I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I have not been on any river that has more of a distinctive personality than does the Missouri River. It's a river that immediately presents to the traveler, 'I am a grandfather spirit. I have a source; I have a life.”
“I have not been one of those champions that have been fed perfect guys to make me look great.”
“I have not been one who believed in the global warming. But I tell you, they are making a convert out of me as these blistering summers. They have broken heat records in a number of cities already this year and broken all-time records and it is getting hotter and the ice caps are melting and there is a build up of carbon dioxide in the air. We really need to address the burning of fossil fuels.”
“I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to create a qualitatively beneficial and meaningful impact on society.”
“I have not been recognized.”
“I have not been sent to curse people, but as a mercy to all mankind.”
“I have not been short of invitations to other clubs and have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool.”
“I have not been so much pushed by winds as pulled forward by the force of my decisions.”
“I have not been the witness I wanted to be.”
Source: A Book of Common Prayer
“I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves.”
“I have not betrayed Julia.”
Source: 1984
“I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.”
“i have not broken your heart — you have broken it — and in breaking it, you have broken mine. (heathcliff to cathy, ch. I, p. 163)”
Source: Wuthering Heights
“I have not broken your heart - you have broken it - and in breaking it, you have broken mine ... I forgive what you have done to me. I love my murderer - but yours! How can I?”
Source: Wuthering Heights
“I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.”
“I have not changed my position. It is the same exact thing. We can not let crazed, insane businessmen who put their bottom line ahead of the planet - And I'm talking about Rex Tillerson.”
“I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.”
“I have not chosen to create a linear story, but a series of different narratives: in the end there are five plays that almost, but don't quite, add up to one play... I start with the story of Candide, being performed as a play within a play, to bring the audience up to speed with the story.”
“I have not collected art. Art collected me. I never found paintings. They found me. I have never even owned a work of art. They owned me.”
“I have not come here... to talk about Count Philippe... but to tell you that... I am going... to die..."
"Where are Raoul de Chagny and Christine Daaé?"
"Of love... daroga... I am dying... of love... That is how it is... I loved her so!... And I love her still... daroga... and I am dying of love for her, I... I tell you!... If you knew how beautiful she was... when she let me kiss her... alive... It was the first... time, daroga, the first... time I ever kissed a woman... Yes, alive... I kissed her alive... and she looked as beautiful as if she had been dead!..."
The Persian shook Erik by the arm:
"Will you tell me if she is alive or dead?"
"Why do you shake me like that?" asked Erik, making an effort to speak more connectedly. "I tell you that I am going to die... Yes, I kissed her alive..."
"And now she is dead?"
"I tell you I kissed her just like that, on her forehead... and she did not draw back her forehead from my lips!... Oh, she is a good girl!... As to her being dead, I don't think so; but it has nothing to do with me... No, no, she is not dead! And no one shall touch a hair of her head! She is a good, honest girl, and she saved your life, daroga, at a moment when I would not have given twopence for your Persian skin.”
Source: The Phantom of the Opera
“I have not come into this world to make men better, but to make use of their weaknesses.”
“I have not come to Kashi to seek votes but to connect with the people and understand their problems.”
“I have not come to know atheism as a result of logical reasoning and still less as an event in my life: in me it is a matter of instinct.”
Source: Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What
“I have not come to praise Caesar, but to bury him.”
“I have not come to seek place, nor to interfere with the business and calling of those men who have borne the burden since the death of Joseph. I throw myself at your feet, and wish to be one of your number, and be a mere member of the Church, and my mere asking to be baptized is an end to all pretensions to authority.”
“I have not come to teach you, I have come to love you.”
Source: Servitude is Sanctitude
“I have not come up with anything original. It needs a better brain than mine! I have done what I can do in taking Dawkins' idea and extending it.”
“I have not conceived my mission to be that of a knight-errant wandering everywhere to deliver people from difficult situations. My humble occupation has been to show people how they can solve their own difficulties.”
Source: All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections
“I have not conquered Everest, it has merely tolerated me”
“I have not contended for Democrat, Republican, Protestant or Baptist for an agent. I have worked for freedom, I have laboured to give my race a voice in the affairs of the nation.”
Source: The Newspaper Warrior: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins's Campaign for American Indian Rights, 1864-1891
“I have not created any characters nor have I changed my name. The last time I did, the band turned 20, and I said, "I'm going to stop changing my names. I'll present myself as Rubén Albarrán." During that time, I was visiting certain communities and one of them baptized me with my birth name. So I said, "OK, I've received it, now I will use it," and I have. If another one comes, then it will come, but it hasn't arrived yet and I'm fine for now.”
“I have not died as men may die, nor sinned as men have sinned,
But I have reached a misty sky upon a granite wind.”
Source: Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems
“I have not done anything wrong. I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations and I have not provided false information to this or any other committee.”
“I have not drawn a very rosy picture of the magician. I did not intend to do so. To the novice entering the life and promising himself ease, indolence, and wealth, I should say, Don't!”
“I have not earned the right to be called the young Sinatra, but give me time.”
“I have not eaten enough of the tree of knowledge, though in my profession I am obligated to feed on it regularly.”
Source: The Born-Einstein letters: correspondence between Albert Einstein and Max and Hedwig Born from 1916-1955, with commentaries by Max Born
“I have not encouraged talk about man’s holy privacy, although I do respect and defend man’s right to have it.”
Source: Where Pain Thrives
“I have not ever met Donald Trump, and I plan to go my entire life without ever actually having to breathe the same air that he breathes.”
“I have not failed 10,000 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
“I have not failed 10,000 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work.”
“I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
“I have not failed. I have successfully discovered 1200 ideas that don't work.”
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 foundations and individual donors whose priorities don't align with my organization's.”
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
“I have not flirted with him. And besides, even if I had, which I hadn't, flirting is not risky. It only raises the possibility of risk.”
Source: In the Cut
“I have not forgotten my story I want to tell Millennial women. I'm still waiting for them all to gather out there. I sent out a request for people to call Millennial that they know.”
“I have not forgotten that I am a Norman, nor the responsibilities that I bear. I swear I will be a lady worthy of our family name, worthy of England, and worthy of my conscience.”
Source: Saplings of Sherwood
“I have not forgotten that you can see the world through pieces of coloured glass.”
“I have not found a single good man in government; I have found good only in the people.”
“I have not found my perspective on my career change. What I have found is that my life in general has been more fulfilling. To be able to influence an individual's life and on who they become as a person is a very rewarding feeling.”