I Quotes
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“I happen to think that computers are the most important thing to happen to musicians since the invention of cat-gut which was a long time ago.”
“I happen to think that Hillary Clinton is a beacon of hope for younger girls, as was Barack Obama in other inspirational areas. We've now had an African American president, possibly a woman president, it's pretty cool. As far as she is concerned, whether man or woman, she is capable and experienced to be president.”
“I happen to think that Jesus was the greatest hero of all time. I don't think you could invent that kind of a hero. He had it all - everything that the human spirit could yearn for. There is nothing that man ever said or did, by word or deed that is evil. That is not full of compassion. That is not full of love for your neighbor whether he's down or out, or up - no matter what. He taught that you must love your neighbor whether he's a crook, a beggar, whether he's rich or poor.”
“I happen to think that there are already tons of perfectly good babies out there already born.”
“I happen to think we’ve set our ideal on the wrong objects; I happen to think that the greatest ideal man can set before himself is self-perfection.”
“I happen to write by hand. I don't even type.”
“I happened to be in the right place at the right time.”
“I happened to bump into a friend one day and they were telling me they had used CPAP and hated the life support machine. They eventually switched over to a dental appliance made to treat the condition. The change was so successful that they eventually gave the CPAP machine away to a person in need. This got me thinking if I could pull off the same trick!”
Source: Magee’s Disease
“I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.”
“I happened to go to a school when I was a kid and that's all we did, pursue our own interests. It was kind of structured so you ended up knowing everything you were supposed to know, arithmetic, Latin, whatever it was. But almost always it was under your own initiative.”
“I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without knowing it, and without being told by the history of theater - which we now see from a historical point of view was an explosive time.”
“I happened to look up and there it was. All over and done with, at last. I sat on for a few moments with the ball in my hand and the dog yelping and pawing at me. (Pause.) Moments. Her moments, my moments (Pause.) The dog's moments.”
Source: Krapp's Last Tape & Embers
“I happened to notice that among the men who had willingly presented themselves for jury-service was one whom I knew to be the father of seven children. Under a law of Augustus's he was exempt for the rest of his life; yet he had not pleaded for exemption or mentioned the size of his family. I told the magistrate: "Strike this man's name off. He's a father of seven." He protested: "But, Cæsar, he has made no attempt to excuse himself." "Exactly," I said, "he wants to be a juryman. Strike him off." I meant, of course,that the fellow was concealing his immunity from what every honest man considered a very thankless and disagreeable duty and that he therefore was almost certain to have crooked intentions. Crooked jurymen could pick up a lot of money by bribes, for it was a commonplace that one interested juryman could sway the opinions of a whole bunch of uninterested ones; and the majority verdict decided a case.”
Source: Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina
“I happened to read recently a remark by the American nuclear physicist W. Davidson, who noted that the explosion of one hydrogen bomb releases a greater amount of energy than all the explosions set off by all countries in all wars known in the entire history of mankind. And he, apparently, is right.”
“I happened to take a photo, and there was my wife, my dog and my banjo, all in the same shot - and I thought, "Oh, that's like a family portrait right there."”
“I happened to write a book about the stuff I've been involved in over the years. It just so happened that my profession is that I was a cop in the New York City Police Department. I guess people thought it was pretty interesting to have these two things meshed together. My life is pretty boring, I don't know why they're doing this. It's fun.”
“I happily cling to my guns and my God, even if President Obama thinks that that is a simpleminded thing in his elitist heart.”
“I happily trailed behind her as she excitedly guided me from stall to stall ... I wasn't even interested in the bling on her rear pockets anymore. I was interested in her, not bedding her, but her. Her expression was pure glee. Innocent. I was already in love with her because of the way she loved her horses. She was as at home with them as I was.”
Source: Cowboy Away
“I happy am, if well with you.”
Source: To My Husband and Other Poems
“I harbor a primal substance for living and possess the same palpitation of existence that all creatures comprehend. I share the same steeple of desire for love and companionship that all people seek.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“I harbor a secret urge to whack a salesman in the face, crack his teeth and put red bumps around his eyes.”
Source: The Rum Diary: A Novel
“I harbor ill feelings toward a society, and a clergy, that allows marriage partners to split over the smallest incompatibility, where divorce comes in a multitude of flavors, like Baskin Robbins ice cream, where men and women can blame one another and everything except themselves for matrimony's mess. They look for externals over which they have no control and, fingering them, take no responsibility.”
Source: She Never Said Good-Bye
“I harbored a lot of resentment as a teenager and as a young adult. I still have a problem with authority, I'm trying to listen!”
“I hardened my heart against all the Bennets. - Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy.”
Source: The Confession of Fitzwilliam Darcy
“i hardened under the last loss. it took something human out of me. i used to be so deeply emotional i'd crumble on demand. but now the water has made its exit. of course i care about the ones around me. i'm just struggling to show it. a wall is getting in the way. i used to dream of being so strong nothing could shake me. now. i am. so strong. that nothing shakes me. and all i dream is to soften.
- numbness”
Source: The Sun and Her Flowers
“I hardly broke any laws at all. I should drive more often.”
“I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable.”
“I hardly dare open my mouth," drawled Gideon, "but there is much in what he says, Gaywood. I don't reckon myself a mean shot, but I would think twice before I engaged in pistol-play with Sale. And you won't hit him you know. He is such a little fellow, and you are such a damnably bad shot!”
Source: The Foundling
“I hardly even leave my own house.”
“I hardly ever belted; I was a soprano and a comedienne and intended on doing mostly soprano legit roles but my first equity show, to my surprise, was Blues in The Night at The Cleveland Playhouse.”
“I hardly ever cry because that's just not the type of person I am. But I only break down in front of Yunho at times.”
“I hardly ever go back to Florida. It's really hard to go back. I mean, I hated it so much. I didn't grow up in a great neighborhood, and it puts me back in that feeling of, "I want to get out immediately." That was kind of the push and what still pushes me, that I don't want to end up back there.”
“I hardly ever go out when I'm home.”
“I hardly ever go to parties. If I really have to, I'll go, but I'm not the most open person, which is sometimes not the best quality.”
“I hardly ever go to showbiz parties, it's not my style. That doesn't mean to say I don't have a good time. I love hanging out with mates.”
“I hardly ever listen to any of our old stuff now. Once the songs have been recorded and put on to vinyl they become someone else's entertainment, not mine.”
“I hardly ever look at my published books.”
“I hardly ever missed school, and I always got my work in on time. I was a good student and always got top grades.”
“I hardly ever read mainstream fiction that deals with life as it is. I like an element of fantasy, something that isn`t quite of the real world.”
“I hardly ever remember my dreams.”
“I hardly ever so longed to live to God and to be altigether devoted to Him. i want to wear out my life in His service, and for His Glory!!”
Source: The Life of David Brainerd ... Chiefly Taken from His Own Diary, and Other Private Writings. By Jonathan Edwards. With Preface, by the Rev. Horatius Bonar
“I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.”
“I hardly ever talk- words seem such a waste, and they are none of them true. No one has yet invented a language from my point of view.”
Source: The Diary of a Drug Fiend
“I hardly ever think about audience. I just try to tell a story for me. I write the kind of story I would like to read.”
“I hardly ever use pencils. I'm left-handed and it's really messy if you're left-handed because of the graphite smudging. I use them more now than I used to because there's, like, 15,000 pencils all over my house.”
“I hardly ever watch my own work. I just end up picking myself apart! I can't even stand to hear myself on voicemail. the sound of my own voice is like nails on a chalkboard. The same goes for my records.”
“I hardly ever work from a synopsis -- I find they act like chains.”
“I hardly ever work out.”
“I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.”
“I hardly exaggerate. Jewish life consists of two elements: Extracting money and protesting.”