I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I have read some of [the Lisbon Treaty] but not all of it.”
“I have read somewhere that in a totalitarian system martyrdom does better than thought.”
“I have read somewhere that in the Emperor's palace at Byzantium was a tree made of gold and silver, and artificial birds that sang.”
Source: The Major Works
“I have read somewhere that we often spend a lifetime searching for what we already have.”
Source: Slightly Married
“I have read stories of budget airlines stranding families and them having to pay $9,000 to get home!”
“I have read that during the process of canonization the Catholic Church demands proof of joy in the candidate, and although I have not been able to track down chapter and verse I like the suggestion that dourness is not a sacred attribute.”
Source: Birds, beasts, and relatives
“I have read that the ancients, when they had produced a sound, used to modulate it, heightening and lowering its pitch without departing from the rules of harmony. So must the artist do in working at the nude.”
“I have read that the secret of gallantry is to accept the pleasures of life leisurely, and its inconveniences with a shrug; as well as that, among other requisites, the gallant person will always consider the world with a smile of toleration, and his own doings with a smile of honest amusement, and Heaven with a smile which is not distrustful — being thoroughly persuaded that God is kindlier than the genteel would regard as rational.”
Source: Beyond Life
“I have read that there are two fears that cannot be trained out of us: the startle reaction upon hearing an unexpected noise, and vertigo. I would like to add a third, to wit, the rapid and direct approch of a known killer”
Source: Life of Pi
“I have read that, on the average, the Japanese are getting taller, but at the moment they seem to be about the same height as American junior-high-school students, only with fewer guns.”
Source: Dave Barry Does Japan
“I have read the Aeneid through more often than I have read any long poem.”
Source: Image and Imagination
“I have read the Bible, it has a lot of different interpretations. It is a book of codes.”
“I have read the Bible many times. But after fasting, and being baptized Orthodox, it's like reading a whole new Bible. You see the depth behind the words so much more clearly.”
“I have read the bible, seen its errors and perfections, but the bits of lie contained therein has contaminated the truth.”
“I have read the last page of the Bible and I know for sure that we win in the end.”
“I have read the last page of the Bible. It is
all going to turn out all right.”
Source: Billy Graham in Quotes
“I have read true piety defined as: loving one’s destiny unconditionally – and there is something in it. That is to say: I think that in a way this sort of “religiousness” is the condition for real happiness.”
“I have read various articles on the fourth dimension, the relativity theory of Einstein, and other psychological speculation on the constitution of the universe; and after reading them I feel as Senator Brandegee felt after a celebrated dinner in Washington. "I feel," he said, "as if I had been wandering with Alice in Wonderland and had tea with the Mad Hatter."”
“I have read where Abraham Lincoln said he wasn't interested in freeing the slaves.”
“I have read your book and much like it.”
“I have read your book, and I disapprove.”
“I have read your fantastical book "Mirror Mirror" with awe and applause!
Working with you on my regional TV show for a year was a godsend...you are an inspiration. All success.”
Source: Mommie Dearest
“I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.”
“I have real admiration for chefs who can maintain an edge and find new inspiration in their cooking after many years.”
“I have real fears for Cuba based on the South American experience. Where you have had such a stern regime, as Fidel's [Castro], there is no culture of politics.”
“I have real feelings for you. I want more than friendship with you. I want to take you on a date. I want to be more than your best friend.”
“I have real TV studios. If I have an idea, I can go shoot it. I can experiment. If I choose to air it or not, it's at my discretion. I don't have to do it to somebody else's time frame.”
“I have realised how exciting and easy it is to be a time traveller by looking at paintings and films and architecture and playing music or listening to it. I don't think you necessarily have to live in the present all the time.”
“I have realised I have never seen a dead body or a real female nipple. This is what comes of living in a cul-de-sac.”
Source: The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
“I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality.”
“I have realised recently that words are just words, a series of letters arranged in a certain order, most likely in the language we were assigned at birth. People are careless with their words nowadays. They throw them away in a text or tweet, they write them, pretend to read them, twist them, misquote them, lie with, without, and about them. They steal them, then they give them away. Worst of all, they forget them. Words are only of value if we remember how to feel what they mean. We won't forget, will we? I like to think that what we have is more than just words.”
Source: Rock Paper Scissors
“I have realised that my worst day as an artist is still better than my best day as a lawyer.”
“I have realized after all these years that a city that has a good quality of life attracts jobs. People don't want to invest in places if there is no quality of life.”
“I have realized; it is during the times I am far outside my element that I experience myself the most. That I see and feel who I really am, the most! I think that's what a comet is like, you see, a comet is born in the outer realms of the universe! But it's only when it ventures too close to our sun or to other stars that it releases the blazing "tail" behind it and shoots brazen through the heavens! And meteors become sucked into our atmosphere before they burst like firecrackers and realize that they're shooting stars! That's why I enjoy taking myself out of my own element, my own comfort zone, and hurling myself out into the unknown. Because it's during those scary moments, those unsure steps taken, that I am able to see that I'm like a comet hitting a new atmosphere: suddenly I illuminate magnificently and fire dusts begin to fall off of me! I discover a smile I didn't know I had, I uncover a feeling that I didn't know existed in me... I see myself. I'm a shooting star. A meteor shower. But I'm not going to die out. I guess I'm more like a comet then. I'm just going to keep on coming back.”
“I have realized over time that my own decisions have hurt me far more than anyone else ever could. That’s why I stopped trusting people… but somewhere along the way, I stopped trusting myself too. Now I question my choices, my instincts, and even my own judgment, because much of the pain I carried came from me alone.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“I have realized sometimes I do better working under a crazy schedule. It gives me less time to overthink things and forces me to be present.”
“I HAVE REALIZED THAT FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS HAS TOO OFTEN BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH MAN-HATING. IF THERE IS ONE THING I KNOW FOR CERTAIN, IT IS THAT THIS HAS TO STOP.”
“I have realized that I hate going to the premieres of the movies that I'm in. Because I feel this tension after the movie is over that everyone feels obligated to say something nice to you. It's so unnatural and uncomfortable.”
“I have realized that my real self is a greater entity than any possible post or title.”
Source: In Search of Identity: An Autobiography
“I have realized that mystery is what keeps people away, and I’ve grown tired of smoke and mirrors. I yearn for the clean, well-lighted place. So let’s peek behind the curtain and hail the others like us. The open-faced sandwiches who take risks and live big and smile with all of their teeth. These are the people I want to be around.”
Source: Yes Please
“I have realized that mystery is what keeps people away, and I've grown tired of smoke and mirrors. I yearn for the clean, well-lighted place. So let's peek behind the curtain and hail the others like us. The open-faced sandwiches who take risks and live big and smile with all of their teeth. These are the people I want to be around. This is the honest way I want to live and love and write.”
“I have realized that nothing else matters besides this:
Am I doing everything God has put me on this earth to do?”
“I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be self-sufficient. There's nothing especially brave about wandering dark streets with no flashlight, but we are not supposed to need help, even from light. We are supposed to be capable of anything. I like that. Because there might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I want to be ready.”
Source: Divergent
“I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be self-sufficient.”
Source: Divergent Trilogy
“I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be self-sufficient. There's nothing especially brave about wandering dark streets with no flashlight, but we are not supposed to need help, even from light. We are supposed to be capable of anything. I like that. Because their might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I want to be ready.”
Source: The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant
“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.”
“I have realized that the world and its people will never be perfect; and thus, I have grown wiser. I have learned that every aspect of life owns an injustice. I have seen that every human soul is laudable. Thus, you have the power to be enlightened.”
“I have realized that whatever good comes to me, comes from God, whatever bad comes to me, God has allowed it, and I choose to be thankful for both.”
Source: Wrecked: When a Broken World Slams into Your Comfortable Life
“I have realized that you can close yourself off to life if you put walls up, but it's a difficult thing ... You can't see over, people can't see in, and you also can't see out. So I've gotten quite comfortable with just being unafraid. I keep saying the same thing: it's not about being fearless but really just embracing the fears and using them.”
“I have realized why corrupt politicians do nothing to improve the quality of public school education. They are terrified of educated voters.”