I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I don’t want to be lonely, but I don’t want to be miserable either.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“I don't want to be looked at and grab attention, that's exhibitionism.. I would rather be seen more for my intelligence, for my elegance, for not being just another girl seeking attention. I don't want to catch someone's eyes because those kind of
attention spans are short and easily shifted to the next exhibitionist, I would rather stay in the memory as someone who refused to be a performer yet made an impact.”
“I don't want to be loved despite my history:
I want absolution, someone to observe my fitting-into and
growing-out-of, someone to watch my spine
make the mannequin come to life.”
Source: APOCRYPHAL
“I don’t want to be ordinary, Shannon. I want to be extraordinary. I want to excel.”
Source: Keeping 13
“I don't want to be penciled in anywhere, pencil can be erased.”
Source: This Man
“I don’t want to be remembered for my work. I want to be remembered for my love.”
“I don't want to be rich and famous but I want to die knowing I stood infront of a broken man and gave him one reason to smile again.”
“I don’t want to be sold on some vision. Rather, I want to know if the person doing the selling has been crushed enough times to know how costly a vision is. I don’t want to hear promises. Instead, I want to know if the person has been betrayed enough times to understand the power of a promise. I don’t want to be handed some long-listed resume boasting an array of achievements and accomplishments. Rather, I want to know if the person has experienced aching failure, been discarded along the roadside of life, faced ridicule at the hands of those they sought to serve, and sacrificed with no return on the sacrifice. For I am not interested in a platform. I am interested in the person who shaped the platform, for their personhood will prevail long after the platform is forgotten.”
“I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.”
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“I don't want to be something else that keeps you from sleeping at night.”
Source: A Study in Drowning
“I don’t want to be that girl who’s nothing without her boyfriend. I want to be a reflection of what I love—of who I am on my own, not just an empty echo of who I love. Does that make sense?”
“You think I’d overwhelm you?” he asked.
“We’d overwhelm each other.”
Source: The Awakening
“I don’t want to be the anchor around his feet. I want to be the sky. I want to be the colorful weird name.”
Source: Knock Love Out
“I don't want to be the cause of one more sect. I want to be the reason for lesser sects.”
Source: Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was
“I don't want to be the face of this thing that I built. I want to be the person who built it.”
“I don’t want to be the smartest person in my circle. I don’t want to be the most creative person in my circle. I don’t want to be the most knowledgeable person in my circle. I don’t want to be the only one that’s NOT afraid to use their voice in my circle. I don’t want to be the only one that’s fearless and unapologetic in my circle. I, personally, am not intimidated by another person’s gifts, talents, or skills. I love to build genuine relationships with like-minded people that inspire, motivate, and empower me, too!”
“I don't want to be the Starwife!" Ysabelle protested. "It isn't fair!"
Her mother wavered; even now, it was not too late.
"You must fulfill your destiny," she said at last. "The Starwifeship is already yours. All that remains is for you to bring the amulet and the Starglass together. Once that is done, the power of the heavens will be yours to command. Use it wisely, for the forces locked within the Silver Acorn may be used for good or ill. On your journey, never be parted from it; always wear it about your neck.”
Source: The Oaken Throne
“I don’t want to be the type of beautiful princess who sits in her castle with servants waiting on her hand and foot. I want to be the type of princess who makes a difference in the kingdom, one who gets up, goes out, and serves others by being God’s hands and feet.
God has given us power and authority for a purpose—to make a difference in the kingdom. We’re to help set captives free from the evil oppression of Satan. We’re to extend our hands with the sword of the Spirit into the dark and lonely pits where prisoners are being held captive. We’re to pray and encourage them to grab hold of the sword (God’s Word and truth) and help pull them out of the darkness and into the light.”
“I don't want to be there when I die.”
Source: Seven Sins
“I don't want to be told that it's the people with power over us who are guilty, that we're innocent slaves, that we're not guilty because we're not free. I am free! I'm building a Vernichtungslager; I have to answer to the people who'll be gassed here. I can say "No". There's nothing can stop me—as long as I can find the strength to face my destruction.”
Source: Life and Fate
“I don't want to be weak, and I don't want to be sorry. I want to be the best.”
Source: Son of the Dawn
“I don’t want to be without you. I like who I am with you, and I don’t want to go back to who I was before.”
“I love you, Rachel. So this will work. No matter what or who stands in our way.”
Source: Crash into You
“I don’t want to be work. I don’t want you to feel that I’m work.”
“Somewhere along the way your wires got crossed. Your brain decided that you’re not worth people’s time and effort, and that if you ask for anything, they won’t just say no, they’ll also leave you. That’s not how love works, Elsie..."That's not how love works, Elsie. But don't worry for now. I'll show you.”
Source: Love, Theoretically
“I don’t want to be your first, Fallon. I want to be your last.”
Source: November 9
“I don’t want to be your habit. I want to be your love and I want to feel that love. I don’t care what others say, but I can’t stay in a relationship where there's no love.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“I don’t want to be your snack, your chew-toy, your fuck-buddy. Find a vampire to sink your fang into.”
Source: Angels' Blood
“I don't want to become obsessed with work or money or change any of the values I have now. I don't have reason to believe that I ever should change, as much as I have this feeling of urgency to pursue my dreams...”
“I don’t want to believe it. I try not to. Yet tonight as I pen these words, I know Pheto is as real as my hands.”
Source: Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
“I don't want to believe that love could ever be lost even though it may be mangled, bruised and distorted through the experience of loss.”
“I don't want to boast, but we are alive, aren't we? And our two lives, outside and inside, are rich lives - not little meagre repetitions of meagre cerebral habits.”
Source: Nigel Nicolson, Portrait of a Marriage
“I don't want to brag or anything, but I'm sorta like a rock star to these people.”
Source: Sorta Like a Rock Star
“I don't want to call Jess, because we have bigger fish to fry than to chit-chat about my issues. I'm so upset with her right now that fried fish doesn't even sound good to me. Although once in Calabria, William and I had the most perfect fried sardines, silvery melt-in-your-mouth crisp and not at all fishy. God, what I would do to have a platter of them, along with a helping of 'nduja, the region's famously spicy pepperoncini salami spread, smeared across a fresh loaf of crusty bread. And an earthen pitcher of vino rosso, made by the contadini locali.”
Source: Slim to None
“I don’t want to change, Bee! I’m in my fifties,” he says, decisively. “I’ve changed enough.”
Source: Less Is Lost
“I don’t want to change you. Rather, I want to engage you in the infinitely greater task of knowing you.”
“I don’t want to continue being Jorge Luis Borges; I want to be someone else. I hope that my death will be total; I hope to die in body and soul.”
“I don’t want to die.”
Source: Insurgent
“I don't want to die alone, which I guess means I don't want to die.”
“I don't want to die anymore. I am up to the challenge of bearing the guilt and the grief up to facing the difficulties that life has put in my path. Some days are harder than others, but I am ready to live each one of them. I can't sacrifice myself this time.”
Source: Allegiant
“I don’t want to die before I get to live.”
Source: Dreaming of Hiraeth
“I don’t want to die, chasing a whale. That was my takeaway from Moby Dick”
Source: Order in the Courtroom: The Tale of a Texas Poker Player
“I don’t want to die fighting a losing battle.”
Source: The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel
“I don't want to die, go to heave, and when St. Peter asks me if I had fun, have my answer be, 'No, but I tried really hard to make sure everyone else did”
Source: The Clothes Make the Girl (Look Fat)?: Adventures and Agonies in Fashion – A Hilarious Memoir and Self-Help Guide for Curvy Women on Body Image and Style
“I don’t want to die here.’
Mathias gave him half a smile. 'I don’t want to die anywhere.”
Source: The Ruins
“I don't want to die. I deserve, certainly, the most extreme punishment society has, and I think society deserves to be protected from me and from others like me. That's the irony. What I'm talking about is going beyond retribution because there is no way in the world that killing me is going to restore those beautiful children to their parents and correct and soothe the pain.”
Source: Life on the Edge: A Young Adult's Guide to a Meaningful Future
“I don't want to die, I want to live and annoy everyone, hence I was doomed to an absolute loneliness.”
“I don't want to die in darkness any thicker than this. I want to bring some kind of resolution in my life.”
Source: Scandal
“I don't want to die realizing that I have always had my eyes on the sun and forgotten the moon.”
“I don't want to die,' said Nora, her voice suddenly raised but also fragile. She was shaking from her very core. 'I don't want to die.'
Mrs. Elm looked at her with wide eyes. Eyes shining with the small flame of an idea. 'You need to get out of here.”
Source: The Midnight Library
“I don't want to die while I am still alive.”
“I don't want to die while I still have beautiful reasons to die for.”
“I don't want to do the show anymore. I've had enough exposure. It was sort of fun the first season but then Boyd went and ruined everything. He completely humiliated me."
Boyd - as in Boydell Hampton - the preacher's son with the baby face and the mile-wide naughty streak. The kind of guy who talked poetically about being a missionary but who was really far more interested in exploring the missionary position. And every other position he could think of.”
Source: Love Me Sweet