I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I always thought that people told you that you're beautiful-that this was a title that was bestowed upon you. [...] I think that it's time to take this power into our own hands and to say, "You know what? I'm beautiful. I just am. And that's my light. I'm just a beautiful woman."”
“I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others; it's for others to use.”
“I always thought that pop groups were going to be made up in the 21st century. It wouldn't be four musicians, as such. Especially in the online world, with the worlds that are opening up.”
“I always thought that Seth [Rogen] was a fun, caustic, bombastic, sweet, underdog-type of person that I would root for the way you used to root for Bill Murray or John Candy in "Stripes." Seth had something that very few people you encounter have: he had a writer's mind and he had his own comic point of view.”
“I always thought that sororities were just made up of cheerleaders from high school. And I kind of picked on those cheerleaders!”
“I always thought that television was the way to go in my goal to invade pop culture because it got to towns in which there were no bookstores. That's how I used to think of it: How do I reach kids who not only don't read but probably have no access to much in the way of books?”
“I always thought that the badge a cop has was more like the shield that Captain America has. It's an obvious sign of good and something you'll protect other people with, but it will also protect you.”
“I always thought that the leaders of humans were human, but when I realise and see the past and present history, I am mistaken, that's why I ask my apologies with shame, and I withdraw the conception of my words.”
“I always thought that the location of this film [Girl In The Train] was on the train and inside her imagination, and her loneliness and her gaze out the window.Although it was set in England, it didn't feel to me like an overly English book. In terms of the use of cultural references, it was not extreme, so it was very simple to go from England to America in the adaptation.”
“I always thought that the movie had to be really raw, very edgy, that everything had to be super grounded and feel very real. If this was going to be a story about kids discovering time travel and building a time machine that we needed to believe that they really did it .”
“I always thought that the spine of a character was awe and wonder.”
“I always thought that the way to believe more deeply was to surround myself with other Christians. After all, isn't that the traditional tool for religious socialization?”
“I always thought that there was a really good chance that I wasn't going to get married.”
“I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family.”
“I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.”
“I always thought that when you hear this song, the first person who comes to your mind is the one you truly love. Well, I'm seein' you in my mind right now.”
Source: Taylor's Land
“I always thought that would be really neat if black people ever got control of the United States we would, of course, tear down some of the statues because we just don't like them...like all of Richmond would probably not have a statue standing.”
Source: Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Like My Sister Kate: Looking At The Harlem Renaissance Through Poems
“I always thought that writing poetry was in itself a political act.”
“I always thought that you could do worse than find yourself dying in the company of a devoted former student.”
“I always thought that's the exact metaphor, the perfect metaphor for acting. To go blind, to ignore the danger, and to totally trust.”
“I always thought that, in a way, you want your Superman to be a total unknown.”
“I always thought the appeal for vampires are the same as religion, the desire to avoid death and live forever.”
“I always thought the best kind of sunglasses are the motorcycle helmets with the black plastic masks on them. That way, nobody can recognize the back of your head either.”
Source: The fiddler now upspoke: a collection of Bob Dylan's interviews, press conferences and the like from throughout the masters career
“I always thought the Bible was more of a salad thing, you know, but it isn't. It's a chocolate thing.”
Source: Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God
“I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast.”
“I always thought the editor should cut the film and so I'll come in and look at the movie. Just because that's the only way I can really see the ideas of the editor, it's really working together. Yes it's a hierarchy, yes I'm the boss, but I like to see and to think about the idea, and it's about us asking, 'do we have to say that?' and, 'how do we make it there?' So it's advising the editor, it's very give and take, it's very free, but in the end, it's wonderful once you get through the first couple of cuts.”
“I always thought the front line was the bookstores. And bookstores around America, around the world did astonishingly well. They held the line. They didn't chicken out. You know, they defended the book. They kept it in the front of the store.”
“I always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they didn't teach it in school.”
“I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.”
“I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)”
“I always thought the leading actor should be the best supporting actor, because you're the only person that can help every other actor on the set.”
“I always thought the mirror was a strange gift. Would it not have been better to give me something useful, like silks…or valuable, like jewels? But I think my husband always suspected that he would meet a violent end and leave me to face the world alone. He told me that should there ever come a time when I needed answers, I would find them in this. I tried looking into it a few times, but whenever I saw my reflection, I was reminded of who was no longer standing beside me. It’s a lonely thing…to truly behold yourself.”
Source: Aru Shah and the City of Gold
“I always thought the name of Utah’s major newspaper was some sort of weird misspelling of the word “desert.” But no, Deseret is the “land of the honeybee,” according to the Book of Mormon. I guess I should have figured they would have caught a typo in the masthead after 154 years.”
Source: The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
“I always thought the piano scene was kind of unique to shoot because we were actually able to film with the playback of the actual song. And that was quite amazing because it almost made it easier - music is usually something that is added after filming has finished so to be able to shoot a scene with music was really wonderful.”
“I always thought the point was to have a bigger life, to meet more people. So I don't understand Hollywood”
“I always thought the purpose of time was to move forward, not backward.”
“I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money.”
“I always thought the saddest feeling in life is when you're dancing in a really joyful way and then you hit your head on something.”
“I always thought the story [Anthem] would work in three dimensions - and studying that cut material was very useful.”
“I always thought the women of my age group got short shrift because the women's liberation movement came slightly after. You look at the yearbooks and you see the future homemakers of America - hurray for that - but you also see them in the engineers club. You see minority kids as student body presidents at a time when everyone was supposed to be terminally racist. Yearbooks are genres; they're also folk art, folk documentation.”
“I always thought the women of song don't get along, and I don't know why that is.”
“I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.”
“I always thought there was a - even in the most, quote, "conceptual art," there is always a physical aspect to it. I never knew what the term meant.”
“I always thought there was at least one person in the stands who had never seen me play, and I didn't want to let him down.”
“I always thought there was some cleverness to the joke diet in which you could eat as much as you want and as often as you want, but everything must be consumed naked in front of a full-length mirror. That would deter me!”
“I always thought there was some place I was going, that there was some success or some achievement or some box-office number that was going to fill the hole. And what I realize is that life is a hole. It's a process of continually trying to find and reinvent myself.”
“I always thought there was some romance to that '30s leftist stuff, even though I'm a Republican.”
“I always thought there would be more interesting people at my wedding.”
Source: Eurydice
“I always thought they were a God-send; and they were... But then again, so was the Great Flood.”
“I always thought they were fabulous monsters!" said the Unicorn. "Is it alive?"
"It can talk," said Haigha, solemnly.
The Unicorn looked dreamily at Alice, and said, "Talk, child."
Alice could not help her lips curling up into a smile as she began: "Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too! I never saw one alive before!"
"Well, now that we have seen each other," said the Unicorn, "if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?”
Source: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass