I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Investors will sort of like write the check and then, despite a lot of promises, don't usually do that much; sometimes they do.”
“Investors, monarchies, and parliamentarians devised methods to control the processes of wealth accumulation and the power that came with it, but the ideology behind gold fever mobilized settlers to cross the Atlantic to an unknown fate. Subjugating entire societies and civilizations, enslaving whole countries, and slaughtering people village by village did not seem too high a price to pay, nor did it appear inhumane. The systems of colonization were modern and rational, but its ideological basis was madness.”
“Investors, most of them, have a herd mentality. They want to invest only if other people are investing”
“Investors, of course, can, by their own behavior make stock ownership highly risky. And many do. Active trading, attempts to "time" market movements, inadequate diversification, the payment of high and unnecessary fees to managers and advisors, and the use of borrowed money can destroy the decent returns that a life-long owner of equities would otherwise enjoy. Indeed, borrowed money has no place in the investor's tool kit.”
“Investors... can't pick stocks that are better than average. Stocks are a good thing to own over time. There's only two things you can do wrong: You can buy the wrong ones, and you can buy or sell them at the wrong time. And the truth is you never need to sell them.”
“Inveterate creationists, then or now, never allow their faith to fall victim to facts.”
“Invicem insanire videmur: Each to the other we seem insane.”
Source: Laughter at the Foot of the Cross
“Invincibility depends on one's self; the enemy's vulnerability on him. It follows that those skilled in war can make themselves invincible but cannot cause an enemy to be certainly vulnerable. Therefore it is said that one may know how to win, but cannot necessarily do so.”
Source: The Art of War
“Invincibility depends on one's self; the enemy's vulnerability on him.”
“Invincibility is in oneself, and vulnerability is in the opponent. Invincibility is a matter of defense, vulnerability is a matter of attack. Therefore skillful warriors are able to be invincible, but they cannot cause opponents to be vulnerable. That is why it is said that victory is discerned and not manufactured.”
“Invincibility lies in the defense; the possibility of victory in the attack.”
Source: Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules
“Invincibility reveals admirers, vulnerability reveals family.”
Source: With Love From A Blue Rock
“Invincible is just a word”
“Invincible is never how I felt, but optimistic... yes.”
“Invirtamos tiempo de calidad en nuestros hijos y recogeremos estabilidad emocional y felicidad.”
Source: Lo que dice la ciencia sobre educación y crianza
“Invisibility is the only thing that fame cost me. I used to be able to go places and blend in. Anonymity is something you lose on this side of things.”
“Invisibility--there are things we can't see now, that are there, that are embedded, that it really takes time in order to be able to see. There are many ghosts that are lurking around and lingering through us that takes the technology of another generation or so in order to uncover and show what those stains and strains and perceived flaws really we're building towards”
“Invisibility was a tricky thing to get right. It had to do with blocking the way people saw you -- with absorbing light instead of reflecting it.”
“Invisible airwaves crackle with life Bright antennae bristle with the energy Emotional feedback on a timeless wavelength Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free”
“Invisible Beasts is a strange and beautiful meditation on love and seeing, a hybrid of fantasy and field guide, novel and essay, treatise and fable. With one hand it offers a sad commentary on environmental degradation, while with the other it presents a bright, whimsical, and funny exploration of what it means to be human. It's wonderfully written, crazily imagined, and absolutely original.”
“INVISIBLE BOY And here we see the invisible boy In his lovely invisible house, Feeding a piece of invisible cheese To a little invisible mouse. Oh, what a beautiful picture to see! Will you draw an invisible picture for me?”
“Invisible Facebook and Google algorithms steer you toward content you agree with, and nonconforming voices stay silent for fear of being flamed or trolled or unfriended. The result is a silo in which, whatever side you're on, you feel absolutely right to hate what you hate.”
Source: The End of the End of the Earth: Essays
“Invisible is real. Souls have their own world.”
“Invisible magpies warbled in the plane trees. Softly, gently, never running out of melodic ideas, they perched among the leaves and spun out their endless tales.”
Source: Joe Cinque's Consolation: A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law
“Invisible Selling is mental martial arts . Astonishing leverage”
“Invisible Selling is so non linear that people with a high IQ cannot just stumble upon Invisible Selling They have to study it”
Source: The Invisible Selling Book , Behavioural Economics & More
“Invisible
She scanned through the magazine
for girls who looked like her
with deeper hues,
flat nose, and thick hair.
The day she turned fifteen
she scrubbed herself with bleach
while screaming for God,
whispering over and over again
"the darker the skin,
the deeper the struggle"
releasing a sigh
that made her soul shake.”
Source: Questions for Ada
“Invisible things are the only realities.”
Source: Tales and Sketches: 1831-1842
“Invisible things are the only realities; invisible things alone are the things that shall remain.”
Source: Mandeville: A Tale of the Seventeenth Century in England
“Invisible threads are the strongest ties.”
“Invisible violence in Pakistan, violence against brown people, ongoing violence in Iraq — that's got to be quantified in the same way as the cinematic glamorous violence that happens in recognisable cities.”
“Invisible walls barricade you and all winds have ceased. You feel encased by padded glass, held by arms you cannot see.
You were never claustrophobic, despite all that time spent in bunkers and narrow beds and lifelong closets. But like any reasonable person, living or dead, you'd like to have the option of running away, especially when there is plenty to run from.”
“Invisible walls barricade you and all winds have ceased. You feel encased by padded glass, held by arms you cannot see.
You were never claustrophobic, despite all that time spent in bunkers and narrow beds and lifelong closets. But like any reasonable person, living or dead, you'd like to have the option of running away, especially when there is plenty to run from.”
Instead you find yourself immobile and optionless, the involuntary detainee of figures in white smocks. Moses to your left and He-Man to your right. They look ahead and they do not smile. Before you is Dr Ranee: white sari, ledger book and schoolyard scowl”
“Invisible worlds, or worlds that are supposed to be invisible interest me. I like to see the effort it takes for some people to make things go smoothly for other people. Don't misunderstand me; mostly I'm part of the invisible world myself.”
Source: The World and Other Places: Stories
“Invisible, repetitive, exhausting, unproductive, uncreative - these are the adjectives which most perfectly capture the nature of housework.”
Source: Women, Race, & Class
“Invisibly, almost without notice, we are losing ourselves. We are losing our ability to know who we are and what is important to us. We are creating a global machine in which each of us is a mindless and reflexive cog, relentlessly driven by the speed, noise, and artificial urgency of the wired world.”
Source: In Praise of Wasting Time
“Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in a community. It manifests the willingness to live in a collaborative way. This means that a future can be created without having to force or sell it or barter for it. When we believe that barter or subtle coercion is necessary, we are operating out of a context of scarcity and self-interest, the core currencies of the economist.”
“Invitation is the sincerest flattery.”
“Invitation to Dance- It’s a Dance. And sometimes they turn the lights off in this ballroom. But we’ll dance anyway, you and I. Even in the Dark. Especially in the Dark. May I have the pleasure?”
“Invitation to sleep
I'll always be singing songs for you.
Outside your darkened window, then inside;
after that in your sleep, in the depths of your dreams.
And then I'll sing song after song after song for you.”
“Invitations to speak upon public occasions are among my most grievous embarrassments. Why is it inferred that one is or can be a public speaker because she has written a book? Writing is a very private business. I do not know any other occupation which requires so much privacy unless it is a life of prayer or a life of crime.”
“Invite by explaining about you and your store. Market by educating about what you have. Message by sharing why it can be an advantage to buy from you… And consider staying in an authentic, sympathetic and relatable tone.”
“Invite Divine Order into your life today and a more serene tomorrow will unfold.”
“Invite good things into your life. When you confess good things based on what God is saying, you'll begin to see more favor!”
“Invite him to poetry club," Doff said with a smirk. "See if he asks you to take a look at his Emily Dickinson."
Beatrice snorted. "How long did it take you to think that up?"
"Most of lunch, and the rest of G block," Doff said, shrugging modestly. "I started with 'read his Charles Dickens,' but Charles Dickens is a novelist."
"What about his Philip K. Dick?"
"Who's that?" asked Doff.
"He wrote the book that got turned into Blade Runner.”
Source: That Summer
“Invite peaceful space into your life and remove negative energy.”
“Invite people into your life who don't look or act like you. You might find they challenge your assumptions and make you grow.”
“Invite people into your peace rather than joining them in their storm.”
“Invite politicians to dinner and let them tell the world how delicious it is. . . . They will proudly go around and say, 'I ate crickets, I ate locusts, and they were delicious.'”
“Invite success into your life by saying positive affirmations every day that will bring joy peace and good things to you and move you closer to your goals.”