I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I have such poor vision I can date anybody.”
“I have such respect for people who do non-fiction casting after settling on the grandparents we got for this. It is really hard to find people who are not fame-whores. We're lucky these people actually wanted to spend their time doing this. All of them would have much rather been cooking without the cameras, being with their families. That's why they're great characters.”
“I have such respect for the art of deejaying. I hesitate to even call myself a deejay.”
“I have such respect for women who go through pregnancy multiple times. I thought it was beautiful being pregnant. The aftermath is brutal.”
“I have such sympathy for the forerunners of science in religious circles. This especially true for clergy. Those that pursue both scientific methodology and fervent spiritual pursuit, are inevitably mocked by both sides. No one gives them a fair and unbiased assessment.”
“I have such thin skin, so I make a concerted effort to avoid reading anything about myself.”
“I have such trust comples. I'm close to like two people.”
“I have suckled the wolf's lip of anger and I have used it for illumination, laughter, protection, fire when there was no fire, no food, no sisters, no quarter. We are not goddesses or matriarchs or edifices of forgiveness; we are not fiery fingers of judgement or instruments of flagellation; we are women forced back always upon our woman's power.”
Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“I have suckled the wolf's lip of anger and I have used it for illumination, laughter, protection, fire in places where there was no light, no food, no sisters, no quarter.”
“I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning, or destroyed it altogether.”
Source: Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead
“I have suffered a loss, Forrest, far greater than my legs. It's my spirit, my soul, if you will. There is only a blank there now - medals where my soul used to be.”
Source: Forrest Gump
“I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn't get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet if I could have.”
“I have suffered for this book; now it's your turn.”
“I have suffered from being alone, but because I have been able to keep my secret I have overcome the suffering of loneliness. To go right to the end implies knowing how to keep one's secret. And, today, there is no greater joy than to live alone and unknown. My deepest joy is to write. To accept the world and to accept pleasure—but only when I am stripped bare of everything. I should not be worthy to love the bare and empty beaches if I could not remain naked in the presence of myself. For the first time I can understand the meaning of the word happiness without any ambiguity. It is a little different from what men normally mean when they say: 'i am happy.”
Source: Notebooks 1935-1942
“I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.”
“I have suffered from bullying in many ways, from bullying in school due to my disability in reading, to digital abuse that I deal with on a daily basis. I'd like to tell the kids that are being bullied that no one should have to deal with the abuse, ever!”
“I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.”
“I have suffered great losses and have been blessed with great consolations, but whatever life may give me or take away, this is the simple wisdom that will always light my life: I have loved, passionately, fearlessly, with all my heart and all my soul, and I have been loved in return. For me, this is enough.”
Source: Miracle In The Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
“I have suffered more from my bad dancing than from all the misfortunes and miseries of my life put together.”
Source: The letters of Walter Savage Landor to Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
“I have suffered my self to be politically sacrificed to save my country from ruin and disgrace and if I am never a gain elected I will have the gratification to know that I have done my duty.”
Source: A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett ...
“I have suffered the atrocity of sunsets.”
Source: Collected Poems
“I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.”
“I have suffered two grave accidents in my life, one in which a streetcar knocked me down... The other accident is Diego.”
“I have suggested that behind almost all myth lies the mono-plot of the game of hide-and-seek.”
“I have suggested that scientific progress requires a favorable environment.”
“I have suggested that we can choose to regard the world as an interpretation of information provided by our senses, as opposed to a durable, external entity that will outlast us. If you’re focusing upon a description of the world, and you know it’s only a description, you can experiment with changing that description. This new view offers us a powerful choice of how to look at our lives.”
Source: Hoodwinked: Uncovering Our Fundamental Superstitions
“I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or color of their skin, or situation in life.”
“I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never refused to sing for anybody.”
“I have sung to large crowds since then, and there is a feeling that once you get over 100,000 people, you kind of lose the control element, you don't know if you are really getting through or not.”
“I have sunshine in my heart regardless of conditions around me.”
“I have superfine, superoily hair, so my struggle is always trying to get the volume I want. I end up not doing much with it ever.”
“I have superpowers when I have a glass of wine.”
“I have supped full with horrors.”
“I have supped mead with lords and ladies; so to have I slumbered in nameless lanes and gored upon mutton.”
“I have supported affirmative action, I do support affirmative action and I will support affirmative action.”
“I have supported candidates whose views are very different than mine on the need the break up Wall Street banks, on the war in Iraq, on trade issues. Of course I have supported those people. My hope is that we're going to see - and I believe it is the case - we're going to see more and more strong progressives running for office. That's my hope. That's my desire. But that is up to - that decision is going to be made by people in 50 states and 435 congressional districts.”
“I have supported my deviations with reasons; I did not stop at mere doubt; I have vanquished, I have uprooted, I have destroyed everything in my heart that might have interfered with my pleasure.”
Source: The 120 days of Sodom and other writings
“I have supported nominees for cabinet-level positions in the Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II administrations with people who I have tremendous disagreements with on substantive matters, and I've always supported them.”
“I have surrendered to God; therefore I surrender to nothing else.”
Source: The Way
“I have surrounded myself with very smart people.”
“I have survived and possibly I should not hope for more than that.”
Source: Secrets and Lies: Now Profumo is Dead, I Can Finally Reveal the Truth About the Most Shocking Scandal in British Politic
“I have survived, but I have not been spared.”
Source: Deathless
“I have survived by representing these sufferings of mine in the form of the novel.”
“i have survived far too much to go quietly
let a meteor take me
call the thunder for backup
my death will be grand
the land will crack
the sun will eat itself
- the day I leave”
Source: The Sun and Her Flowers
“I have survived the high altitude ‘Denver International Airport Police’ experience!”
“I have survived two wars, two wives and Hitler.”
“I have survived unthinkable things. I am not afraid to do it again.”
Source: When the Stars Wrote Back
“I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?”
Source: Speak
“I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial - what I present to people outwardly - but what makes people resilient is the ability to find humour and irony in situations that would otherwise overpower you.”
“I have survivor's curiosity, I guess.”