I Quotes
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“I haven’t seen angels, but I am sure they are not as beautiful as you are.”
Source: A moment with God ; Poetry
“I haven't seen him in decades, but I have the feeling that if we got together again, we'd be able to hang out just as we did back then.”
Source: The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
“I haven't seen that apron on anyone in so long; even Gran herself was too ill to use it in her final months. And to see it become three-dimensional, to see a body give it shape again... I don't know why, but it makes me look away.”
Source: The Maid
“I haven't seen you for a while," she said. "Where have you been?"
"I had to dispose of a rodent," he said lightly.
"A rodent?" she repeated, perplexed. "Couldn't one of the servants have taken care of it?
His white teeth gleamed as he laughed. "I wanted to take care of this one."
"Oh." She looked across the polished drawing room floor with a frown of worry. "Do you think there might be others scurrying around? They like to run up ladies' skirts, you know."
Still smiling, Ross slipped an arm around her waist. "My lady, the only creature that will nibble at your ankles tonight is me.”
Source: Lady Sophia's Lover
“I haven't seen you in a while,
but today I was told you prayed for me.
And I prayed for the olive oil
when it slipped
from your hands
onto my scalp,
aching strands of hair
in the drought of being without you.”
Source: Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air
“I haven’t sold Spinning Death Kicks Disguised As Reading A Book Quietly since my third grade teacher confiscated all my camouflage material. She also snatched away my Duck Quacks In A Can (with 50% more flavor).”
Source: Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.
“I haven't spun any tales.' He paused. 'Yet.'
Casteel's eyes narrowed as he stood beside me. 'How about you keep spinning tales to a minimum?'
'But I've interested in spun tales,' I remarked.”
Source: A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
“I haven't stopped thinking about anything you have said." She looked down at the worktop. "You're not perfect, Owen, and I apologize for pointing it out to you on so many occasions. I honestly didn’t think you were serious until last night, but you're right, I do want you. I always have." She looked up at me. "So, why would I walk away from you now?”
Source: She-Wolf
“I haven't the courage, or perhaps the hardness, to withstand the tremendous pathos of this life. I love life's casual beauty- fear its awful strength.”
Source: The Sea Is My Brother: The Lost Novel
“I haven't the slightest idea what we're doing," he said softly. "Though if you mean to take me captive, you need only ask. I would come willingly.”
Source: This Woven Kingdom
“I haven't thought past my father. He died a few days shy of his thirtieth birthday. When I picture my future, I can imagine my Naval career, starting a family, but I can't picture myself as a geezer, or really any older than he got to be. It's like he's the horizon line in my head, I'm always moving toward it, but I can't imagine getting to the other side.”
Source: Ghosts of Harvard
“I haven't used my glamour since I was twelve years old,” she whispered, gaze piercing as if it were very important to her that Scarlet understand this. “Not since I was old enough to control it. That's why the visions come to me. That's why I'm going mad.”
Source: Cress
“I haven't waited to be summoned for my big moment by a tap on the shoulder from a mysterious, benevolent stranger. It doesn't work that way where I'm from. You make your own opportunities where I'm from.”
“I haven’t written you a poem in years it seems.
How can it be my fault
when the words to describe you have not yet been created?
When the alphabet lacks the very letters?
How can it be my fault
when your loveliness only grows
by the time I reach for pen and paper?
Tell me how I am at fault
when I am only a beginner in poems
and you are exquisite poetry?
To write you in words
is to put a veil upon you.
Why must I write
when I can kiss you instead?”
“I haven't a clue about the biology or the psychology involved when a person dissolves into tears, but it is quite fascinating to note what turns them on. There are wives who can cascade over a late husband or a burned dinner, and equally pour tears of joy over a new bonnet or a renovated bathroom.... A while ago I took a ship back from Europe. Amid the tumbling confetti ... I found myself misty-eyed watching a young lady waving a tearful farewell to her boyfriend on the dock. I couldn't figure out if I was crying at her plight, or in delight that he wasn't coming along with us.”
“I haven't a clue how my story will end, but that's all right. When you set out on a journey and night covers the road, that's when you discover the stars.”
“I haven't a clue if there is life on other planets but I'd be charmed if we found a unicellular organism on Mars. It would change our whole concept of life on Earth.”
“I haven't a clue why I've lasted so long. There's no reason. There are many people more talented than me. I think it's luck.”
“I haven't a great Jazz band and I don't want one.”
“I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.”
“I haven't a single friend; I must live alone. But well I know that God is nearer to me than to the others of my art; I associate with Him without fear, I have always recognized and understood Him, and I have no fear for my music,-it can meet no evil fate. Those who understand it must become free from all the miseries that the others drag with them.”
Source: Beethoven: The Man and the Artist
“I haven't accepted anyone telling me what is or isn't possible and have just kept moving along toward my goals.”
“I haven't accomplished everything that I want to yet in my career, that's why I'm still playing. I just know that I still have something left inside of me to accomplish, and I don't know exactly what that is. Hopefully, I'll know one day soon”
“I haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.”
“I haven't achieved as much as I should have done in my career.”
“I haven't acquired a taste for green tea, and I don't intend to. I like my coffee black with a little sugar, and it keeps my metabolism up! I don't mind the occasional Gatorade while I'm gymming.”
“I haven't actually seen a Lady Gaga tour, but I do think she's very good.”
“I haven't actually studied acting at all.”
“I haven't aged into a character actor. I'm an old leading man.”
“I haven't always acted or reacted in a way that made me proud, but I didn't make that same mistake twice, and I think that's what I love about adversity is that it always reminds me of what's really valuable in life.”
“I haven't always been a writer and I suppose I tiptoed around the idea of writing full time, because it's so isolating.”
“I haven't always been the guy that walks into a room and automatically the attention is on me. I'm normally the guy that stands off in the corner.”
“I haven't always been the person I am today. I came into loving myself more than anything or anyone else.”
“I haven't always been vocal about my feelings, especially in a relationship.”
“I haven't always been warmly welcomed for holding my conservative positions in Hollywood. Then again, I've never been very good at being politically correct either, on or off screen. So why start now?”
“I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.”
“I haven't always made the right decisions.”
“I haven't always recruited for the best talent. I've taken a few guys who would fit for different reasons. Leadership. Toughness”
“I haven't always thrown hard, but eventually my (velocity) caught up with my mechanics.”
“I haven't always wanted to be an actor, no. I wasn't one of the little kids that was desperate to be an actor. I did a lot of drama and a lot of music, but it was just something for fun on the side. I was quite shy as a kid and I found a lot of freedom in performing. I never knew you could do it as a job.”
“I haven't any close friends. Friendship needs time to interact, sit down, gossip. I don't have that time.”
“I haven't any formal schedule, but I love to write in the morning, before breakfast. Sometimes the writing goes so smoothly that I don't take a break for many hours - and consequently have breakfast at two or three in the afternoon on good days.”
Source: Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates
“I haven't any language weak enough to depict the weakness of my spiritual life. If I weakened it enough it would cease to be language at all. As when you try to turn the gas-ring a little lower still, and it merely goes out.”
“I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Every time I read Pride and Prejudice I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.”
“I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner.”
Source: Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett, 1921-1960
“I haven't any thirst for revenge.”
“I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.”
“I haven't anything against whores, except this: some of them may have an honest tongue but they all have dishonest hearts.”
Source: Breakfast at Tiffany's
“I haven't appeared on stage in quite a long time and I don't have any immediate plans to do so, but I'm always interested in going back.”
“I haven't backed down from a fight in my life, and I won't start tonight.”