dreams on hold because you want this person in your life, you need to take a bold step soon enough. Let go and focus on the dreams in your heart. No one said new love should dull your potential to shine.”
Source: Exploring the Explosive Power of Big Dreams
“If you have to question yourself about whether it’s good for you or not, then it’s not worth it.”
Source: Daily Motivational Quotes: Inspirational & life-changing thoughts, Volume 2
“If you have to read to cheer yourself up, read biographies of writers who went insane.”
“If you have to release bad news to the public, it would help if you are not ugly.”
“If you have to remind yourself to concentrate during competition, you've got no chance to concentrate.”
“If you have to repeatedly chase after someone when you have a great opportunity, don't bother, if they aren't responsive, they aren't the type of person who'll succeed at it anyway.”
“If you have to resort to violence, you've already lost.”
“If you have to run away from something that used to be an idol, you're actually still enslaved by it. It's still controlling you.”
“If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it.”
Source: Killosophy
“if you have to say “no offense” to someone, you have already offended them.”
“If you have to shout to be heard, your message is weak; if you can whisper and be understood, your character is iron.”
Source: The Frictionless Life: 25 Essays on Character, Virtue, and the Art of Being Unshakable: Stop Chasing the Hustle. Start Building a Soul.
“If you have to shout to prove your point, you're probably wrong.”
“If you have to sit the whole evening with the most famous person in the world and he is a goddamn bore, you will want to run away and if you sit with a person who's completely unknown, but he's fascinating, you are delighted.”
“If you have to speculate if someone loves you and wants to be with you, chances are they don't. It's not that complicated. Love, in most cases, betrays the one feeling it. Don't waste moments waiting and wondering. Don't throw away your time dreaming of someone that doesn't want you. No one is that amazing, certainly not the one who would pass you up.”
“If you have to spend any sleepless nights, let success be the reason why, so that it will be worthwhile.”
Source: The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success
“If you have to spend your time motivating people, you're not a leader, you're an ineffective manager.”
“If you have to study one subject, choose logic; if you have the time for two, study both logic and psychology.”
“If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.”
“If you have to swallow a frog, don't stare at it too long.”
“If you have to take his word for it you are not listening with the right organ.”
“If you have to talk to more than three people about the same problem, you don't want help, you want attention.”
“If you have to tell people you're the king, you aren't; the crown is invisible until someone else sees it on your head.”
Source: The Frictionless Life: 25 Essays on Character, Virtue, and the Art of Being Unshakable: Stop Chasing the Hustle. Start Building a Soul.