I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Instead of the vast organization to exploit the weakness of the Many, should we not possess one for the exploitation of the intelligence of the Few?”
Source: The Diabolical Principle and The Dithyrambic Spectator
“Instead of the word 'love' there was an enormous heart, a symbol sometimes used by people who have trouble figuring out the difference between words and shapes.”
“Instead of the world being divided up into Catholics and Protestants or Republicans and Democrats or white men and black men or even men and women, I saw the world divided into people who had slept with somebody and people who hadn't, and this seemed the only really significant difference between one person and another.
I thought a spectacular change would come over me the day I crossed the boundary line. I thought it would be the way I'd feel if I ever visited Europe. I'd come home, and if I looked closely into the mirror I'd be able to make out a little white Alp at the back of my eye. Now I thought that if I looked into the mirror tomorrow I'd see a doll-size Constantin sitting in my eye and smiling out at me.”
Source: the bell jar
“Instead of thinking about building up my image or building up my brand or building up my career, I've turned it and taken the approach of focusing on what I can give instead of what I can get. It's been a very enjoyable process for me. That's more of a heart position that I've taken. It's been one of the greatest things I've ever done.”
“Instead of thinking about other people's thoughts and views of you, just think "I have to do well myself," and you'll be able to do well.”
“Instead of thinking about talent as something that you acquire, talent should be thought of as something that you develop.”
“Instead of thinking about the sex, I'd always think about the clap and the crabs those people have.”
“Instead of thinking about what you don't want, think about what you want.”
Source: WELCOME TO YOUR MARRIED FOR A PURPOSE REBOOT FACILITATOR’S GUIDE: A handbook to assist Married for a Purpose Certified Coaches in leading personal one-on-one Reboot Retreats for Married Couples.
“Instead of thinking about work the next day or thinking about what you have to do, if you live in the moment you'll have some of the best times of your life.”
“Instead of thinking I am losing something when I clear clutter, I dwell on what I might gain.”
Source: Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.
“Instead of thinking in terms of chords, I think of voice-leading; that is, melody line and bass line, and where the bass line goes. If you do that, you'll have the right chord. [These voices] will give you some alternatives, and you can play those different alternatives to hear which one suits your ear. Keep the bass line moving so you don't stay in one spot: if you have an interesting bass line and you roll it against the melody, the chords are going to come out right.”
“Instead of
thinking of
birthdays as
linear
phenomenon
we experience,
we should see
them as threads
woven into the
beautiful
fabric of our lives.”
“Instead of thinking of ourselves as selecting possible futures, I suggest we remain curious about what's to come and strive to learn more about ourselves and the universe we inhabit.”
Source: Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
“Instead of thinking of service as a cost, consider it an opportunity to earn your customer’s business all over again.”
Source: Happy Customers
“Instead of thinking of the question of race genealogically, and leaving it open whether vernacular races are genealogical units, the interest in biomedicine has been to determine whether vernacular racial categories are medically useful in diagnosis and treatment. There is on-going debate about this.”
“Instead of thinking of this and that, one thing after the other, let your mind recognize itself in a single moment. When the mind recognizes itself, there is no thing to see there. It’s just wide open. That’s because the essence of mind is empty. It’s wide open and free”
“Instead of thinking of you working for Microsoft, think of how Microsoft can work for you.”
Source: Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone
“Instead of thinking outside the box, get rid of the box.”
“Instead of thinking that you put pieces together that will add up to a whole, I think you have to start with the premise that they're already together and you try to keep from destroying life by segmenting it, overorganizing it and dehumanizing it. You try to keep things together. The educative process must be organic, and not an assortment of unrelated methods and ideas.”
“Instead of thinking that's a nice tune, you start thinking is it the right pace, is it the right tempo? That is the death nell for artists.”
“Instead of thinking those who don't share your passions are not 'real Christians,' recognize the beauty of diversity within the body of Christ. Instead of being angry with others for not feeling your urgency about an issue, give them time to come around.”
Source: Faith Postures: Cultivating Christian Mindfulness
“Instead of thinking, "Why me?". I think, "Why not me?”
Source: The Woman Who Stole My Life
“Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and dynamic.”
Source: A Handful of Dust: Decline and Fall
“Instead of this confusion, we need the unifying force of an official language, English, which is the language of success in America.”
“Instead of this dumb rain check idea, I'll write a song about a guy who likes a girl who works in a bookstore but he won't tell her."
"And the clichés keep coming," he grumbled.
"Quit being one, then," she said.”
Source: The Lost and Found Bookshop
“Instead of three networks you have three hundred or three thousand. Audiences are inundated with programming, and that sometimes gives them a sense of petulant entitlement.”
“Instead of trade policy that is beneficial to American businesses and workers as well as our trade partners, we have a flawed trade policy that hurts all parties.”
“Instead of trampling in other people's gardens, why don't you make your own flowers grow?”
“Instead of transcending ourselves, we must move into ourselves.”
“Instead of treating your child like how you were treated. Treat them with the same love and attention you wanted from your parents while growing up.”
Source: Neglected But Undefeated: The Life Of A Boy Who Never Knew A Mother's Love
“Instead of tryig to stop thought when you meditate, focus your attention on love. Suddenly you'll find your thoughts are slacking. Light is everywhere and suddenly there is no thought.”
“Instead of trying to be original, try being you.”
Source: Specks of Shadows, Flecks of Light
“Instead of trying to be taller than others, stronger than others, more superior to others, try to be gentler than others, more compassionate than others, fairer than others!”
“Instead of trying to blend in and be like everyone else, be proud of and celebrate your unique differences and qualities. A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Personal Workbook
“Instead of trying to change others, focus on adjusting your approach towards them.”
“Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is, you need to talk with children, to teachers, and make sure they get poetry in the curriculum early.”
“Instead of trying to conquer sin by working hard to change our actions, we can conquer sin by trusting Christ to change our affections.”
Source: Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.
“Instead of trying to counter an objection, sidestep it with a story.”
Source: The Introvert's Edge: How the Quiet and Shy Can Outsell Anyone
“Instead of trying to cover the whole world with leather, put on some sandals.”
“Instead of trying to educate the human race, they should imitate the pedagogues of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, who concentrated their efforts on the education of a single person.”
Source: Friedrich Nietzsche (English Edition)
“Instead of trying to find a path to follow, today's most successful professionals seek to acquire the right skills to set themselves up for advancement.”
Source: Learn, Work, Lead- Things Your Mentor Won't Tell You
“Instead of trying to fit an impossible ideal, I took a personal inventory of all my healthy body parts for which I am grateful: Straight Greek eyebrows. They start at the hairline at my temple and, left unchecked, will grow straight across my face and onto yours.”
Source: Bossypants
“Instead of trying to guess your future, try to create your future because future has something to do with designing not with guessing!”
“Instead of trying to hide the evil inside you, accept it and start changing yourself.”
“Instead of trying to look good, be good.”
Source: Leadership by Example: Be a role model who inspires greatness in others
“Instead of trying to manufacture feelings, use the way you already feel. Or at least add that in.”
“Instead of trying to modify what nature brought us, we embraced it.”
“Instead of trying to produce a programme to simulate the adult mind, why not rather try to produce one which simulates the child's? If this were then subjected to an appropriate course of education one would obtain the adult brain.”
“Instead of trying to prove your opponent wrong, try to see in what sense he might be right.”
“Instead of trying to rush the process, trust the process.”