I Quotes
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“I don't claim to know all the answers but I can be your friend, philosopher, and guide.”
“I don't claim to know everything, Wally. I only claim that everything can eventually be known.”
Source: The Spirit of Pessimism
“I don’t coddle first-years anymore,”
Source: Onyx Storm
“I don't collect women (lovers). I don't collect men (friends). I don't collect useless trinkets (Funko Pops). I don't collect manufactured experiences (I VOTED stickers). I do collect authentic interactions, and it's rare that a consoomer provides a fertile situation.”
Source: A Memoir of Memories and Memes
“I don't come from a rich family, but a rich family will come from me.”
“I don't come from the past, I come from now, here in the cauldron of plague. When the doors to the camps were finally beaten down, the Jews of Europe no longer came from Poland and Holland and France. They came from Auschwitz and Buchenwald. But I will never understand how the straights could have let us die like this - year after year after year, collaborating by indifference - except by sifting through the evidence of my queer journey.”
Source: Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story
“I don’t compete with anyone in order to feel complete, I am just content with who I am and that makes me feel complete.”
“I don`t compete with anyone;
Others are too lazy to run my race.”
Source: Ticket to All-Inclusive Life
“I don't compete with fools, because they have nothing to lose and so much to gain.”
“I don't compete with women, I cooperate with them.”
Source: I WILL BE A BILLIONAIRE: The right mindset is the first step towards the journey.
“I don't complain about the horror of life; I complain about the horror of my life. The only fact I worry about is that I exist and suffer and can't even dream of being removed from my feeling of suffering.”
Source: The Book of Disquiet
“I don't confuse my digestive system, I just season simple food with hunger”
“I don't consider elegance and extravagance to be the same element.”
“I don't consider many imaginable Things as impossible – but completing the Ancient Cave in Lufia II blindfolded, is one of them.”
“I don't consider myself a moral man. I do not philosophize about life or bother with laws and principles that govern most people. I do not pretend to know the difference between right and wrong. But I do live by a certain kind of code. And somethimes, I think, you have how to shoot first.”
Source: Unite Me
“I don't consider myself to be definite, but in waiting position and eventual appearance”
Source: Gros-Câlin
“I don't consider those competitions fair where judges get to decide the winner, because selected judges quite often are not worthy or qualified enough to make the right decision.”
“I don't cook anything fancy. Sheba's appetite isn't up to much and I've never been one for sauces. We eat nursery food mainly. Beans on toast, Welsh rarebit, fish fingers. Sheba leans against the oven and watches me while I work. At a certain point, she usually asks for wine. I have tried to get her to wait until she's eaten something, but she gets very scratchy when I do that, so these days I tend to give in straightaway and pour her a small glass from the carton in the fridge. You choose your battles. Sheba is a bit of a snob about drink and she keeps whining at me to get a grander sort. 'Something in a bottle, at least', she says. But I continue to buy the cartons. we are on a tight budget these days. And for all her carping, Sheba doesn't seem to have too much trouble knocking back the cheap stuff.”
Source: What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
“I don’t cotton to half-dead young men being brought here. That usually means trouble is on its way.”
Source: Iron
“I don't count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.”
“I don't create. I appreciate.”
Source: My Oxford Year
“I don't create my dreams. I merely preserve the wanderings of my mind so I can explore them again later and share them with others. - The Malwatch”
“I don't create my images as visual equations to be solved, but rather, i create them as internal landscapes that the viewer can explore. I enjoy sharing the why behind the what, of my creations... but my way, isn't the only way, to experience them. There is no correct way to interpret them. Perception is reality and yours may be different from mine and that's okay.”
“I don’t create recipes to impress. I create them to remind you: you are worthy of nourishment and joy.”
“I don’t cry about it anymore, except for the days I cry about it.”
Source: On the Wings of la Noche
“I don’t cry anymore
it’s quieter than that.
A kind of erosion,
like cliffs losing pieces to the sea
slowly, constantly,
without anyone noticing.”
Source: A Shelf of Things I Never Said
“I don’t cry for humans. I cry for things that are so beautiful I just can’t stand it, like Bonnie in front of me, all crusty from rolling in the sand, with a mouthful of half-chewed hay and eyes that knew everything I’d ever thought or felt or been.”
Source: Living in Threes
“I don’t cry over spilled milk. I buy a cow, milk it, and show the milk who’s boss.”
“I don't cry. Unfortunately, I seem rather short of tears, so my sorrows have to stay inside me.”
Source: The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer
“I don’t cut corners, I shine them.”
Source: The Maid
“I don't date as an active activity anymore because the work of loving myself is enough.”
Source: The Secret Loves of Geek Girls
“I don’t date people or love people so easily. Neither do I leave them easily, but when I do, there’s no looking back. Maybe that’s why, when I fall in love, it becomes a huge deal; it becomes the most important thing in my life.”
Source: That’ll Be Our Song
“I don't deal with people who have no goals and no vision. If that sounds like you, stay away from me. I'm not your kind of person.”
“I don't defend pain, But I do respect its ability to make us stronger and wiser after it stings.”
“I don't defend what I have done, but do you?”
“I don’t define darkness as the absence of light. Rather, I define it as the absence of God. And in that sense, it’s never dark.”
“I don't define success by how much money someone makes. I don't define success by how many trophies or plaques or awards someone has.
I don't define it by membership in exclusive clubs or the ability to name-drop about someone's famous friends.
I don't define it by how many luxury cars or opulent homes someone might own or how many sumptuous vacations they might taken in exotic locales all over the globe.
I don't define success...oh, hell, I'm just kidding. Actually, all that stuff is fantastic!”
Source: You Don't Sweat Much for a Fat Girl: Observations on Life from the Shallow End of the Pool
“I don't describe, I embody -
I don't study a culture,
I disappear into the culture.”
Source: Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat
“i don´t deserve nice things cause i am paying for sins i don´t remember”
Source: Milk and honey
“I don't deserve you.' His arm curls around my hips and he tugs me closer. 'But I am going to keep you all the same.”
Source: Fourth Wing
“I don't deserve you. I'm not made for relationships. I know I'm going to fuck this up. I'm going to drive you away or do something to hurt you, and you'll be added to my list of people I screwed over. You should walk away now.”
Source: Unwritten Rules
“I don’t deserve you.”
“That’s not how we measure love,” she said”
Source: White-Hot Hack
“I don't deserve you. You know that, querida, don't you?"
"When are you gonna realize you're one of the good guys?" When I don't answer, she pulls my head down to hers. "My body is yours tonight, Alex," she whispers against my lips. "Do you want it?"
"God, yes.”
Source: Perfect Chemistry
“I don't deserve your happiness.”
“I don't desire a change of scenery or exotic experiences. My heart yearns for familiarity, stability, the comfort of home — and my sanity depends on it.”
Source: Odd Thomas
“I don't desire a normal life. A proper societal existence never appealed to me. I want to make love to rage, I want to cultivate one's violence. I want to dance in fire, and scream through stormy torrential downpours. I like the term maniac. I think it's fitting. And, fun.”
“I don’t desire anything right now. My desires have frozen in my breast. A lethargy is killing my heart.”
Source: The Selected Letters of Nikos Kazantzakis
“I don't desire to be intelligent, but I do desire to be loving and kind.”
“I don't differentiate between optimism and pessimism and am at quite a loss as to which of the two characterises me. When I awake each morning I thank the lord he did not take my soul during the night. If harm befalls me during the night, I thank him that it was no worse. So which am I, a pessimist or an optimist?”
“I don't discuss people, I work on issues. Only time I discuss a person, is when the person is the issue.”
Source: Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım