I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“It's not the ink, it's the think.”
“It's not the innocent young things that need gentle handling--it's the ones that have been frightened and hurt.”
Source: The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, and Unnatural Death
“It's not the intensity of the man, but the duration of his intensity that makes the man great.”
“It's not the Jews that killed Christ. It was a political situation, and it was the Romans who killed Jesus. They put Jesus on the cross, not the Jews”
“It's not the job of government to help the poor. The church is the mechanism that God put on earth to help the poor.”
“It's not the job of this town to make me feel happy. It's not this town´s fault that I don't feel I fit in. It doesn't matter where you are in the world, because it's about where you are in your head. It's about the other world I inhabit. The world of dreams, hope, imagination, and memories. I'm happy up here, and because of that I'm happy up there too”
“It's not the kind of tuna that I eat.”
“It's not the lack of ability or opportunity that holds you back; it is only a lack of confidence in yourself.”
“It's not the lack of resources that cause failure, it's the lack of resourcefulness that causes failure.”
“It's not the large things that send a man to the madhouse... no, it's the continuing series of small tragedies... not the death of his love but the shoelace that snaps with no time left.”
“It's not the length but the quality of life that matters to me. It has always been important to me to write one sentence at a time, to live every day as if it were my last and judge it in those terms, often badly, not because it lacked grand gesture or grand passion but because it failed in the daily virtues of self-discipline, kindness, and laughter. It is love, very ordinary, human love, and not fear, which is the good teacher and the wisest judge.”
“It's not the length of the word; it's how well you use it!”
Source: Stray
“It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you.”
Source: Here On Earth
“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.”
“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. Carry it by the comfortable handles of gratitude for what's positive and that it is not worse, rather than the uncomfortable edges of bitterness for the negatives and that it is not better.”
“It's not the loss of life that makes the death bitter -- it's the obituaries.”
“It's not the loving that hurts this girl; it's the understanding of it for what it is, that it will never be returned in the same way, that threatens to destroy her. But to unload the words - "I love you" - on an innocent party who didn't ask for it, to reach across the dark space and touch him - it's like the world she knows could end if she dared speak these words, dared make such a move.”
Source: You Know Where to Find Me
“It's not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.”
Source: The Art of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
“It's not the man who pushes himself the hardest... it's the man who pushes himself the hardest after it gets painful.”
“It's not the mathematical skill that's critical to winning; it's the discipline of being able to stick to the system.”
“It's not the matter you cover so much as it is the manner in which you cover it.”
“It's not the meaning of life we seek but our aliveness. Once we have that, the meaning of life is obvious.”
“It's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art.”
Source: The Calvin & Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
“It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.”
“It's not the method, it's the mindset.”
“It's not the microwave that's the problem, it's what people put into them. I know people lead busy lives but they should try to sit their children down at the table once a week and cook them simple food.”
“It's not the mistakes I made but how I responded to them”
“It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.”
“It's not the most conducive weather to play softball in, but you've got to come out and play it.”
“It's not the most intellectual job in the world, but I do have to know the letters.”
“It's not the most normal life in the world, but I screw up plenty of times to be a normal teenager.”
“It's not the most powerful animal that survives. It's the most efficient.”
“It's not the moutain we conquer but ourselves.”
“It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player.”
“It's not the name they call you, it's the name you answer to.”
“It's not the networks, it's the advertisers who want to appeal to the young males who go to the movies and buy all of this stuff.”
“It's not the nineteenth century; I'm not meant to be judged on how good a housekeeper I am. Getting down on the floor with a lemon and a bucket of vinegar does not make me a better person.”
Source: Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity
“It's not the norm when creators have any protections with regards to creative control. And so it took some time, I think, for the strip to gain enough popularity where I had enough leverage to come in and say, "It has to be done in a certain way or it's not going to be done at all," and then have people willing to put up with that who were ultimately paying for it. You know, for them to be willing to kind of concede those kind of things. It just takes time, you know?”
“It's not the normal way to look at things but I experienced death at a really young age and because of that it's been part of my mental landscape that death is really very possible.”
“It's not the note you play that's the wrong note - it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.”
“It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play.”
“It's not the number of years that makes you old, but the idea that you are getting old.”
“It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of.”
“It's not the one thing nor the other that leads to madness, but the space in between.”
Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“It's not the outer appearance that matters, it's what's inside.”
“It's not the pace of life I mind. It's the sudden stop at the end.”
“It's not the pain I'm afraid of; I know about the pain. What I'm afraid of is the end of this small, sweet dream.”
“It's not the parts of the Bible I don't know that worries me...it's the parts that I do.”
“It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing.”
“It's not the people who vote that count. It's the people who count the votes.”