I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I have never been close to my family—not my brother, who finds his purpose in life in the enlargement of his bank balance, nor my parents, good-natured, hardworking folk with all the scientific curiosity of a pair of field mice.”
Source: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
“I have never been comfortable being the front man.”
“I have never been concerned about winning the Ballon d'Or or being the best player in the world. The best player is already here and that's Messi. And now I can see him from close up and help him.”
“I have never been contained except I made the prison.”
Source: Continuum: New and Selected Poems
“I have never been converted to or even had much interest in spiritualism, occultism, Swedenborgianism or any particular religion. And I never, except occasionally for a laugh, visit the quacks who call themselves psychics.”
Source: Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets
“I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong in having fun.”
Source: George Plimpton on Sports
“I have never been convinced throughout my life that one needs to be imitating others. I even tell my daughters not to look at me as a model.”
“I have never been convinced throughout my life that one needs to be imitating others. I even tell my daughters not to look at me as a model. Everyone's condition is different, and the way that each person lives his or her life is different. What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt.”
“I have never been disabled in my dreams.”
“I have never been disappointed upon asking microorganisms for whatever I wanted.”
“I have never been disappointed when I asked in a humble and sincere way for God's help. I pray often. I think I pray more often since January 12th.”
“I have never been entirely sure what the word "love" means. Especially when applied to myself.”
“I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference.”
“I have never been good at pretending, but somewhere there's an award engraved with my name, for playing alive, despite the times I watched myself die.”
“I have never been good at saying goodbyes to people. What else can they offer rather than a reciprocal desolation?”
“I have never been happier or healthier than I am right now.”
“I have never been happier, more exhilarated, at peace, rested, inspired, and aware of the grandeur of the universe and the greatness of God than when I find myself in a natural setting not much changed from the way He made it.”
Source: An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections
“I have never been hurt by what I have not said.”
“I have never been impressed by the formal schools of ethics.”
“I have never been in a bad mood and near a beach ball at the same time. Causation? Correlation? Or fate?”
“I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.”
“I have never been in a situation thankfully where I haven't gotten along with my girlfriend's parents. I've been very lucky to have girlfriends that have had such amazing families that have brought me in.”
“I have never been in a violent movie or television show.”
“I have never been in a war before, but I have seen famine and death. I was asking (myself) what do they feel when they do this? I don't understand it. They are all children of God. Why do they do it. I don't understand.”
“I have never been in any rich man's house which would not have looked the better for having a bonfire made outside of it of nine-tenths of all that it held.”
Source: Hopes and Fears for Art
“I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made President.”
“I have never been in favour of expelling people from the Labour Party.”
“I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others.”
“I have never been interested in making a photograph that describes what the world I live in looks like, but I am interested in what pictures (of the world) look like.”
“I have never been interested in personal gain or profit. This business and this studio have been my entire life.”
Source: Walt Disney: Conversations
“I have never been interested in specific roles.”
“I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did.”
“I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.”
“I have never been loved enough to gain the desire of reproducing a being in the image of my lover and I have never been given enough pleasure so that my brain has not had the leisure to seek better...I have wanted the impossible.”
“I have never been lucky in love with other guys, I told you that since you are my best friend”
“I have never been married, but that doesn't mean that I didn't mate. As you get older you get too many bad habits. Who is ever going to put up with me?”
“I have never been more excited than I am today about making pictures.”
“I have never been more proud of the United States than I am this year. We have elected an African-American president. We have the stellar Michelle Obama setting the standard for American women. I simply cannot say it enough: look how far we've come.”
“I have never been more relieved than on the morning of my fortieth birthday...it felt like I'd been released.”
Source: No One Tells You This
“I have never been motivated by money in my life. You can't make choices based on what the financial return might be.”
“I have
never been much good with living things.
Brightness and darkness I do rather well with.”
Source: Winter Recipes from the Collective
“I have never been much of a follower although I like to learn.”
“I have never been much of a groomer. I take baths a lot, but I don't wear deodorant. I don't have to. I have a miraculous body scent. I've had women smell me and say that should be bottled. I would advise guys to lay off the Drakkar, because the cavemen weren't wearing it. They might have been putting mint leaves on their balls, but your scent is grown naturally. I have really good dating advice.”
“I have never been much of a painter.”
“I have never been much of a patriot. My father would not have allowed such a thing while he lived, and his death insured that his wish was carried out. Piter commanded far more affection and loyalty from me than the nation as a whole. But that night, running across the unplowed fields of winter wheat, with the Fascist invaders behind us and the dark Russian woods before us, I felt a surge of pure love for my country. We ran for the forest, crashing through the stalks of wheat, beneath the rising moon and the stars spinning farther and farther away, alone beneath the godless sky.”
“I have never been much of a researcher”
“I have never been nervous in all my life and I have no patience with people who are. If you know what you are going to do, you have no reason to be nervous. And I knew what I was going to do.”
“I have never been normal about my body. It has always seemed to me a strange and foreign entity. I don't know that there was ever a time when I was not conscious of it. As far back as I can think, I was aware of my own corporeality, my physical imposition on space.”
Source: Wasted Updated Edition: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
“I have never been on the receiving end of a hate crime, or even a disparaging remark to my face.”
“I have never been one for the over-the-top.”