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 photographer who makes the picture, but the person being photographed.”
“It's not the physical location of birth that defines citizenship, but whether your parents are citizens, and the express or implied consent to jurisdiction of the sovereign.”
“It's not the physical scars that are the most painful.”
Source: The Eternity Cure
“It's not the pizza, darlin', its my masculine presence." Joe Morelli”
“It's not the place, I think. It's the people. We'd have all been the same anywhere else.”
“It's not the plot [of Valley of Violence] - the plot is the reason to get all these things to happen, all these character moments to happen. It was always meant to have these two perspectives.”
“It's not the possibility of Stalinism in the U.S. that's worrying me, it's the fact that the Stalinist C.P. seems doomed to fail and to bring down with it all the humanitarian tendencies I personally believe in--all the while acting as a mould on which its obverse the fascist mentality is made--and this recent massacre is certainly a sign of Stalinism's weakness not of its strength. None of that has anything to do with Marx's work--but it certainly does influence one's attitude towards a given political party.”
“It's not the principles that kill you in the end. It's the books.”
“It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.”
“It's not the punch you expect that knocks you down.”
Source: Blind Trust
“It's not the questions that get us in trouble - it's the answers.”
“It's not the rooms, it's the life you live in them”
“It's not the rules everywhere, you know? That's not the rules everywhere - that things have to be dumbed down in order to become massively popular. And that hasn't always been the rule, even in America.”
“It's not the school, the curriculum, or the teacher, but motivation that is the single most important ingredient in learning.”
“It's not the sea that drowns you-it's the puddle.”
Source: The First Circle
“It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.”
Source: The Deer Park: A Novel
“It's not the side effects of the cocaine. . . . I'm thinking that it must be love.”
“It's not the side of the bigger army that wins. It's the country that tells a better story.”
“It's not the side-effects of the cocaine - I'm thinking that it must be love. It's too late to be grateful, It's too late to be hateful, It's too late to be late again, The European cannon is here.”
“It's not the situation that's causing your stress, it's your thoughts, and you can change that right here and now. You can choose to be peaceful right here and now. Peace is a choice, and it has nothing to do with what other people do or think.”
“It's not the situation, but whether we react, or respond, to the situation that's important.”
“It's not the size of the army but the power within the army.”
“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the dog's owner - and the distance you are from your car.”
“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”
Source: Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist
“It's not the size of the hard drive that counts, it's how you download it.”
“It's not the size of the house. It's how much love is inside.”
“It's not the size of the nose that matters, it's what's inside that counts.”
“It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves.”
“It's not the skunk's fault that he's a skunk or that he gives off this really bad stink. If I am a skunk, I want to live as a skunk, I want to know what my truth is, to know the person I am without fear.”
“It's not the sort of night for bed, anyhow.”
Source: The Wind in the Willows: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“It's not the strongest or the most intelligent who survive, but those most adaptive to change. Over the past 10 years, the need for, and focus on, adaptability has accelerated.”
“It's not the strongest, but the most adaptable that survive.”
“It's not the struggle that makes us artists, but Art that makes us struggle.”
“It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.”
“It's not the subject of narration that interests me, but the structure. That's why I stay in touch with my old works, which I reread regularly. I don't hesitate to take up previously used images or even whole scenes.”
“It's not the subject that's cliché; it's cliché or not. But in fact, this is the way you're talking about it.”
“It's not the suffering of birth, death, love that the young reject, but the suffering of endless labor without dream, eating the spare bread in bitterness, being a slave without the security of a slave.”
Source: Ripening: Selected Work
“It's not the sugar that makes the tea sweet, but the stirring.”
Source: In One Era and Out the Other: A Life's Journey
“It's not the tales of Stephen King that I've read, I need protection from the things in my head . . .”
“It's not the teaching, it's the learning.”
“It's not the thing you fling, it's the fling itself.”
“It's not the things I don't understand about the Bible that bother me; it's the things I understand with perfect clarity and don't comply with that keep me up at night.”
“It's not the things we get but the hearts we touch that will determine our success in life.”
Source: The Dash: Making a Difference with Your Life from Beginning to End
“It's not the time in your life, it's the life in your time.”
“It's not the time to look for excuses.”
“It's not the time we spend but how we spend the time that truly tells our story.”
“It's not the tools that you have faith in - tools are just tools. They work, or they don't work. It's people you have faith in or not. Yeah, sure, I'm still optimistic I mean, I get pessimistic sometimes but not for long.”
Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“It's not the tragedies that kill us; it's the messes.”
Source: Dorothy Parker in Her Own Words
“It's not the traveling that takes courage Tally. I've done much longer trips on my own. It's leaving home.”
Source: Uglies
“It's not the troubles we run into, it's what we do about them which determines their net effect upon our lives ... by the very act of trying, our spirit is making progress.”