I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“In childhood the daylight always fails too soon - except when there are going to be fireworks.”
Source: Mrs. Miniver
“In childhood we all have ... a far higher sensibility for April and April evenings - a heartache for them, which in riper years is gradually and irretrievably consoled.”
Source: The Essential Alice Meynell Collection
“In childhood we inhabit a world of wonderful contrasts that later we often come to see as bizarre and do our best to rearrange, with everything in its 'proper' place. Unusual juxtapositions we label surrealistic. Yet what is surrealism but a second childhood with Freudian overtones which we have to be re-educated to enjoy? -- part of the tragedy of growing up”
“In childhood when I would whine to my mother that I was bored, she would say, 'Wonderful! That means you get to invent something fun and interesting to do.' I find the same refrain applies in adulthood.”
“In childhood, death stirred me not; in middle age, it pursued me like a prowling bandit on the road; now, grown an old man, it boldly leads the way, and ushers me on.”
Source: Mardi: And a Voyage Thither
“In childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking out. In memories of childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking in.”
“In childhood, we yearn to be grown-ups. In old age, we yearn to be kids. It just seems that all would be wonderful if we didn't have to celebrate our birthdays in chronological order.”
“In children's drawings, all houses have chimneys, all monkeys eat bananas, and every rocket is a V-2. Even after decades of stepped-back multistage behemoths, chunky orbiters, and space planes, the midcentury-modern Enterprise, the polyhedral bulk of Imperial star destroyers and Borg cubes, the Ortho-Cyclen disk of Millennium Falcon - in our deepest imaginations the surest way to the nearest planet remains a trim cigar tapering to a pointed nose cone, poised on the tips of four swept-back axial fins.”
Source: Moonglow
“In Chile they have no movies. They have awful popular movies. I am not a Latin American creator.”
“In China anything less than 6% growth is a recession meaning that it also causes financial problems and it's disruptive and it's a problem.”
“In China I told pastors about how, in the West, we have these church buildings and how we go to services each week that last an hour or so. I told them how if we don't like the music or the message then we can go to different buildings and services... They all broke out into laughter. They thought I was the funniest guy they had ever seen.”
“In China the largest denomination bill they have is 100 yen, and that's maybe $7. So here you have a whole economy working with only a $7 note as the largest denomination. The euro wants to get rid of the 500-euro bill just as the United States years ago got rid of the $1,000 bill because only the criminals used $1,000 bills.”
“In China the struggle to consolidate the socialist system, the struggle to decide whether socialism or capitalism will prevail, will still take a long historical period. However, we should all realize that the new system of socialism will unquestionably be consolidated. We can assuredly build a socialist state with modern industry, modern agriculture, and modern science and culture.”
Source: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works
“In China the underworld and officialdom have interpenetrated and become one. Criminal elements have become officialized as officials have become criminalized.”
Source: No Enemies, No Hatred
“In China there was once a man who liked pictures of dragons, and his clothing and furnishings were all designed accordingly. His deep affection for dragons was brought to the attention of the dragon god, and onde day a real dragon appeared before his window. It is said that he died of fright. He was probably a man who always spoke big words but acted differently when facing the real thing.”
Source: Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
“In China today, Bill Gates is Britney Spears. In America today, Britney Spears is Britney Spears-and that is our problem.”
“In China we can criticize Darwin but not the government. In America you can criticize the government but not Darwin.”
“In China, we say: 'There are many dreams in a long night.' It has been a long night, but I don't know if I want to continue the dreams. It feels like I am walking on a little path, both sides are dark mountains and valleys. I am walking towards a little light in the distance. Walking, and walking, I am seeing that light diminishing. I am seeing myself walk towards the end of the love, the sad end.
I love you more than I loved you before. I love you more than I should love you. But I must leave. I am losing myself. It is painful that I can't see myself. It is time for me to say those words you kept telling me recently. 'Yes, I agree with you. We can't be together.”
Source: A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
“in china when you're one in a million, there are 1300 people just like you”
“In China's thousands of years of civilization, the conflict between humankind and nature has never been as serious as it is today.”
“In China, because China is gaining wealth, rice consumption is way down. Rice is a poor person's food, and they're eating less of it. To wait in line at a fast food chain is cool. And they haven't historically had weight problems. So they don't have this culture of, "I need to lose weight."”
“In China, going public has a cachet from a branding standpoint. It will improve our image to ad agencies, government regulators.”
“In China, I helped introduce UNEP's campaign to reduce food waste on World Environment Day. The government took notice of food waste issues and now, when you over-order in a restaurant, you are encouraged to downsize. This is where people can really impact policy and vice versa!”
“In China, I lived in a dormitory, and the government paid for everything - food, buses. In Iowa, I had to run after the bus, and cook for myself. The first weeks in the U.S., I was asking, Where is my food?”
“In China, I witnessed forced abortions and forced sterilizations performed on women who were told that the children they were carrying were 'illegal'. I went with them when they were arrested and remained with them as they were subjected to mind-bending psychological torture. And I accompanied them as they went in tears to the local clinic to have their pregnancies aborted.”
“In China, if they open the markets, it will force local companies to compete with international players, and the local companies will benefit in the long run.”
“In China, Internet surveillance has already become a profitable industry. In fact, a growing number of private firms eagerly assist the local police by aggregating this data and presenting it in easy-to-browse formats, allowing humans to pursue more analytical tasks.”
“In China, it was always said that a double-digit rate of growth would be dangerous. Now, the country has a growth rate of 6.9 percent and suddenly that is supposed to be a catastrophe for the global economy.”
“In China, much of life involves skirting regulations, and one of the basic truths is that forgiveness comes easier than permission.”
Source: Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip
“In China, people are selling their kidney to buy an iPhone 6. What's going to happen when the iPhone 7 comes out?”
“In China, remember, the the banks are arms of state policy. They loan because the local party official or regional party official tells them we need a new stadium. They are instruments of state policy.”
“In China, the social network is a bit different. But I am active there too.”
“In China, the state controls the corporations, whereas in the United States, the corporations control the state.”
“In China, we are considering ways of resolving our problems by improving our institutions.”
“In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin.”
“In China, we don't have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn't even have a gallery.”
“In China, we intend to acquire advanced technology, science and management skills to serve our socialist production. And these things as such have no class character.”
“In China, when you get to the airport everyone be talking in American slang.”
“In China, you have to have a strong leader for a business to get anything done.”
“In China, you've got six people buying for one child. But the thing is, you've got the largest rising upper-middle class in the world.”
“In China, your freedom is always limited, but this limitation applies to almost everyone. If someone does injustice to you, though, you have to find a way to avenge yourself - even by illegal measures. In a sense, injustice is more personal. This idea has always been in Chinese history. I think we read about freedom of speech, or lack of freedom of speech, in China so often. But I don't think people here in America think about how justice, or the idea of justice, is so important in a Chinese setting. It's probably more important than freedom of speech in the Chinese mindset at this moment.”
“In Chinese class we learn every character / has its own history, so in other words, / in class we learn language makes itself / alive, so in other words, / I know my history is alive every time I speak.”
“In Chinese love stories the one who loves always starts by borrowing a book from the beloved.”
Source: Once on a Moonless Night
“In Chinese, the word for heart and mind is the same -- Hsin. For when the heart is open and the mind is clear they are of one substance, of one essence.”
Source: Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying
“In choosing a colour one must realize that it changes in different aspects.”
“In choosing a companion, it is necessary to study the disposition, the inheritance, and training of the one with whom you are contemplating making life’s journey.”
“In choosing a course of action, it's best to take the tack of kindness.”
“In choosing a hypothesis there is no virtue in being timid. I clearly would have been burned at the stake in another age.”
“In choosing a mate, don't pick the tallest and most handsome or the most beautiful. Don't choose one just because that person raises your physical passions. Look for the person who is good from within, the one with substance and worth.”
“In choosing a partner, always pick the optimist.”