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 a guy and a girl, or a girl and a girl or a guy and a guy - it’s a relationship.”
“It’s not a lie. It’s a gift for fiction.”
“It’s not a perfect situation. But when you have to choose between two bad options, you pick the one that saves the people you love and believe in most. You just do. Okay?”
“It’s not a playoff game, it’s like the Super Bowl. … This is going to be a blood bath out there. I know they’re going to be ready to play. This is going to be a physical game. I’m sure that I’m going to be ready and I know my boys are going to be ready to back it up.”
“It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone.”
“It’s not a question of whether you will hurt, or of how much you will hurt; it’s a question of what you will do, and how well you will do it, while pain has her wanton way with you.”
Source: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
“It’s not a requirement to eat animals, we just choose to do it, so it becomes a moral choice and one that is having a huge impact on the planet, using up resources and destroying the biosphere.”
“It’s not about electing the right people. It’s about a narrowing their responsibilities.”
Source: No, They Can't: Why Government Fails-But Individuals Succeed
“It’s not about finding your voice, it’s about giving yourself permission to use your voice.”
“It’s not about having a Silicon Valley attitude—it’s about having an entrepreneurial attitude. It’s about partnering with other organizations in and around your area. It’s about thinking big with entrepreneurs that sit next to you in your coworking space. It’s about collaborating with tech gurus, social media wizards and community leaders at cool business events. It’s the people that make a community an entrepreneurial one—not the location—and it’s up to you to contribute.”
“It’s not about how much pressure you put on, it’s how good you are at taking it off.”
“It’s not about how much you sleep. It’s what you do while you’re awake.”
“It’s not about keeping up the population, it’s about passing on who we are and what we've learned, so things keep going. So we don’t just end.”
Source: Warm Bodies and The New Hunger: A Special 5th Anniversary Edition
“It’s not about making money for themselves or the company, but making a difference in the lives of others.”
“It’s not about revenues: the fundamental economics in digital business is scale and margins. The top line has become the bottom line.”
“It’s not about the amount of time you devote but rather what you devote to that time that counts.”
“It’s not about the budget; it’s about the power...So will the attack on unions succeed? I don’t know. But anyone who cares about retaining government of the people by the people should hope that it doesn’t.”
“It’s not about the dress you wear, but it’s about the life you lead in the dress.”
“It’s not about the money. Its about creating a business out of your life’s purpose and mission.”
“It’s not about trying to change the world, it’s about trying to not be changed by it”
“It’s not about what we do, or what we feel, it’s about what He did and what He felt. It’s about what Christ has done for us.”
“It’s not about what you said. It’s not about what you did. It’s not about what you love. It’s about them feeling bad about themselves.”
“It’s not about what you wear, but about how you live your life”
“It’s not about you. The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It’s far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions. If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.”
Source: What on Earth Am I Here For? Purpose Driven Life
“It’s not always easy to get over some of those bumps in the road, those disillusionments and disappointments. It’s going to take a strong will. Sometimes, it may take courage. Sometimes nothing but faith in God and say, I refuse to be trapped in the past. I’m not going to let the past destroy my future. I’m pressing on. I’m straining forward, knowing that God has great things in store for me.”
“It’s not always enough to be forgiven by someone, in most cases we have to forgive ourselves first.”
“It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.”
“It’s not Brittney’s face, not her smile, not even her eyes. All of that surface stuff made the world see her as beautiful, but it was the deeper stuff that made her different.”
“It’s not comparing yourself with others who call themselves Christians. Compare yourself to the Scripture.”
“It’s not contagious, you know. Death is as natural as life. It’s part of the deal we made.”
Source: Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson
“It’s not cool. I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you’ve made a billion dollars, you’ve probably become uncool.”
“It’s not difficult to coach to just get 10 players right on your 18-yard box.”
“It’s not easy remembering the good times.”
“It’s not easy to ask… asking makes you vulnerable.”
“It’s not easy to find old-school journalism in true crime … yet with Lethal Intent, author Sue Russell proves how integrity, tenacity, brutal truth and honest reporting become essential components to what is a riveting—if not terrifying—narrative of America’s most hated ‘monster,’ Aileen Carol Wuornos. It’s not easy humanizing serial killers, but through an objective lens, clear and defined, Russell paints a graphic portrait of Wuornos’ evil intentions and rough life—a true page-turner, breathless, intense—but also important.”
“It’s not easy to get rid of unwanted things.”
“It’s not enough to be able to lie with a straight face; anybody with enough gall to raise on a busted flush can do that. The first way to lie artistically is to tell the truth — but not all of it. The second way involves telling the truth, too, but is harder: Tell the exact truth and maybe all of it…but tell it so unconvincingly that your listener is sure you are lying.”
Source: Time Enough for Love
“It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.”
Source: 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Precepts
“It’s not enough to have talent. You also have to be Hungarian.”
“It’s not enough to shelve your own competitive streak. You have to try, consciously, to help others succeed.”
Source: An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
“It’s not enough to wish, it’s not enough to dream, it’s not enough to promise. We must do.”
“It’s not enough to withdraw from society and seek your own salvation, your own individuation. The individuator must return to society (“collectivity”) to contribute his or her new insights, his or her new values, which must be at least equal to if not greater than the norm.”
“It’s not exactly that I can’t stay in one place. It’s that if I’m in one place, I have to rearrange it every four to six months! I have to completely change my room!”
“It’s not getting the million that’s important, it’s what it makes of you to achieve becoming a MILLIONAIRE.”
“It’s not getting to the wall that counts; it’s what you do after you hit it.”
“It’s not God that I do not accept, you understand, it is this world of God’s, created by God, that I do not accept and cannot agree to accept.”
Source: The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue
“It’s not God that I don’t accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return him the ticket.”
Source: The Brothers Karamazov
“It’s not going to be easy to proceed. There are going to be barriers, difficulties, hardships, failures - it’s inevitable. But unless the spirit of the last year, here and elsewhere in the country and around the globe, unless that continues to grow and becomes a major force in the social and political world, the chances for a decent future are not very high.”
“It’s not good enough to imitate the models proposed for us that are answers to circumstances other than our own. It isn’t even enough to discover who we are. We have to invent ourselves.”
Source: A Rosario Castellanos Reader: An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays and Drama
“It’s not great when your husband thinks the only guy who can talk to you, is some other guy.”
Source: Everyday Psychopaths