I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I have been drunk now for over two weeks.”
“I have been dubbed 'the girl who puts the glamour into hammer'”
“I have been dwelling upon downtowns. This is not because mixtures of primary uses are unneeded elsewhere in cities. On the contrary they are needed, and the success of mixtures downtown (on in the most intensive portions of cities, whatever they are called) is related to the mixture possible in other part of cities.”
Source: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
“I have been dying for twenty years, now I am going to live.”
“I have been eating poetry.”
“I have been elevated to such a high status that the fall will be very steep.”
“I have been enlightened. I have fallen into poetry and it has swallowed me up.”
Source: Keith Haring Journals: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“I have been envious of male characteristics, if not the men themselves. I'm jealous of the ease with which they seem to inhabit their professional pursuits: the lack of apologizing, of bending over backward to make sure the people around them are comfortable with what they're trying to do. The fact that they are so often free of the people-pleasing instincts. I have watched men order at dinner, ask for shitty wine and extra bread with confidence I could never muster, and thought, what a treat that must be. But I also considered being female such a unique gift, such a sacred joy, in ways that run so deep I can't articulate them. It's a special kind of privilege to be born into the body you wanted, to embrace the essence of your gender even as you recognize what you are up against. Even as you seek to redefine it.”
Source: Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
“I have been envious of male characteristics, if not the men themselves. I'm jealous of the ease with which they seem to inhabit their professional pursuits: the lack of apologizing, of bending over backward to make sure the people around them are comfortable with what they're trying to do. The fact that they are so often free of the people-pleasing instincts I have considered to be a curse of my female existence.”
Source: Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's
“I have been especially fortunate for about 50 years in having two memory banks available-whenever I can't remember something I ask my wife, and thus I am able to draw on this auxiliary memory bank. Moreover, there is a second way In which I get ideas ... I listen carefully to what my wife says, and in this way I often get a good idea. I recommend to ... young people ... that you make a permanent acquisition of an auxiliary memory bank that you can become familiar with and draw upon throughout your lives.”
“I have been Europe's last hope. She proved incapable of refashioning herself by means of voluntary reform. She showed herself impervious to charm and persuasion. To take her I had to use violence. (26th February)”
“I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)
“I have been everywhere because I don't know what I'm looking for.”
“I have been exploring [Mexico City's] La Merced, [a public market famous for prostitution,] on and off for the last 23 years. The prostitutes and their world have been the main subjects of my photographs.”
“I have been exposed to a great amount of temptation throughout the course of my career.”
“I have been exposed to a great deal of the issues surrounding PTSD, but what I have learned that is most relevant to my work on Mercy Street is that this illness is timeless. We didn't have a diagnosis for PTSD in the Civil War like we do today, but those men and women definitely suffered from similar psychological wounds as our men and women in uniform do today.”
“I have been exposed to most musical genres and have learned how to tackle them effectively.”
“I have been extraordinarily lucky. Anyone who pretends that some kind of luck isn't involved in his success is deluding himself.”
“I have been extremely fortunate to have incredibly special fans support my work throughout my twelve year career.”
“I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.”
“I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.”
“I have been extremely pleased to support the Trust's work in the Lupus Unit ever since. Personal experience also motivated me to become involved to help raise the awareness of the disease and hopefully thereby improve the speed of diagnosis.”
“I have been extremely proactive in putting myself up for characters that may have been meant to specifically be Caucasian. You bring an interesting angle to the character that isn't written.”
“I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people.”
“I have been falling for 30 minutes!”
“I have been fascinated with fairy tales ever since I was first given a red leather-bound copy of Grimm’s Fairy Tales when I was just seven years old. Of all the stories of beauty and peril and adventure within its pages, it was the story of ‘Rapunzel’ that resonated with me most powerfully.”
“I have been feeding pigeons, thousands of them for years. But there was one, a beautiful bird, pure white with light grey tips on its wings; that one was different. It was a female. I had only to wish and call her and she would come flying to me. I loved that pigeon as a man loves a women, and she loved me. As long as I had her, there was a purpose to my life.”
“I have been feeling very much lately that cheerful insecurity is what our Lord asks of us.”
“I have been fiercely private, in part because I could never understand how a journalist could be otherwise. I was also the mother of small children, and security concerns were paramount.”
“I have been fighting climate change and working to improve our environment.”
“I have been fighting over commas all my life.”
“I have been finding treasures in places I did not want to search. I have been hearing wisdom from tongues I did not want to listen. I have been finding beauty where I did not want to look. And I have learned so much from journeys I did not want to take. Forgive me, O Gracious One; for I have been closing my ears and eyes for too long. I have learned that miracles are only called miracles because they are often witnessed by only those who can can see through all of life's illusions. I am ready to see what really exists on other side, what exists behind the blinds, and taste all the ugly fruit instead of all that looks right, plump and ripe.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“I have been firming up and making changes in my roster for 2001. This needs to be done from now and then, to make sure what you are booking is working, and to keep a balance in your roster that works.”
“I have been flooded with color on the inside, drab on the outside.”
Source: Daybook: The Journal of an Artist
“I have been flying blind, deeply in love with blindfolds on because I didn’t value my life, and now I am suffering the consequences.”
~Love is respect ♥~”
Source: In Love With Blindfolds On
“I have been followed by enough police robots to know by now how indestructible they are. You can blow them up or knock them down and they keep coming after you; dragging themselves by one good finger and spouting saccharine morality all the while.”
Source: The Stainless Steel Rat
“I have been following a vegan diet now since the 1980s, and find it not only healthier, but also much more attractive than the chunks of meat that were on my plate as a child.”
“I have been Foolish and Deluded, and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”
Source: Winnie-the-Pooh
“I have been for border security for years. I voted for border security in the United States Senate. And my comprehensive immigration reform plan of course includes border security.”
“I have been for some time in Retirement, and shall not probably return again to public Life; yet my Anxiety for my Country, in these Times of Danger, makes me sometimes dabble a little in Politicks, and keep up a Correspondence with some Men upon the public Stage.”
“I have been forced to acknowledge fate, over and over again. While it exists outside of my realm, it finds ways to penetrate mine. Instead of trying to outnumber, outdo, or out strength fate, I must outwit it by playing into its game instead of against it.” His conviction was icier than the sliver flecks in his eyes. “And that is why we will win this time.”
Source: Mourning Grey: Part One: The Guardians Of The Temple Saga
“I have been formerly so silly as to hope that every servant I had might be made a friend; I am now convinced that the nature of servitude generally bears a contrary tendency. People's characters are to be chiefly collected from their education and place in life; birth itself does but little.”
Source: Essays on Men and Manners
“I have been fortunate beyond the lot of many men that not only can I, do I, admire and respect my lord and my master, but that I could, that I do, also love him.
My lord, my ... Tor ... if you were my brother or my cousin I could not love you more.
When you are no longer sitting on the Lion Throne, I would like to know the man behind the Serenity. As a friend.”
Source: At the Feet of the Sun
“I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.”
“I have been fortunate, he thought. I have known many mothers. Alice and Lora and Oota Dabun, but I will always recall my first mom when I was but a Lost Boy. Of all my mothers, I will always remember my Wendy most.”
Source: the dog
“I have been fortunate to get some really good scripts over the years and I haven't turned down anything that I regretted so far. And my manager who I've been with for over 25 years is very good at knowing what I should and shouldn't do a lot of times.”
“I have been fortunate to have a career that has allowed me to travel the world and come in contact with many different cultures and people.”
“I have been fortunate to have a loving and supportive family throughout my career.”
Source: What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength
“I have been fortunate to have been brought up on a diet of adventure and privileged to take part in number of challenges. My training in the Royal Marines taught me to be professional at all times, even in dangerous and frightening circumstances. But fear can be dispelled by knowledge and preparation. Life hangs on a very thin thread and the cancer of time is complacency. If you are going to do something, do it now. Tomorrow is too late.”
“I have been fortunate to have my game peak at the right times.”