I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“It doesn't have to be happy music to be inspiring.”
“It doesn't have to be like that but mostly it is.”
Source: Written On The Body
“It doesn't have to be on Valentine's Day. It doesn't have to be by the time you turn eighteen or thirty-three or fifty-nine. It doesn't have to conform to whatever is usual. It doesn't have to be kismet at once, or rhapsody by the third date. It just has to be. In time. In place. In spirit. It just has to be.”
Source: How They Met and Other Stories
“It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to get done.”
“It doesn't have to be perfect...as long as you're happy with it.”
“It doesn't have to be pretty. It has to be meaningful.”
“It doesn't have to be somber to be sacred.”
“It doesn't have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don't try to make them elaborate, this isn't a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak.”
“It doesn't have to be the Grand Canyon, it could be a city street, it could be the face of another human being - Everything is full of wonder.”
“It doesn't have to be the same line that we have had for the last 40 years, because that clearly isn't working on any level. But you have got to have a pretty clear line on this crucial issue.”
“It doesn't have to be the truth, just your vision of it, written down.”
“It doesn't have to glitter to be gold.”
“It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does.”
“It doesn't help anybody to put out a bad script.”
“It doesn't help anyone to judge their happiness or career by looking at where others may or may not be. Dad said it best: 'All the time you're looking left and right at other people, you're neglecting what's in front of you.If you focus on looking straight ahead, you can take the odd glance at the future.' He's got a way of saying things sometimes that just puts everything into perspective.”
“It doesn't help for you to name a character's first name be Mindy and then be like, "I'm nothing like the character."”
“It doesn't help that we are three generations of actresses, who are always obsessed with losing time. But on the other side, historically, women have much more time on their hands than before. It goes together-the more time we have, the more we're flipping out about how we've got to deal with it.”
“It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent.”
“It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime.”
“It doesn't hurt me on a personal level, but it hurts me on a larger level of like, why are people so stupid? Why do we have to go through these unnecessary exercises. Fight crime, don't fight me. If you really want to make a difference don't fight me or Fugazi.”
“It doesn't hurt me unless I interpret its happening as harmful to me. I can choose not to.”
Source: Meditations: A New Translation
“It doesn't hurt me. I'm not governed by the fear of what other people say. Events don't elicit feelings; I think beliefs elicit feelings, and I understand what my beliefs are and I know how I am.”
“It doesn't hurt my feeling when I get vilified by fundamentalist religious people. I've actually made comedy out of it. I've made light of that.”
“It doesn't hurt my voice or anything because some impressions tear my throat apart. [Christophen] Walken is easy; I can do it in my sleep. They all know it by heart. I did it on The Simpsons. I'm surprised that people still want to hear it.”
“It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time.”
“It doesn't hurt to look 75 to 100 years out, That's a gift to future generations.”
“It doesn't hurt to lose my crown, it hurts to lose.”
“It doesn't hurt. Nothing hurts except the small smiles and blushes that flash across the room like tiny sparrows.”
Source: Speak
“It doesn't hurt." "But my eyes do," said a coolly amused voice from the doorway. Jace. He had come in so quietly that even Simon hadn't heard him; closing the door behind him, he grinned as Isabelle pulled Simon's shirt down. "Molesting the vampire while he's too weak to fight back, Iz?" he asked. "I'm pretty sure that violates at least one of the Accords." "I'm just showing him where he got stabbed," Isabelle protested, but she scooted back to her chair with a certain amount of haste.”
Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels
“It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.”
“It doesn't interest me if there is one God or many gods. I want to know if you belong or feel abandoned. If you know despair or can see it in others.”
Source: The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship
“It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know whether you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.”
“It doesn't look great if you cancel the reigning Best Comedy Program, you know, you're gonna take a hit from a... from sort of a public relations standpoint.”
“It doesn't look like Michelle Obama follows her own nutritionary dietary advice. And then we hear that she's out eating ribs at 1500 calories a serving with 141 grams of fat ... No, I'm trying to say that our first lady does not project the image of women that you might see on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue or of a woman Alex Rodriguez might date every six months or what have you.”
“It doesn't look like much work goes on at this university.”
“It doesn't look nearly as big as it did the first time I saw one. Mickey McGuire and I used to sit hour after hour in the cockpit of the one that American used for training, at the company school in Chicago, saying to each other, 'My God, do you think we'll ever learn to fly anything this big?'”
“It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead.”
Source: Catch-22: A Novel
“It doesn't make a difference how gradually you go so long as you don't stop.”
“It doesn't make a lot of sense for us to borrow money from the Chinese to go give to another country for humanitarian aid. We ought to get the Chinese to take care of the people.”
“It doesn't make a whole of sense to me to waste pitches.”
“It doesn't make any difference how much money a father earns, his name is always Dad-Can-I.... Like all other children, my five have one great talent: they are gifted beggars. Not one of them ever ran into the room, looked up at me, and said, "I'm really happy that you're my father, and as a tangible token of my appreciation, here's a dollar.”
“It doesn't make any difference if you are in favor of capital punishment or if you are opposed to capital punishment. The fact of the matter is that as a viable penalty, capital punishment does not work at this time and has not worked in the State of Florida for many, many years.”
“It doesn't make any difference what religion you are, or how young you are or how old you are-if they go to these abortion mills and stand there and pray-that would make a lot of difference.”
“It doesn't make any sense. If the SIM are policemen, secret or not, shouldn't we trust them instead of being afraid of them?”
Source: Before We Were Free
“It doesn't make any sense... that's why I trust it!”
“It doesn't make me very happy to be on my computer all the time. I've never been drawn to that world.”
“It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.”
Source: Jackson Pollock: black enamel paintings, April-May 1990
“It doesn't make much sense and it's nil premium. They're going to have co-CEOs...which is a very uncomfortable structure.”
“It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law.”
“It doesn't make sense to change who you are just to hang out with people you think are cool. You know, you just have to be yourself.”