I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Is there any success like salvation?”
“Is there any success like to be saved from sin?”
“Is there any success without a sacrifice?”
“Is there any success without an effort?”
“Is there any success, without the soundness of mind?”
“Is there any teacher better, more patient, more determined than fate?”
Source: Zero Sum
“Is there any thinking animal like man?”
“Is there any time in your life when you do not feel the need for caffeine?" "Sure. Sometimes I'm asleep.”
“Is there any vanity greater than the vanity of those who believe themselves without it?”
“Is there any wilderness of sand in the deserts of Arabia, is there any prospect of desolation among the ruins of Palestine, which can rival the repelling effect on the eye, and the depressing influence on the mind, of an English country town in the first stage of its existence, and in the transition state of its prosperity?”
Source: The Woman in White: Wilkie Collins Top Collections
“Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change?”
“Is there anybody alive out there?”
“Is there anybody here who thinks that following the orders takes away the blame Is there anybody here who wouldn't mind a murder by another name?”
“Is there anybody hiding there in the dark?”
“Is there anybody listening? Is there anyone who sees what's going on? Read between the lines, criticize the words they're selling. Think for yourself, and feel the walls become sand beneath your feet.”
“Is there anybody out there that will point to Hillary Clinton and say, "Gosh, my life is so much better because of her"? Why aren't they on stage?”
“Is there anyone among the great men who has not imitated? Nothing is made with nothing.”
“Is there anyone I wouldn't take as a client? Well, I'd never represent a banker.”
“Is there anyone in this apartment who hasn’t seen me naked?” I demanded, grabbing the sheet and the phone. “I genuinely hope so, Cassandra.”
Source: Hunt the Moon: A Cassie Palmer Novel
“Is there anyone in this universe who doesn’t need management skills? No. Then why we keep management education away from common people and children?”
“Is there anyone nearby you can speak to without words?”
“I don’t know. I only know that there are those whose minds I can speak with that, when I show them how, speak back to my mind as well.”
Source: Merlin's Travels
“Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?”
“Is there anyone that knows the absolute truth?”
“Is there anyone to whom you entrust a greater number of serious matters than your wife? And is there anyone with whom you have fewer conversations?”
“Is there anyone... who will maintain that the Party System could have been created by people particularly fond of truth?”
“Is there anyone’s life story you don’t want to know?” “Not really.” His expression was unexpectedly serious. “Because people make a story of their lives. Gains, losses, tragedy and triumph—you can tell a lot about someone simply by what they put into each category. You can learn a lot about what you put into each category by your reaction to them. They teach you about yourself without ever intending to do it—and they teach you a lot about life.”
“Is there anything, apart from a really good chocolate cream pie and receiving a large, unexpected cheque in the post, to beat finding yourself at large in a foreign city on a fair spring evening, loafing along unfamiliar streets in the long shadows of a lazy sunset, pausing to gaze in shop windows or at some church or lovely square or tranquil stretch of quayside, hesitating at street corners to decide whether that cheerful and homy restaurant you will remember fondly for years is likely to lie down this street or that one? I just love it. I could spend my life arriving each evening in a new city.”
Source: Neither here nor there: travels in Europe
“Is there anything as horrible as starting on a trip? Once you're off, that's all right, but the last moments are earthquake and convulsion, and the feeling that you are a snail being pulled off your rock.”
Source: Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead
“Is there anything as incredible as the love story of your own parents? Anything as hard to grasp as the fact that those two over-the-hill players, permanently on the disabled list, were once in the starting lineup?”
Source: Middlesex
“Is there anything as incredible as the love story of your own parents? Anything as hard to grasp as the fact that those two over-the-hill players, permanently on the disabled list, were once in the starting lineup? It's impossible to imagine my father, who in my experience was aroused mainly by the lowering of interest rates, suffering the acute, adolescent passions of the flesh.”
Source: Middlesex
“Is there anything better in life than having brave, true friends?”
Source: Seven Endless Forests
“Is there anything better than loyal friend?”
“Is there anything better than making a kid laugh?”
“Is there anything better than pussy? Yeah, a really good book.”
“Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?”
“Is there anything else I can do to see to your comfort, Miss Trent?" Perriwick inquired. "She's fine," Blake growled. "Clearly, she--" "Perriwick, isn't the west wing on fire?" Perriwick blinked, sniffed the air, and stared at his employer in dismay. "I do not understand sir.”
“Is there anything else you need from me?" Ranger asked. "Not right now." "There will come a time," Ranger said. "Let me know when." And he disconnected. I opened the freezer and stuck my head in to cool off. If there'd been any more innuendo in that conversation, I could have fried an egg on my forehead.”
Source: Fearless Fourteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel
“Is there anything else you need my assistance with?'
'Need? No.' His head turned to the side. A lock of bronze hair fell against his cheek. 'Want? Yes. But that would be selfish of me. I prefer to be greedy.'
'Are they not the same thing?'
'Not in my opinion. Greedy is not necessarily a solitary act,' he replied.”
Source: Fall of Ruin and Wrath
“Is there anything else you need to tell me?” Every time I look at you, I have to put a leash on myself. “No.”
Source: Bayou Moon
“Is there anything good about being sad? Yes, of course there is! The sad person has amassed a tremendous amount of energy, like an arrow ready to be fired, to reach happiness! Sadness creates an overwhelming desire to be happy; and ultimately this desire initiates a powerful action towards happiness!”
“Is there anything I can do?"
He gave her a tired grin. "Crawl in bed with me."
She glared at him, then got up and tossed him a terry-cloth robe she found hanging on the back of the bathroom door. "Meet me in the kitchen. I'll make you a sandwich."
"You don't need to make me a sandwich."
"But I'm going to." She left the room before he could protest further. In the kitchen, she layered grilled pancetta, tomato and lettuce on toasted thick slabs of sourdough. She added some chopped cornichons, Dijon mustard and fresh snipped tarragon to the mayo, just to show off. Around Bella Vista, her PLT's were legendary.
Mac wasn't wearing the robe when he came downstairs. He'd thrown on a pair of lived-in cutoffs, faded in all the right places, and a rumpled but clean T-shirt with a logo from a kiteboarding resort in Australia.
She cut the sandwich into quarters and set it on a pottery plate, along with a side of grapes and parmesan chips, and a beer in a frosty mug.
He regarded the small feast on the table. "I hope you don't mind if I moan in ecstasy while I eat this."
"I'd rather you didn't," she said, helping herself to a quarter of the sandwich. "Cook's tax," she explained.”
Source: The Beekeeper's Ball
“Is there anything in life so disenchanting as achievement?”
“Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider's web?”
“Is there anything in the world better than words on the page? Magic signs, the voices of the dead, building blocks to make wonderful worlds better than this one, comforters, companions in loneliness. Keepers of secrets, speakers of the truth...all those glorious words.”
“Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?”
Source: JPod
“Is there anything in your life trying to slip off? Is your health threatening to leave you? Is your joy threatening to go? Is your job in jeopardy? Is your marriage shaking? Is there anything that you have been looking for in life? Is there anything near you that is about leaving you? Is there anything that you ever lost that was so dear to you? Jesus asked me to tell you that whatever that is gone out of your hand will come back again. Whatever that has gone out of your hand that you need to stay back with you will come back again.”
Source: Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
“Is there anything like a collective brain?”
“Is there anything like faith?”
“Is there anything love couldn't make us do?
--MARTIAL, C.E. C.40-104”
Source: Spell of the Highlander
“Is there anything men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy?”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac