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 know what love really is, take a look around you. ...It's giving life that counts. Until you're ready for it, all the rest is just a big fraud. All the crazy haircuts in the world won't keep it turning. Life isn't a 'love in;' it's the dishes and the orthodontist and the shoe repairman and... ground round instead of roast beef. And I'll tell you something else: it isn't going to a bed with a man that proves you're in love with him; it's getting up in the morning and facing the drab, miserable, wonderful everyday world with him that counts.”
“If you want to know what makes you happy, imagine your very last day on this earth. Think about who you would wish to spend it with, where you might be and what you might be doing. For me, I would wish to spend it with the ones I love, somewhere not far from Nature, by the ocean, or maybe in a vibrant city, in a street with sights and sounds of people. Perhaps there's a vista of a fountain or a river... and watching the world go by, I'd be writing, completing the last chapter to a final book ...”
“If you want to know what's going on, keep your mind in the fridge or it might go off.”
Source: Philosophical Uplifting Quotes and Poems
“If you want to know what’s your boss is really like, go to his office with a resignation letter. You will then see your boss’s true colours. You will then see his emotions without any filters. No boss can ever fake himself in front of an employee who has just resigned.”
Source: The World's Most Frustrated Man
“If you want to know what surrealism means, watch the camel caravans traveling in the desert under the moonlight!”
“If you want to know what the biggest thing in your way to an improved standard of living, higher pay, a more rewarding career is: Barack Obama and the Democrat Party and their economic policies. They are the roadblock.”
“If you want to know what the camel stole from your kitchen yesterday, then you shouldn;t slit open its stomach. You should stare into its arsehole.”
“If you want to know what the future is, be part of its development.”
“If you want to know what the world hides from you, learn to love the parts of myself that no one applauds for, and change your mindset.”
“If you want to know what the world thinks about a writer and her work, check back with us in, oh, two hundred years or so.”
Source: How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
“If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never suffer him to commit another iniquity.”
Source: Journal of Discourses
“If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never suffer him to commit another iniquity. I will prove by my works whether I can mete out justice to such persons, or not. I would consider it just as much my duty to do that, as to baptize a man for the remission of his sins.”
“If you want to know what true art is: Go outside on a clear night, wait until it gets very, very dark, then look up! You will see no rules of composition, no evidence of superior technique. Yet, you will be staring into the very face of pure, unadulterated beauty and wonder. That is the unattainable Ideal for which I must constantly strive.”
“If you want to know what willful international incompetence looks like, you need look no further than the toxic Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii.”
“If you want to know what you are here to do, how you can be more loving, or how to get through a difficult situation, my answer is always meditate. The difference between prayer and meditation is that when we pray, we are asking for something, and when we meditate, we are listening to the answer.”
“If you want to know what you look like, look into a mirror. If you want to know how you think, you should write”
“If you want to know what you really value, look at where and how you spend your time.”
“If you want to know what you think of yourself, then ask yourself what you think of others and you will find the answer.”
“If you want to know what you were conditioned to believe as a child, look at how you treat yourself now.”
“If you want to know what your child is doing, look at their friends, they wouldn't be friends with them if they weren't doing the same things.”
Source: The Year Of The Cicadas
“If you want to know what your purpose in your life is, you just have to answer this one simple question - "Do you know exactly what makes your Heart Sing?" - well do you?”
Source: Journey into the Unknown and Back Again: Book 1, The Start of a New Journey is Always a Special Key
“If you want to know what your thoughts were like in the past, look at your body today. If you want to know what your body will look like in the future, look at your thoughts today.”
“If you want to know what your true beliefs are- take a look at your actions.”
“If you want to know what's important to a culture, learn their language.”
“If you want to know what's Real, of love, of life, of loyalty, put it through the greatest test: Time.”
“If you want to know what's really going on in a society or ideology, follow the money. If money is flowing to advertising instead of musicians, journalists, and artists, then a society is more concerned with manipulation than truth or beauty.”
Source: You Are Not a Gadget
“If you want to know when a war might be coming, you just watch the U.S. and see when it starts cutting down on its defenses. It's the surest barometer in the world.”
“if you want to know where a man love,look at where he spends his money.”
“If you want to know where God is, ask a drunk.”
“If you want to know where I come by the passionate commitment I have to bringing people together without regard to race, it all started with my grandfather.”
“If you want to know where you would have stood on slavery before the Civil War, don’t look at where you stand on slavery today. Look at where you stand on animal rights.”
“If you want to know where you'll be five years from now, listen to what you're saying about yourself today.”
“If you want to know where your heart is, look to where your mind goes when it wanders - #insearchofasoulmate”
“If you want to know whether or not you have had a successful life, think about what people would say about you at your own funeral.”
Source: Successful Failures: Recognizing the Divine Role That Opposition Plays in Life's Quest for Success
“If you want to know whether the person in your life truly cares about you, bring up a mistake they made. Observe their reaction closely. This will provide you with the insight needed to confidently decide whether to keep them in your life or move on.”
Source: Daily Motivational Quotes: Inspirational & life-changing thoughts, volume 1
“If you want to know whether you are destined to be a success or a failure in life, you can easily find out. The test is simple and it is infallible: Are you able to save money? If not, drop out. You will lose. You may think not, but you will lose as sure as you live. The seed of success is not in you.”
“If you want to know whether you have written anything worth preserving, sing it to yourself without any accompaniment.”
“If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.”
“If you want to know who God is, look at Jesus. If you want to know what it means to be human, look at Jesus. If you want to know what love is, look at Jesus. If you want to know what grief is, look at Jesus. And go on looking until you’re not just a spectator, but you’re actually part of the drama which has him as the central character.”
“If you want to know who is being hurt in this society, go see what is being done and to whom in pornography and then go look for them other places in the world.”
“If you want to know who the oppressed minorities in America are, simply look at who gets their own shelf in the bookstore. A black shelf, a women's shelf, and a gay shelf.”
“If you want to know who was better, me or Willie Mays, you have to look at our career stats. And Willie's bottom line was better.”
“If you want to know who we are, who America is, how we respond to evil-that's it: selflessly, compassionately, unafraid.”
“If you want to know who you are, look into the true mirror. The flower will reflect your beauty. The sky will reflect your vastness. The ocean will reflect your depth. The child will reflect your innocence. But if you look into the mirror that is unconscious humanity, you are looking into the wrong mirror. Your reflection will be distorted by their projections.”
“If you want to know who you can trust, think of who is willing to tell you things about yourself that you don't want to hear. Think of who is willing to say such things to you but still loves you. Their love for you is more than their need for you to like them.”
Source: Touched by Love
“If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.”
Source: Notes of a Dirty Old Man
“If you want to know who your friends are, have a major failure.”
“If you want to know why all writers are a little crazy read 'The Midnight Disease' by Alice W. Flaherty. She talks about the drive to write, writer's block, and the creative brain. I know what's wrong with me!”
“If you want to know why Lisp doesn't win around you, find a mirror.”
“If you want to know why Republicans and conservatives are in a political crisis, you need only consider the fact that the Right's deeply held view now boils down to this: Taxes should not go up on the wealthy, and your health benefits should be cut.”