I Quotes
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“I am careful with the arguas (tomato caterpillars). Be careful with your mothers' hearts too, por favor."
THE PINATA-MAKER'S DAUGHTER”
“I am carried in my shadow like a violin in its black case”
Source: The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems
“I am carrying out my plan, so long formulated, of keeping a journal. What I most keenly wish is not to forget that I am writing for myself alone. Thus I shall always tell the truth, I hope, and thus I shall improve myself. These pages will reproach me for my changes of mind.”
“I am Cassandra—she who, without asking,
understood it all and still came to her fate,
I, Cassandra, full of visions,
who sees her own death without turning away,
and hears in the night the day that follows.”
Source: Madwomen: Poems of Gabriela Mistral
“I am catastrophically in love with you.”
Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess
“I am Catholic but I want to say something to the Catholics. Thank you for some of the bishops who live in rural areas, and are still Catholic. These bishops of the Catholic churches still pray for the poor, and pray for their president who works for the poor, while the leaders of the Catholic Church only defend oligarchy.”
“I am Catholic, I was raised Catholic, I am a practicing Catholic. But I say we need to agree to disagree. We have a shared mission around poverty, and I focus on that, because we do a lot with the Catholic Church around poverty alleviation. I'm always looking for: what is the common thread? What do we care about? What do we believe in? We believe in women around the world. We believe in all lives have equal value.”
“I am catholic. And I don't like to see catholicism being brought into disrepute by those in charge who don't seem to believe in God at all... they act like they don't think God is watching.”
“I am Catholic. But I am opposed to a monopoly when it comes to faith.”
“I am caught in a terrific bind of characterologically and rationally needing to think in the most comprehensive terms possible, forming a continuous system of argument with a gradient that runs from concrete to abstract, and unfortunately being caught also in a culture in which hardly anyone seems capable of applying himself to understand such a demanding form of argumentation.”
“I am caught like a beast at bay. Somewhere are people, freedom, light, But all I hear is the baying of the pack, There is no way out for me.”
“I am caught. You caught me. Not the other way around. From the very first day. And from the very first day, I would have done anything for you—except let you go. I couldn’t. Not when deep down, I knew we were meant to be like this. To love like this.”
Source: Heart on Fire
“I am centered and focused. I feel more secure each day”
Source: 21 Days to Master Affirmations
“I am Cersei of House Lannister, a lion of the Rock, the rightful queen of these Seven Kingdoms, trueborn daughter of Tywin Lannister. And hair grows back.”
Source: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons
“I am certain a great many believers and bible readers do believe in social justice.”
“I am certain about what I will never do - but not about what my art will render.”
“I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The ideal of humanity has to be revived.”
“I am certain I have not a right feeling towards women -- at this moment I am striving to be just to them, but I cannot. Is it because they fall so far beneath my boyish imagination? When I was a schoolboy I thought a fair woman a pure Goddess; my mind was a soft nest in which some one of them slept, though she knew it not.”
Source: Selected Letters
“I am certain in my heart that all that I am, I have received from God.”
“I am certain,
my love,
that poetry was born
only after your birth.”
“I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost.”
“I am certain of his existence for he who created such a beautiful world wouldn't leave it unattended, let alone trust us to take care of it.”
“I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination.”
“I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.”
“I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart’s affections and the truth of the Imagination – What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth – whether it existed before or not – for I have the same Idea of all our Passions as of Love they are all in their sublime, creative of essential Beauty . . .”
“I am certain that a Sewing Machine would relieve as much human suffering as a hundred Lunatic Asylums, and possibly a good deal more.”
Source: Alias Grace: A Novel
“I am certain that a solution of the general problem of peace must rest on broad and basic understanding on the part of its peoples. Great single endeavors like a League of Nations, a United Nations, and undertakings of that character, are of great importance and in fact absolutely necessary, but they must be treated as steps toward the desired end.”
“I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults, who, at best, know only a fraction of what they say. The reason is simply that children know everything with their whole beings, while we know it only with our heads.”
Source: And There Was Light: The Extraordinary Memoir of a Blind Hero of the French Resistance in World War II
“I am certain that he both thought and worked better, because he both thought and worked.”
Source: Annals Of A Quiet Neighbourhood - Vol. I
“I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before, and I hope to return a thousand times.”
“I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before, and I hope to return a thousand times... Man is a dialogue between nature and God. On other planets this dialogue will doubtless be of a higher and profounder character. What is lacking is Self-Knowledge. After that the rest will follow.”
“I am certain that I’m not the only one who would like to have a do-over on an interaction with a loved one.”
Source: A Chance to Say Goodbye: Reflections on Losing a Parent
“I am certain that I never did grow in grace one-half so much anywhere as I have upon the bed of pain.”
Source: Spurgeon's Sermons on Great Prayers of the Bible
“I am certain that I speak on behalf of my entire nation when I say: Today, we are all Americans. In grief, as in defiance.”
“I am certain that if I have any merit, it is knowing how to make good use of my eyes, to guide the camera in its task of capturing not only colors, lights and shadows, but the movement of life itself.”
“I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not to say confusing, in its enormous diversity of styles, technical procedures, and systems of esthetics.”
“I am certain that most Germans have instinctive liking for Italy, just as Italians admire Germans for their many qualities.”
“I am certain that movement never lies. There is only one law of posture I have been able to discover - the perpendicular line connecting heaven and earth.”
“I am certain that over the course of your own life, you have noticed that people's rooms reflect their personalities. In my room, for instance, I have gathered a collection of objects that are important to me, including a dusty accordion on which I can play a few sad songs, a large bundle of notes on the activities of the Baudelaire orphans, and a blurry photograph, taken a very long time ago, of a woman whose name is Beatrice. These are items that are very precious and dear to me.”
“I am certain that people never forgive because they believe they have an obligation to do it or because someone told them to do it. Forgiveness has to come from inside as a desire of the heart. Wanting to is the steam that pushes the forgiving engine.”
“I am certain that the good Lord never intended grapes to be made into grape jelly.”
“I am certain that the Lord, who notes the fall of a sparrow, looks with compassion upon those who have been called upon to part, even temporarily, from their precious children.”
“I am certain that the safest way to defend your character is never to say a word about it.”
Source: Sermons: 1st series [-6th series].
“I am certain that the United States next year, under a new president - regardless whether it's Obama or McCain - will present an ambitious program promoting renewable energies and energy efficiency. Europe could quickly fall behind.”
“I am certain that there are two things in life which are dependable: the delights of the flesh and the delights of literature. I have had the good fortune to enjoy them both equally.”
“I am certain that to preach the wrath of God with a hard heart, a cold lip, a tearless eye, and an unfeeling spirit is to harden men, not benefit them.”
Source: Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series
“I am certain that we do not need quotas for women, especially not in a time when we have a growing shortage of qualified workers. Companies are already asking head hunters to find women for top positions.”
“I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our America will endure and the cause of human freedom will triumph.”
“I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.”
“I am certain, from experience, of the immense advantage of strict account-keeping in early life. It is just like learning the grammar then, which when once learned need not be referred to afterwards.”