I Quotes
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“I have stolen more quotes and thoughts and purely elegant little starbursts of writing from the Book of Revelation than anything else in the English language - and it is not because I am a biblical scholar, or because of any religious faith, but because I love the wild power of the language and the purity of the madness that governs it and makes it music.”
Source: Generation of Swine: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist
“I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me.”
“I have stood apart from the world for so long. That has made it hard for me to navigate being in it, but it has also made me an excellent observer.”
Source: The Stolen Heir
“I have stood aside to see the phantoms of those days go by me. They are gone, and I resume the journey of my story.’ (David Copperfield) “But all that night he lay awake because the phantoms of those days were not gone. Like the tiny, terrible holes in the prophylactics, the phantoms of those days were not easy to detect—and their meaning was unknown—but they were there.”
“I have stood in a bar in Lambourn and been offered, in the space of five minutes, a poached salmon, a leg of a horse, a free trip to Chantilly, marriage, a large unsolicited loan, ten tips for a ten-horse race, two second-hand cars, a fight, and the copyright to a dying jockey's life story.”
“I have stood on a mountain of no's for one yes.”
“I have stood on the front lines of the health care system as a doctor, patient and concerned parent. Those experiences have served as my guideposts throughout the struggle to reform America's health care system. And it's those same experiences that tell me that fear and election hysteria should not overshadow the reality of reform.”
“I have stood on the line in Everett, Wash., where we have thousands of workers who go to work every day to build these planes. I would challenge anybody to tell me that they've stood on a line in Alabama and seen anybody building anything.”
“I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-bye.”
Source: Selected poems
“I have stood up and I have represented my constituents to the best of my abilities, and I'm very proud of that.”
“I have stood your meanness as long as I intend to. You have played the part of a damn scoundrel, and if you were any part of a man I would slap your jaws and force you to resent it.”
“I have stopped being a misanthrope.”
Source: The whole bloody bird: obs, aphs & pomes
“I have stopped comparing myself to others altogether because I realise there is no basis for comparison.”
Source: Suddenly Silent and Still
“I have stopped finding fault with creation and have learned to accept it. We have some power in us that knows its own ends. It is that which drives us on to what we must finally become… This is the true meaning of transformation. This is the real metamorphosis.”
Source: An Imaginary Life
“I have stopped painting. I stand in front of the easel, brush in hand, but my mind is blank. It is as if I have been struck by a strange kind of blindness.”
Source: Astrid and Veronika
“I have stopped sleeping inside. A house is too small, too confining. I want the whole world, and the stars too.”
Source: A Country Year: Living the Questions
“I have stopped smoking now and then, for a few months at a time, but it was not on principle, it was only to show off; it was to pulverize those critics who said I was a slave to my habits and couldn't break my bonds.”
Source: Mark Twain Himself: A Pictorial Biography
“I have stopped trying to be nice to everyone. It’s not ego, it’s peace. I have finally realized some people don’t deserve even a second of my time.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“I have stopped waiting on our leaders. We have been forced to fear the system. But unless we change our ways and the way we see each other, we won't move forward.”
“I have stopped wanting. It is very important to know when to stop wanting.”
Source: The Anderson Tapes
“I have stored these memories the way any child stores memory--a haphazard collection of sharp, bright objects socked away on the darkest shelves in the dustiest corners of our mental filing systems. They stay there, those memories, rattling in the dark. Scratching at the walls. Disrupting our careful ordering of what we think is true. And injuring us when we forget how dangerous they are, and we grasp too hard.”
Source: When Women Were Dragons
“I have stories. But stories are not facts.'
'I like stories. Love them, actually. Most of the time they're better than facts.”
Source: Falling Kingdoms
“I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together.”
“I have strange feeling, but I should continue with the fight I never should give up!”
“I have stress. Of course I have stress. But there are some situations we can’t control. You can’t change things outside yourself, so you change your attitude. I think that approach works for the Thai people. Like when you’re pissed at someone, and you can’t do anything about it. You feel you want to hit them, but you can’t, so you take a deep breath and let it go. Otherwise, it will ruin your day.”
“I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.”
Source: Illuminations, and Other Prose Poems
“I have striven for perfection, it has always eluded me, but I surely had an obligation to make one more try.”
“I have striven never to betray myself”
Source: Indiscretion
“I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the 'history' I was told in second grade. But considering that (when it comes to holidays) mainstream America's traditions tend to be over-eating, shopping, or getting drunk, I suppose it's a miracle that the concept of giving thanks even surfaces at all.”
“I have strong feelings for you, I just haven't decided if their positive or negitive yet.A”
“I have strong sentiments toward Iran, since I distinguish between the Iranian regime and the Iranian people. I highly esteem Iranian music and culture.”
“I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements.”
“I have strongly supported the right to keep and bear arms. I truly believe that firearms in the hands of law abiding citizens makes our families and our communities more safe, not less safe.”
“I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago... I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.”
Source: The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated): 5 Novels & 440+ Short Stories, Complete Poetry, Historical Military Works and Autobiographical Writings (Kim, The Jungle Book, The Man Who Would Be King, Land and Sea Tales, Captain Courageous…)
“I have struck the Prince of Elfhame.
Oh, I am in trouble now.”
Source: The Stolen Heir
“I have struggled against tyranny. I didn't do that in order to substitute another.”
“I have struggled to be taken seriously as a female athlete. I have struggled to find my worth outside of winning. I have struggled to accept parts of myself. Now I'm recognizing the beauty in those parts as well as beauty in the times when things didn't go my way.”
“I have struggled to make a place in this industry”
“I have struggled to reach here, where I can tell you my story and my philosophy.”
“I have struggled with perfectionism and I think it's a really damaging thing in my own life. When we put that perfectionism on someone else, it just hurts relationships whereas grace and trusting someone else's heart is a really, really incredible and important part of any relationship.”
“I have students that I tell, "If your book doesn't sell or you can't publish it, write another book. Quit sitting around." The publishing world is a business, but it's not any big deal. An editor is not your guru. Your agent is not your guru.”
“I have students who are now in chairs in five continents. They invite me to their inaugurals. A tremendous reward.”
“I have students who are PhDs in music who come back and scored the music and teach the kids the instruments that I don't know how to play. Those are the points of light, the former students.”
“I have students whose fathers are voting for Sarah Palin. It's wild.”
“I have studied all the sciences and all the major religions and can sum it up in one sentence. We become, have and attract what we think about and act upon correctly the most.”
“I have studied at the school of the world.”
“I have studied him - the wonderful man - and in my opinion far from being an anti-Christ he must be called the saviour of humanity.”
“I have studied humans for a small eternity. Intent infuses their every movement. Road maps to their inner navigation, plastered all over their skin. Born to be slaves.”
Source: Burned: Fever Series
“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.”
“I have studied many religions, many different persuasions of thought in Christian belief, and I have come, in this experience to this: the most important question in anyone's life is the question asked by poor Pilate in Matthew 27:22: 'What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ?' No Other question in the whole sweep of human experience is as important as this. It is the choice between life and death, between meaningless existence and life abundant. What will you do with Christ? Accept Him and life, or reject Him and die? What else is there?”