I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“It's better to be nominated for awards than not to be nominated for them, but of course to some degree such awards [National Book Award] are always subjective.”
“It's better to be one who is told to wait than one who waits to be told.”
Source: QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life
“It's better to be pissed off than pissed on.”
“It's better to be prepared than to get ready.”
“It's better to be quotable than honest, I don't speak, I quote. I am a fraud. I have cobbled together my personality from hundreds of little bits. I am simultaneously the most genuine and the most artificial person you will ever meet.”
“It's better to be skinny than to be fat.”
“It's better to be talked about than to be forgotten. (In other words, if you are the subject of gossip or speculation, enjoy it! Don't let someone else's negative energy control you!).”
“It's better to be the best connected than the most connected.”
“It's better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a cow.”
“It's better to be the largest independent band from Brazil instead of be the smallest mainstream band.”
“It's better to be the rejecter than the rejectee.”
“It's better to be trusted than to be liked.”
Source: The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time
“It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.”
Source: Marilyn Monroe in her own words
“It's better to become who God created you to be than to try to promote yourself to become something you're not.”
“It's better to bet on this life than on the next.”
Source: Happy Death
“It's better to break a man's leg than his heart.”
“It's better to build a peaceful child than re-build a violent adult.”
“It's better to build boys than mend men.”
Source: It's Easier to Succeed Than to Fail
“It's better to build than to buy if you can find the right people.”
“It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light.”
“It's better to burn out, than to fade away.”
“It's better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones.”
“It's better to copulate than not.”
“It's better to create something that others criticise than to create nothing and criticise others. Go create, have fun!!”
“It's better to cry than be angry, because anger hurts others while tears flow silently through the soul and cleans the heart.”
“It's better to dance like a fool, than to stand around like an idiot.”
“It's better to dance than to march through life.”
“It's better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you're weak, you're likely to be wrong anyway.”
Source: Finding a Way to Win: The Principles of Leadership, Teamwork, and Motivation
“It's better to die doing good than to live doing evil.”
“It's better to die free than live life in a cage.”
“It's better to die in pursuit of your dreams than to live a life without hope.”
Source: The Prequel Trilogy: Star Wars
“It's better to die laughing than to live each moment in fear.”
“It's better to die than to live on your knees.”
“It's better to die than to never really have lived.”
“It's better to do a dull thing with style than a dangerous thing without it.”
“It's better to do it than to talk about how perfect it could be.”
“It's better to do nothing with your money than something you don't understand.”
“It's better to do something, even if you're attached to the results.”
“It's better to embrace your roots than it is to fight it, because then you're just fighting something that you're not going to win. We're like a band of gypsies, and it makes sense.”
“It's better to emphasize biblical theology, partly because there are fine Study Bibles already available that lean into systematic theology, and partly because biblical theology is particularly strong at helping readers see how the Bible hangs together in its own categories: that is, God in his infinite wisdom chose to give us his Word in the 66 canonical books, with all of their variations in theme, emphasis, vocabulary, literary form, and distinctive contributions across time.”
“It's better to face some problems as soon as you can.”
“It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out.”
Source: The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono
“It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out. I don't appreciate worship of dead Sid Vicious or of dead James Dean or of dead John Wayne. It's the same thing. Making Sid Vicious a hero, Jim Morrison - it's garbage to me. I worship the people who survive. Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo.”
“It's better to feel sorry for doing something bad than to feel superior for doing something good.”
“It's better to fight because if you don't fight, you can't win. Besides, even when you don't win, you can change the game.”
“It's better to find a composition through an instrument and to play it and record it because you have something. It's a composition, and the song is good. It lives as a song. The worst is when you have a song and nothing is working well when you produce it. It's not like what you expect in your imagination. It's the worst because it requires a lot of work.”
“It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a decline.”
“It's better to forget than remember me and cry.”
“It's better to gather in righteousness than fellowship with darkness.”
Source: Are You Ready?: Nothing But the Blood of Jesus
“It's better to get lost in the passion than to lose the passion”