I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If you want to be a photographer, particularly a photojournalist , you want to learn about the world. You want to learn about yourself. And you want to find things that you genuinely care about, because that will be the source of your greatest work.”
“If you want to be a photographer, you have to photograph.”
“If you want to be a physicist, you must do three things-first, study mathematics, second, study more mathematics, and third, do the same.”
“If you want to be a private eye, you have to get used to such things as hideous depression and abject despair.”
Source: The Platypus of Doom and Other Nihilists
“If you want to be a professional footballer, you have to respect your profession. You have to respect the people that are making you the star you are. You have to protect the passion every day.”
“If you want to be a proud person, then you want to avenge your loss. For me it was [Josean] Serra and [Joe] Hughes, and for Michael Bisping, Henderson is one of his losses - one of his most painful losses. So I understand why he wants to avenge it. As an athlete I understand.”
“If you want to be a psychological novelist and write about human beings, the best thing you can do is keep a pair of cats.”
Source: Complete Essays: 1930-1935
“If you want to be a real entrepreneur you have to be the cause, you have to be the creator of someone else's new realty. Which eliminates time, space, motion, and friction.”
“If you want to be a real human being - a real woman, a real man - you cannot tolerate things which put you to indignation, to outrage. You must stand up. I always say to people, 'Look around; look at what makes you unhappy, what makes you furious, and then engage yourself in some action.'”
“If you want to be a real person living in the real world, the first thing you must do is get off the grid. Take the first brave step and delete your Facebook profile. After all, you surely wouldn’t want the words carved on your headstone to be: “I was registered with Facebook. I had 101 online friends (and I even knew a few of them). My current mood is: Sad.”
Source: Mad as Hell: Why Everything is Getting Crazier
“If you want to be a real seeker of truth, you need to, at least once in your lifetime, doubt in, as much as it's possible, in everything.”
“If you want to be a reference librarian, you must learn to overcome not only your shyness but also the shyness of others!”
Source: The Five Laws of Library Science
“If you want to be a rich person... don't let the poor person inside of you do your talking.”
“If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.”
“If you want to be a rock star, you're not going to just walk on stage. You gotta go practice in the garage until your fingers bleed. I always say that - the same with writing and the same with filmmaking - if it's really your passion, you've just got to stick with it and do it.”
“If you want to be a Roman Catholic scholar and write, you've got to write in such a way that nobody understands what you're saying, and then you're thought to be profound.”
“If you want to be a screenwriter, take an acting class to get a sense of what you're asking actors to do. Learning other skills will help you communicate with people and respect what they do.”
“If you want to be a serious writer, then you have to write what there is to write about. If you're going to pull your punches and second-guess yourself and not do things because you're worried, then don't write. Stay home and do something else.”
“If you want to be a sharp thinker, be around sharp people.”
“If you want to be a slave in life, then continue going around asking others to do for you. They will oblige, but you will find the price is your choices, your freedom, your life itself. They will do for you, and as a result you will be in bondage to them forever, having given your identity away for a paltry price. Then, and only then, you will be a nobody, a slave, because you yourself and nobody else made it so.”
“If you want to be a songwriter and place a song with a popular artist, then it's ok to follow the trends. This is mainly because many labels are afraid to take big risks on something that sounds too different than the status quo.”
“If you want to be a stand-up comedian or an artist, you move to New York.”
“If you want to be a star, shine like one.”
“If you want to be a star, don't bother doing it because it ends up being very empty.”
“If you want to be a strong, maturing Christian, your first priority is to develop a closer relationship with God.”
Source: A Man After God's Own Heart--A Devotional
“If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed.”
“If you want to be a tennis player, then mould yourself on Roger Federer. I won three Wimbledon titles and I wish I could play like him.”
“If you want to be a theater actor, where do you live now? Young actors struggle on a Broadway salary. A lot of them live in shoe boxes; some of them are literally three to a shoebox. New York has gotten prohibitively expensive.”
“If you want to be a top athlete you have to be a little bit wild, not be an accountant.”
“If you want to be a true revolutionist, you must first quit chewing gum, because revolution requires high seriousness!”
“If you want to be a victor on the battlefield, go on your knees.”
Source: Daily Quotes about God: 365 Days of Heavenly Inspiration
“If you want to be a victor on the battlefield, go on your knees and call upon the God of all victories.”
Source: Daily Quotes about God: 365 Days of Heavenly Inspiration
“If you want to be a victor on the battlefield, go on your knees. Call upon the God of all victories.”
Source: Daily Quotes about God: 365 Days of Heavenly Inspiration
“If you want to be a virtuoso then you have to set your sights above me. You have to go beyond what I'm doing. And that's for you to figure out. Because if you can do that, then I'm going to be trying to go beyond you.”
“If you want to be a visionary, go out and have some accidents!”
“If you want to be a voice for peace in the world, begin by making peace a permanent condition of your own life.”
“If you want to be a walking-rose, wear red clothes!”
“If you want to be a warrior, you have to train.”
“If you want to be a waterfall, you have to have the ability to jump down from heights without killing yourself and then move on as if nothing had happened!”
“If you want to be a well-paid copywriter, please your client. If you want to be an award-winning copywriter, please yourself. If you want to be a great copywriter, please your reader.”
“If you want to be a winner, act like one.”
Source: Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One
“IF you want to be a winner than follow one simple rule and feed it in your mind. Take each task and work as " Do it yourself project.”
Source: KISS Life "Life is what you make it"
“If you want to be a wise person, you need a Bible.”
“If you want to be a writer in the world you really have to sit down and say, 'Why do I want to do this and why was I drawn to it to begin with?' And keep reminding yourself to return to that original impulse.”
“If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting everywhere. You just have to open your eyes and your heart.”
“If you want to be a writer, you gotta stand in the middle of the traffic to see how fast the train goes.
The human comedy has never been richer.”
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
“If you want to be a writer, all you need is a piece of paper and a pencil, and I had a manual typewriter. It doesn't cost money to write. It costs money to make art. So I would just write. I would hand out stories in the classes in high school. And the teacher would say, "Whatever you do, don't become a writer."”
“If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles.”
“If you want to be a writer, I have two pieces of advice. One is to be a reader. I think that's one of the most important parts of learning to write. The other piece of advice is 'Just do it!' Don't think about it, don't agonize, sit down and write.”