I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices.”
“I fought a bear once. But it started crying, so I let it off.”
“I fought against her, trying to mount some kind of defense, but it was like fighting Dimitri on crack.”
Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection
“I fought against the bottle, but I had to do it drunk. Took my diamond to the pawn shop, but that don't make it junk.”
“I fought all alone... I believed I didn't need anyone else... but you came here into my lonely world... Isagi.”
Source: ブルーロック 10 [Blue Lock 10]
“I fought all my life for women to make their own choices, in their personal and professional lives. I made mine.”
“I fought and fought until I lost the battle, then I fought some more until I lost the war”
“I fought angrily against seeing particular types of poetic organization because it seemed awful to see my own life and these actual events in that way. But when you put forth an intention into the universe to speak a certain truth and narrate a certain period of your life, you start to see the sorts of symmetries that you are not usually supposed to be able to see until you are on your deathbed and your life flashes before your eyes. And you see exactly why everything happened. And even the most painful things you’ve ever been through can seem unbearably beautiful.”
“I fought as a kid. But football is what kept me out of trouble. You could always fight, whether you're in trouble or not”
“I fought back in my own way. But I think all of you know what it’s like to settle into a different skin for a time, to let people see what they wish to see while it is convenient.”
Source: A Vision in Smoke
“I fought back, got injured again and I had to have another operation. I got down and depressed and I think I was drinking more than I should. Well, I know I was.”
“I fought for peace in the fifties.”
“I fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities.”
“I fought for you, I fought for us
I fought for the memories and the laughter that came upon us,
Now here we are, we have become unknown people to each other,
Worlds apart in an instant, for what once was is now gone
So tell me what your secret is to letting go like you did.”
Source: Better to be able to love than to be loveable
“I fought...I fought and I fought...until I...couldn't remember any more.”
Source: The Matlock Paper
“I fought in a bigger war than you will ever know. I did worse things than you could ever imagine. And when I close my eyes... I hear more screams than anyone could ever be able to count! And do you know what you do with all that pain? Shall I tell you where you put it? You hold it tight... till it burns your hand, and you say this: No-one else will ever have to live like this! No-one else will ever have to feel this pain! Not on my watch!”
Source: Doctor Who: The Zygon Invasion
“I fought in many battles for you,
Then you killed me.”
“I fought linotype and montype for some time because it would not justify as well as handset could be made to do; but at last, as always happens, the machine outdid the hand, and got all the best types on it.”
“I fought NAFTA when it passed; it has been a big disaster for us, in my opinion. If we can renegotiate that, it would be wonderful.”
“I fought one great battle so terrible the sun itself hid it face from the slaughter”
Source: Lord of Light
“I fought one great battle so terrible the sun itself hid its face from the slaughter.”
“I fought Sugar [Ray Robinson] so many times that I'm lucky I didn't get diabetes”
“I fought Sugar Ray so many times,
I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.”
“I fought Sugar Ray so often, I almost got diabetes.”
“I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.”
“I fought the idea of having security for a very long time, because I really value normalcy. I really do. I like to be able to take a drive by myself.”
“I fought the mighty urge to watch her put it on. My libido had just burst out of the closet and was tripping over furniture yelling, "Who? What? Where?" (Please excuse him. He doesn't get out much)”
Source: Zero Sight
“I fought the urge to look at the sky, afraid of retribution for something that felt so good.”
Source: When a Moth Loved a Bee
“I fought windmills with such heavy weapons that I risked dislocating my arm.”
Source: The Education of Fanny Lewald: An Autobiography
“I fought with my twin, the enemy within.”
“I fought, and therefore, believed in my victory. There is more to the fact that I didn't fear death and preferred a brave death instead of a life of an idiot.”
“I fought, I fought harder . . . but one cell at a time, panic crept into my body, taking me over.”
Source: Jesse, a spiritual autobiography
“I found 'The Twin' sitting on a coffee table at a writers' colony in 2009. It carried praise from J.M. Coetzee. That seemed ample justification for using it to avoid my own writing. I finished it - weeping - a day later, and I've been puzzling over its powerful hold on me ever since.”
“I found a 1992 New York Times article:Bill Clinton playing golf at a club that he played at all of his adult life as governor, that didn't allow black membership! I guarantee most Americans don't know that.”
“I found a Bill Evans record in the bookcase and was listening to it while drying my hair when I realized that it was the record I had played in Naoko's room on the night of her birthday, the night she cried and I took her in my arms. That had happened only six months earlier, but it felt like something from a much remoter past. Maybe it felt that way because I had thought about it so often-too often, to the point where it had distorted my sense of time.”
Source: Norwegian Wood
“I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.”
“I found a copy of Leven's birth certificate and was surprised to see his birth name listed as E. Leven Thumps. I assume the E. stands for Elton, and I have no idea why they didnt spell it out, but it's intresting to think that it took exactly eleven whacks or thumps to down the oldest tree.”
Source: Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder
“I found a deep kinship between Mahler's recurrent attempts to confront all sides of life and to affirm himself in the face of his own finitude, and Aschenbach's dedication to persevere in the literary evocation of beauty. Exploring this kinship led me to reflect on many of Mahler's songs and symphonies - and particularly his great masterpiece, Das Lied von der Erde. The end result was a way of reading Mann that I hadn't originally anticipated at all.”
“I found a dollar in the street today. I find a dollar in the street every day. At the end of each week, I gather seven dollars and give it to the homeless. What else would I do with the money?”
“I found a girl, fell in love, she had a baby, and i fell in love again.”
“I found a gray hair on one of my testicles today. No, it wasn't mine, but it's frightening.”
“I found a gray hair one of my testicles the today. No, it wasn't mine, but it's frightening.”
“I found a great deal of relief and excitement watching comics when I was very young. My grandmother was very into them and so was my grandfather. They had a profound effect on me, so I just found myself watching comedians on the after-school shows: Merv Griffin and that kind of stuff.”
“I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the beginning, although I didn't know anything about it.”
“I found a guy in the Bronx who had an old plywood Kay bass that he wanted $75 for. He held it for me, and I gave him a few dollars every time I could scrape some extra money together. Meanwhile I borrowed or rented basses for jam sessions and paying jobs. It was a great thrill when I finally took possession of my Kay.”
“I found a home in my own heart”
“I found a kind of party terrorism pervading and oppressing the minds of our best men.”
“I found a little beetle, so that beetle was his name”
Source: Now We Are Six
“I found a lot of animators bring a lot of baggage to the party, just that there's a certain way of doing things in that world that's a little hard to unlearn.”
“I found a lot of comfort in the fact that 30-odd people have been companions before me. I think that when there are so many people contributing so many things to the show, all you can do is make it your own. You can't try to emulate anyone, because who would you pick? The companions are very much the everyman, and the audience watches the story through their eyes, so they could be the person next door. And everybody's different.”