I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“In the end, the difference between a published writer and an unpublished one comes down to one thing: The unpublished writer gave up, and the published writer didn't.”
Source: The 29 most common writing mistakes and how to avoid them
“In the end, the difference between Conservatism and Liberalism seems to be this: the Conservative thinks of liberty as something to be preserved, the Liberal thinks of it as something to be enlarged.”
“In the end, the discipline of verification is what separates journalism from entertainment, propaganda, fiction, or art.”
Source: The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect
“In the end, the effectiveness of our creative process comes down to whether we’re going to whine or do the work.”
“In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.”
Source: Elsewhere
“In the end, the extent of our own success will be measured by the accomplishments we have helped create in others.”
“In the end, the fate of children depends on our ability to use technology constructively and carefully. The connection of childrenand technology is not simply a matter of seat belts, safe toys, safe air, water and food, additive-free baby foods, or improved television programming. These are all important issues, but to stop here is to forget that today's children will soon be adults. Technological decisions made today will determine, perhaps irrevocably, the kind of physical and social world we bequeath them and the kind of people they become.”
Source: All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure
“In the end, the game comes down to one thing: man against man. May the best man win.”
“In the end, the game is the same. Football is still football. Now, they may play with different formations, they may have a different idea of training, but the game doesn't alter. I don't mind how any performer - indeed, why should I? How arrogant of me if I did? - manages to get to what they have to get to. It doesn't matter how you get there, as long as it isn't going to destroy other people on the way.”
“In the end, the gesture of painting becomes almost meditative, like a ritual.”
“In the end, the greatest victory we can know is the result of all of our hard work, discipline, and dedication: the realization of our dreams.”
“In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning, rather than protesting that, like some poor relation, they don't cost much to be housed.”
“In the end, the key ingredient for public life is imagination. You imagine something better, you try to bring the people with you.”
“In the end, the Labour party could cease to represent labour. Stranger historic ironies have happened than that.”
“In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.”
“In the end, the most important thing is not to do things for people who are poor and in distress, but to enter into relationship with them, to be with them and help them find confidence in themselves and discover their own gifts.”
Source: Community and Growth
“In the end, the most important thing is to be true to yourself and those you love and work hard. I mean, work like there's no tomorrow. Train. Strive. I mean, really train and cultivate your talent to the highest degree. Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive. Use the tools of your trade, if it's books or a floor to dance on or a body of water to swim in. Whatever it is, it's yours.”
“In the end, the most important thing to me is that I've raised three kids. I know that'll be the most important accomplishment of my life and it is the most easily obtainable, because all you have to do is pay attention. It is hard work and most people don't realize that's the real gift they are getting in terms of goals and success and accomplishments.”
“In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance.”
“In the end, the Obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned or powerless. No, the Obama administration is afraid of you. It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.”
“In the end, the only events of my life worth telling are those when the imperishable world erupted into this transitory one All other memories of travels, people and my surroundings have paled beside these interior happenings But my encounters with the 'other' reality, my bouts with the unconscious, are indelibly engraved on my memory. In that realm there has always been wealth in abundance, and everything else has lost importance by comparison.”
“In the end, the only heritage we have is our planet, and I have decided to go to the most pristine places on the planet and photograph them in the most honest way I know, with my point of view, and of course it is in black and white, because it is the only thing I know how to do.”
“In the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too.”
Source: Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)
“In the end, the only thing between us was silence.”
Source: Silence
“In the end, the only thing the true New Yorker knows about New York is that it is unknowable.”
“In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU.”
“In the end, the question is not, how do we use nature to serve our interests? It's how can we use humans to serve nature's interest?'”
“In the end, the secret to learning is so simple: Think only about whatever you love. Follow it, do it, dream about it...and it will hit you: learning was there all the time, happening by itself.”
“In the end, the sign of Aretha Franklin's artistry is that she always leaves her mark - first, on the music, then on us.”
“In the end, the sum of my vices is all me.”
“In the end, the thing that really stays with you is not that you were clever enough to connect a sketch to another sketch, but what really sticks with you is when you just have an incredible moment happen, or execute a really funny idea.”
“In the end, the thing that's important about free expression is that it's the right from which all other rights are derived. If you can't articulate ideas and if you can't articulate critiques of other peoples' ideas, then you're powerless. What always increases the power of an authoritarian regime is whether it can successfully prevent people from expressing themselves.”
“In the end, the tortures tearing the Lisbon girls pointed to a simple reasoned refusal to accept the world as it was handed down to them, so full of flaws.”
Source: The Virgin Suicides: A Novel
“In the end, the tragedy of Harold Wilson was that you couldn't believe a word he said”
“In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go”
Source: Tao te ching: a new translation & commentary
“In the end, the Tribune lost touch with the world it was supposed to reach; it mattered passionately, but almost exclusively, to those who worked for it.”
“In the end, the truth always wins out. It always does, no matter how many times you tell a story that isn't true. In the end, the truth comes out. There's either video evidence or photographic evidence. I think the American people are smart consumers.”
“In the end, the truth finds a way to surface even if you don't want it to.”
Source: True Love
“In the end, the type of parent you are is going to be something that you carry with you. ... Having multiple kids, it's been a gift in a way. It's keeping the priorities straighter.”
“In the end, the Wheel crushes us all.”
“In the end, the whole Internet thing kills me, because you can use it as a positive thing or you can read into all the negativity. And I think youve gotta put out positive energy, put out cool viral stuff, and then just stay out of peoples opinions.”
“In the end, the wind takes everything, doesn't it? And why not? Why other? If the sweetness of our lives did not depart, there would be no sweetness at all.”
Source: The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel
“In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.”
“In the end, the work shows if you're good.”
“In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.”
Source: The Kite Runner
“In the end, the writer is not even allowed to live in his writing.”
Source: Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life
“In the end, there is no absence of irony: the integrity of what is sacred to Native Americans will be determined by the government that has been responsible for doing everything in its power to destroy Native American cultures.”
Source: Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming
“In the end, there is no end.”
Source: Harvard Advocate
“In the end, there is no ideal condition for creativity. What works for one person is useless for another. The only criterion is this: Make it easy on yourself. Find a working environment where the prospect of wrestling with your muse doesn't scare you, doesn't shut you down. It should make you want to be there, and once you find it, stick with it. To get the creative habit, you need a working environment that's habit-forming. All preferred working states, no matter how eccentric, have one thing in common: When you enter into them, they compel you to get started.”
“In the end, there is really nothing more important than taking care of the earth and letting it take care of you.”