I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.”
“It costs a lot of money to release a movie. What you'd call art-house movies - movies that don't have big stars or big budgets - they're very hard for distributors to get behind 'em and take chances.”
“It costs a lot to be authentic. And one can't be stingy with these things because you are more authentic the more you resemble what you've dreamed of being.”
“It costs a lot to build bad products”
“It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers.”
“It costs a man just as much or even more to go to hell than to come to heaven. Narrow, exceedingly narrow is the way to perdition!”
“It costs about $27 million to win a seat in the United States Senate, so when you win one, you like to sit down.”
“It costs an unreasonable woman no more to pass over one reason than another; they cherish themselves most where they are most wrong.”
Source: Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays
“It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.”
Source: Mere Christianity
“It costs lots of money to make records. It costs lots of money to generate artwork and manufacture and then ship things to people. If it keeps getting stolen, then the band has less ability to come to your town and perform. And that is ultimately what all of us want to do.”
“It costs me never a stab nor squirm / To tread by chance upon a worm. / Aha, my little dear, / I say, Your clan will pay me back one day.”
“It costs money to stay healthy, but it's even more expensive to get sick.”
“It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
[It costs more to do ill than to do well.]”
“It costs more to maintain ten vices than one virtue.”
“It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.”
“It costs no money to be kind.
It takes no extra time to be kind.”
Source: Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best
“It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend.”
Source: The Richest Man in Babylon
“It costs nothing to dream and everything not to”
“It costs nothing to leave a review.
It costs nothing to refer friends & family
It costs nothing to follow on social media.
It costs nothing to Share content.
It costs nothing to Engage with posts.
It costs nothing to Subscribe to emails.
It costs nothing to Give me a shoutout.
It costs nothing to Cheer me on.
Just some of the ways that you can help Indie authors like me. Thank you.”
“It costs nothing to say please and thank you. But forgetting those magic words can cost you everything.”
Source: The Path to a Meaningful Life
“It costs nothing to say something kind. Even less to shut up altogether.”
“It costs nothing to smile. Do it as often as possible”
“It costs so much to be a full human being that there are very few who have the Love and the courage to pay the price. One has to abandon altogether the search for security and reach out to the risks of living with both arms. One has to embrace life.”
“It costs something to be a real Christian, according to the standard of the Bible. There are enemies to be overcome, battles to be fought, sacrifices to be made, an Egypt to be forsaken, a wilderness to be passed through, a cross to be carried, a race to be run. Conversion is not putting a person in an arm-chair and taking them easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.”
“It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.”
“It costs ten times more to govern us than it used to, and we are not governed one-tenth as good.”
Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Hoover years, 1931-1933
“It costs the comedian nothing to stop telling fat, homophobic, and transphobic jokes. Nothing! If they couldn't get someone to laugh outside of those contexts, they should consider a new profession.”
Source: Fat Girls in Black Bodies: Creating Communities of Our Own
“It costs the same to send a person to prison or to Harvard. The difference is the curriculum.”
“It costs to be a friend or to have a friend. There is nothing else in life except motherhood that costs so much. It not only costs time, affection, patience, love, but sometimes a man must even lay down his life for his friends. There is no true friendship without self-abnegation, self-sacrifice.”
Source: What is Worth While?
“It costs us $1 million for every troop[soldier] in Afghanistan.”
“It costs us so little to go vegan. It costs animals so much if we don't.”
“It costs you nothing to err on the side of "care".”
Source: The Witches Are Coming
“It costs you something to do good!”
Source: Zora Neale Hurston: Novels and Stories: Jonah's Gourd Vine / Their Eyes Were Watching God / Moses, Man of the Mountain / Seraph on the Suwanee / Selected Stories
“It could all be so simple, but you'd rather make it hard, lovin you is like a battle, and we both end up with scars, tell me who i have to be, to get some reciprocity.”
Source: The Maintenance Man: A Novel
“It could all be so simple, but you'd rather make it hard, loving you is like a battle, and we both end up with scars”
“It could all end tomorrow, so enjoy what you have and never take it for granted. And never forget to take an easy run for yourself once in a while and just remember why you love to run.”
“It could appear that I'm some kind of natural genius, but it's just a million small lessons I've picked up over the years.”
“It could be a great script but the director is not the right person for me to work for at this time. So there are a lot of elements that come into play and a lot of variables, but more than anything it's got to be a great script and a great character.”
“It could be a sign of pride in your life if a word of reproof or admonition is not able to be received with the same grace, whether it be given by the poorest of saints or the most educated person.”
“It could be a spoonful of diamonds, could be a spoonful of gold. Just a little spoon of your precious love satisfies my soul.”
“It could be a stupid thing to say, but people should realize that it is easy to get concerned about yourself and to lose contact.”
“It could be another election where the alignments between Republicans and Democrats are different than they were this time and who a foreign country prefers.”
“It could be any date night. Perhaps Tom takes her to Ray's in Ballard. They share a bottle of Chateau Ste. Michelle Dry Riesling, even though Tom is more of a negroni man. The wine goes well with her market halibut and the view of the bay. He has the filet mignon, and judging by the bite he offers her, it's exquisite.
Or perhaps it's that Mexican place somewhere in Ravenna, operated out of an old house. The wall paint is chipping, but the air is sweet with the aroma of freshly cut tomatillos. They have margaritas and share chicken mole, with extra chips and fresh guacamole on the side.
No matter where they go, it has been a long day, a bad day for Elle. She probably dropped a pie, or an angry customer yelled at Bonnie, or old milk ruined a batch of cake batter. She probably almost said no to Tom's spontaneous idea for a dinner date. As usual, though, she's glad she didn't. The crème brûlée or fried ice cream is reason enough-- let alone the way he makes the negativity melts away.”
Source: The Ingredients of Us
“It could be any of a billion Gods. It could be God of the Martians or of the inhabitants of Alpha Centauri. The chance of its being a particular God, Yahweh, the God of Jesus, is vanishingly small - at the least, the onus is on you to demonstrate why you think that's the case.”
“It could be anything, give a homeless guy a sandwich, help an old lady across the street like anything to make this world a better place. If everybody just did one good thing for another person like a selfless good deed just think about how much a better place this would be.”
“It could be anything. It could be Jesus and it could be the Furby and it could be the lint that lives in my navel, but it's probably not. Whatever it is, I doubt we as humans on Earth could have any perception of it while we're here. So, why give yourself a headache thinking about it. Just be a good person. That's what an ethicist is.”
“It could be argued that all leadership is appreciative leadership. It’s the capacity to see the best in the world around us, in our colleagues, and in the groups we are trying to lead. It’s the capacity to see the most creative and improbable opportunities in the marketplace. It’s the capacity to see with an appreciative eye the true and the good, the better and the possible.”
“It could be argued that every age gets the comfort savagery writer it deserves.”
“It could be argued that there is an element of entertainment in every pie, as every pie is inherently a surprise by virtue of its crust.”
Source: Pie: A Global History
“It could be argued that we leave everything most loved with each new experience that demands we grow.”
Source: What Would Maisie Do?: A Companion to the Best-Selling Maisie Dobbs Series – Timeless Wisdom and Inspiration for Fans