I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“It's no good saying I wished I could go out more, because I can't. But I don't bother about it too much.”
“It's no good saying one thing and doing another.”
“It's no good saying, 'hold it' to a moment in real life.”
“It's no good starting out by thinking one is a heaven-born genius- some people are, but very few. No, one is a tradesman - a tradesman in a good honest trade. You must learn the technical skills, and then, within that trade, you can apply your own creative ideas, but you must submit them to the discipline of form.”
Source: Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
“It's no good talking to a man with an apology for a brain.”
“It's no good telling somebody they're trying too hard. It's very much like ordering a child to go stand in a corner for a half hour and never once think about elephants.”
“It's no good to lose touch with people who mean a lot.”
Source: Shelter Mountain: Book 2 of Virgin River series
“It's no good to shoot a guy anymore. It's not enough. Nobody is throwing anybody off of buildings after seeing these movies, but they are smoking after seeing some good-looking celebrity smoke.”
“It's no good to want to win still more when you have already won.”
“It's no good trying to get rid of your own aloneness. You've got to stick to it all your life. Only at times, at times, the gap will be filled in. At times! But you have to wait for the times. Accept your own aloneness and stick to it, all your life. And then accept the times when the gap is filled in, when they come. But they've got to come. You can't force them.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)
“It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.”
Source: Cakes and Ale
“It's no good trying to teach people who need to be taught.”
Source: Book of Lies
“It's no good. I've been trying to sleep for the last half-hour, and I can't. Writing here is a sort of drug. It's the only thing I look forward to. This afternoon I read what I wrote... And it seemed vivid. I know it seems vivid because my imagination fills in all the bits another person wouldn't understand. I mean, it's vanity. But it seems a sort of magic... And I just can't live in this present. I would go mad if I did”
Source: The Collector
“It's no great achievement to go along with the crowd. Be the unusual guy, the extraordinary guy.”
Source: The Compound Effect
“It's no great secret, number one, in my view, and I think the view of most Americans, that Congress itself is pretty dysfunctional. We are not addressing the real needs of the American people. And second of all, philosophically, there is a huge division between the House and the Senate.”
“It's no laughing matter being a Republican in these perilous times. Anyone can be a Republican when the stock market is up, but when stocks are selling for no more than they're worth, I tell you, being a Republican - it's a sacrifice.”
Source: Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)
“It's no longer a fad to be down for the young Black male. Everybody wants to go past. Like the gangster stuff, it just got exploited.”
“It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.”
“It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.”
“It's no longer about pitching the Today Show. It's about creating content that will attract the Today Show.”
“It's no longer an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species.”
Source: Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream
“It's no longer enough to teach our children Bible stories; they need doctrine and apologetics.”
“It's no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that it's gonna get better. We have to make it better now.”
“It's no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean.”
“it's no longer socially acceptable to make bigoted statements and racist remarks. Some people are having an awful time with that: 'I didn't know anybody would be offended!' Well, where have you been? I remember when people got away with it and they don't anymore. That's fabulous.”
“It's no longer terribly sexy to own shares in certain companies; it used to be that being a shareholder in a corporation would connect you with it. The result is that people really want to invest in valuable things, and contemporary art has become a very stable material value with great growth potential.”
“It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”
“It's no mistake that Harriet Tubman is revisiting us, in different forms, right now, as we travel through a very contentious time in the world. Her spirit is one that we absolutely need today, as we face odds that are akin to the divisive and systemic oppression that we read about in our history books, but it's taken on a modern-day articulation of itself. I almost believe that Harriet Tubman asked God for a leave like, "I'm gonna need to go back down there and take care of some things. They're in trouble."”
“It's no mystery why many of us in the media can't get enough of the fabricators Jayson Blair and Stephen Glass, the latter of whom concocted more than a score of bogus feature stories for the New Republic (and who wrote for other magazines, including this one, once) in the mid-1990s. Anyone--journalist, student, academic--who has ever stared at a blank screen, their brains grinding emptiness, and thought, How can I fill this hole? knows that in those desperate moments before a deadline, almost anyone can do almost anything: make stuff up, plagiarize, scribble senseless half-truths.”
“It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?”
Source: The World According to Joan
“It's no secret - I love detective fiction. One of the reasons I love being in London is because I like to watch all the shows on TV. I watch them all.”
“It's no secret - if you know me, have ever met me or have shared a meal with me - that I'm a passionate environmentalist.”
“It's no secret that Europeans and Americans win most Nobel prizes.”
“It's no secret that I am not afraid to shine bright and be festive, and I like to encourage that in others.”
“It's no secret that I didn't love 'An Officer And A Gentleman' then, and I certainly don't love it now, so at least no one could accuse me of being inconsistent.”
“It's no secret that I love the Ultimate line.”
“It's no secret that I love to talk, but the real secret is I love to listen, too.”
“It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.”
“It's no secret that I've always had an interest in mythology. Whether it's Arthurian or ancient Greek or even Marvel universe. I've always connected with it on some level.”
“It's no secret that I've become known for my strong political views.”
“It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things.”
“It's no secret that in my books I'm trying to make the comic and the serious rub up against each other just as closely and uncomfortably as I can.”
“It's no secret that in New York during the last 30 years there has been a tragic exodus from the churches into materialism, secularism and humanism.”
“It's no secret that my family was very, very poor, and I don't want that for my life or my children's life certainly. But some might say I could relax a bit more and know that that's not going to happen to me. I'm not going to end up in a car.”
“It's no secret that my process is a little bit loose and can be a little bit infuriating to a studio if they don't know what they're signing up for.”
“It's no secret that our nation's public universities want to transform American young people into a bunch of hyper-sensitive, intellectually-neutered cream puffs.”
“It's no secret that the Democrat Party considers the American military to be the focus of evil in the modern world. So anything the American military does to eradicate evil, makes the evil that we're eradicating understandable and justified.”
“It's no secret that this is the only place I've ever wanted to work. When people ask me where I went to school, I tell them WWE University.”
“It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.”
“It's no shame to fall down, but it is a shame to just stay down.”