I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.”
“It has yet to be shown by direct biochemical methods, as opposed to the indirect genetic evidence mentioned earlier, that the code is indeed a triplet code.”
“It has, moreover, been proven that horror, nastiness, and the frightful are what give pleasure when one fornicates. Beauty is a simple thing; ugliness is the exceptional thing. And fiery imaginations, no doubt, always prefer the extraordinary thing to the simple thing.”
Source: The 120 days of Sodom and other writings
“It hasn't always been this way, because glaciers
who are ice ghosts create oceans, carve earth
and shape this city here, by the sound.
They swim backwards in time.”
Source: She Had Some Horses
“It hasn't been just a weekend for me, Wilson. I've wanted you for so long. I fought off the thoughts every day, exhausting every option to keep you off my mind; I can't do it anymore. I want you right here.”
Source: Almost Eighteen
“It hasn’t been that long since Jules died—a little more than four months now. Sometimes it feels like it was yesterday. Sometimes it feels like it’s been a year.
But it only takes a moment to remember how it felt to hear that she was gone. And I know that pain will linger forever.”
Source: Remind Me to Hate You Later
“It hasn't gotten easier Tax. It never will. You said you wouldn't leave me. But here I am, all alone.”
Source: Debt
“It hasn't always easy to combine these two competing ambitions and, in retrospect, it's a shame no one steered me towards science communications, which I think would have suited me down to the ground. But careers advice has largely been absent from my life, so I have pretty much made it up as I've gone along!”
“It hasn't been a totally smooth road, but in the whole span of things I feel like a very lucky person.”
“It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather.”
“It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.”
“It hasn't been until the last couple years that I've started playing close to my age. But it's fun playing the younger roles because it takes you back to the teen years.”
“It hasn't escaped my notice that you only compliment me when you're intoxicated.”
Source: Halfway to the Grave: A Night Huntress Novel
“It hasn't even been competitive. That's the first thing we're going to have to do is just find a way to stay competitive because these (first two games) have been over by halftime. We saw that last year too (on Halloween). It was 21-3 (Steelers) at the end of the first quarter.”
“It hasn't taken them long, they began by telling us they would have a positive and patriotic case and they're back to project fear within minutes. There they go again they have nothing positive to say.”
“It hasn't yet materialized that I went into sports management, but I haven't ruled it out yet, either. I only half-jokingly remarked that I'd love to be the commissioner of the NFL. But as I recently told current Commissioner Roger Goodell, that job looked a lot more appealing when I was struggling with the Russians and the Iranians everyday.”
“It hath been said, that there is of nothing so much in hell as of self-will. The which is true, for there is nothing else there than self-will, and if there were no self-will, there would be no Devil and no hell. When it is said that Lucifer fell from Heaven, and turned away from God and the like, it meaneth nothing else than that he would have his own will, and would not be at one with the Eternal Will. So was it likewise with Adam in Paradise. And when we say Self-will, we mean, to will otherwise than as the One and Eternal Will of God willeth.”
“It hath ever been the use of the conqueror to despise the language of the conquered, and to force him by all means to learn his.”
Source: A View of the State of Ireland
“It hath evermore been the notorious badge of prostituted Strumpets and the lewdest Harlots, to ramble abroad to Plays, to Playhouses; whither no honest, chaste or sober Girls or Women, but only branded Whores and infamous Adulteresses, did usually resort in ancient times.”
“It haunted him all night, while he slept alone; it was still there in the morning, when he swallowed his coffee and backed down the driveway in the crumpled old Ford. And riding to work, one of the youngest and healthiest passengers on the train, he sat with the look of a man condemned to a very slow, painless death. He felt middle-aged.”
Source: Revolutionary Road
“It having been a very cold night last night I had got some cold, and so in pain by wind, and a sure precursor of pain is sudden letting off farts, and when that stops, then my passages stop and my pain begins”
Source: The Shorter Pepys
“It having been said above that God bends all the reprobate, and even Satan himself, at his will, three objections are started. First, that this happens by the permission, not by the will of God. To this objection there is a twofold reply, the one, that angels and men, good and bad, do nothing but what is appointed by God; the second, that all movements are secretly directed to their end by the hidden inspiration of God.”
Source: Institutes of the Christian Religion
“It heals. To see me, in you! - Soul Love”
Source: Coming Home
“It heartens me to think of Verdi who composed thundering operas in his eighties; Michelangelo who did fine work in his ninetieth year, and Titian, who painted better than ever in his one hundredth.”
“It helped me when I decided that we're on this planet to learn to live together and get along.”
“It helped that I was working with a pretty awesome recipe. Baba had this way of drawing out the tender in his meat, marinating and using delicate pinches of spice that he dusted gently over the hills and valleys of slices and rolled balls and rural-hewed chunks destined for gyros or meat trays or to be garnished with salad within a deliciously sloppy naan sandwich.”
Source: Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
“It helped that my father had finally found his true calling. We could all breathe easier knowing he was now busy managing day-to-day operations in hell. Some would say it was wrong to disrespect the dead, but I'd say his inability to respect the living was the greater crime.”
Source: The Spire
“It helped to realize that the words of prayers… can do their work in us even when we’re too numb to realize it. Because those words are meant to remind us of how we should be inclining our hearts. And those actions—they are God working, not us. Whether we feel it or not, whether we are aware of it or not, He’s there. He’s present. He’s pouring out His grace on us.”
Source: Shadowed Loyalty
“It helped us both—shared failure is always a comfort.”
Source: Dear Mr. Knightley
“It helps being from somewhere other than Hollywood, not having grown up with that sense of film-making. I really wasn't exposed to that as a young woman.”
“It helps certain church leaders identify the fact that they have the spiritual gift of leadership that the Bible talks about in Romans 12:8. Once you understand that God has given a gift, then training becomes more seriously. When you receive better training, you become more effective in the leadership position that God has assigned to you.”
“It helps enormously to have had a loving mother. Mothers can give their daughters permission to love their fathers. Mothers can help their daughters feel good about becoming mothers. Mothers can help daughters learn the value of openness and female friendship, especially when times are bad,”
Source: Women and Their Fathers: The Sexual and Romantic Impact of the First Man in Your Life
“It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.”
“It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no?”
“It helps if you don't see it as traffic but rather as thousands of individuals resolved to press on another day.”
“It helps if you really enjoy your jobs. If you don't, then just think about the money.”
“It helps if you remember that everyone is doing their best from their level of consciousness.”
“It helps immerse yourself in what you potentially want to do. Being involved, learning firsthand and observing the craft and absorbing all you can, makes it easier to define what you want. It will also ultimately make you a better Chef. Culinary school, or even a single class, is a great bet too.”
“It helps me chill out and focus.”
“It helps me if I remember that God is in charge of my day - not I.”
Source: Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life
“It helps me sleep at night.”
“It helps me when I help people.”
“It helps parents to feel better if we remind them of our failures with them! And how they turned out just fine despite our imperfections.... We never get over needing nurturing parents. The more we comfort our own adult children, the more they can comfort our grandchildren.”
“It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.”
“It helps so much being on location. It's like the difference between performing for the rectangle of the camera versus a world being created and then the camera finds things within that. There's a huge difference in that, because what it takes away is performance. You don't feel like performing. You're just kind of doing it. You're existing.”
“It helps the panic,' he said quietly, 'to remind myself that I got out. That we all got out.'
'Barely.' I tried to breathe. I couldn't, I couldn't-
'We got out. And it might happen again if we don't go inside.'
The chill mist bit at my face. And I tried- I did- to take a step toward it.
My body refused to obey.
I tried to take a step again; I tried for Elain and Nesta and the human world that might be wrecked, but... I couldn't.
'Please,' I whispered. I didn't care if it meant that I'd failed my first day of work.
Rhysand, as promised, didn't ask questions as he gripped my hand and brought us back to the winter sun and rich colours of Velaris.”
Source: A Court of Mist and Fury
“It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.”
“It helps to be stupid if you're a relief pitcher. Relievers had to get into a zone of their own. I just hope I'm stupid enough.”
“It helps to even look in the mirror - and it sounds so cheesy - but if you just look in the mirror and say, 'You are beautiful,' and 'You are worthy,' those things really help you.”
“It helps to have someone in the same boat as you... There's a lot of pressure, so it helps to have someone who's also young and famous and has a lot of pressure to succeed.”