I Quotes
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“I admired Stalkers style. He was incredibly fast using two small blades strapped to the backs of his hands. Slash slash slash. Fighting him you wouldn’t die of one great wound but instead bleed out slowly surprised to find yourself weak and dying after a thousand cuts.”
Source: Enclave
“I admired that stride; it was like he folded space in two with it.”
Source: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
“I admired the earnestness of these people, many of whom had joined Greenpeace and marched for noble things in their youth. But I didn’t share their hatred of the establishment. After all, the establishment had given me so many of my favorite things: Nick at Nite, the New York Knicks, Stephen King, Taco Bell, Green Day. The list went on and on.”
“I admired the English immensely for all that they had endured, and they were certainly honorable, and stopped their cars for pedestrians, and called you “sir” and “madam,” and so on. But after a week there, I began to feel wild. It was those ruddy English faces, so held in by duty, the sense of “what is done” and “what is not done,” and always swigging tea and chirping, that made me want to scream like a hyena”
Source: My Life in France
“I admired the thought of a common boy feeling brave enough to face the challenge of becoming prince. But no one was going to tie me down before I was ready, and I was going to make sure those poor suckers knew what they were signing up for.”
Source: The Heir
“I admired the way McCain worked on campaign finance reform. I admired the way Nancy Pelosi stiffened the Democrats' spine during the health care debate. I admire the way Barack Obama has raised a dog in the White House without ever putting it on the roof of the car for a vacation drive.”
“I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility was impressive. I would like modern readers to have an appreciation of this.”
“I admired the work of photographers like Beaton, Penn, and Avedon as much as I respected the grittier photographers such as Robert Frank. But in the same way that I had to find my own way of reportage, I had to find my own form of glamour.”
“I admired those girls who did Playboy, Sports Illustrated, and Victoria's Secret. I love looking at them too, but I never went in that direction. I just stayed in fashion.”
“I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn't directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other.”
“I admit, he has far too much on his mind at the moment. Suppressed panic turns him into a prick every time; it's what he does instead of running in circles screaming. A way of coping, I suppose.”
Source: Mirror Dance
“I admit I am an unnatural thing for not loving my child. But I hardly know my child. How can anyone love a thing that reveals nothing of itself. . . except for its unending screams?”
Source: The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs
“I admit I can't shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, that there is a sort of psychic economy, whereby if you embrace success, happiness and comfort, these things have to be paid for.”
“I admit. I confess. I confront. The three likely phrase to live stressless.”
Source: The Weak Point Dealer
“I admit I distorted intelligence to please Stalin because I feared him.”
“I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.”
“I admit I get the occasional headache," I said. "I admit some of my hangovers are epic. But usually all it takes for me to bounce back is a sauna, cold-plunge pool, steam bath, massage, and wasabi to clear the sinuses".”
Source: George & Hilly: The Anatomy of a Relationship
“I admit I have no forgiveness. If anyone is ever rude to me, however much they may try to make up, I can't bring myself to re-establish the old [connection]. And when they drop me, I have a sense of relief.”
“I admit I haven’t seen it all but I have seen enough to know what it is worth.”
“I admit I keep a clichéd ironic distance with many things in the world, but Brooklyn is not one of them.”
“I admit I love clothes and I buy clothes. But they sit in my closet. I like a pair of comfy pants, flip flops and a t- shirt. And when we pick a restaurant, my criteria is: Where can I wear this?.”
“I admit; I simply dislike traveling. Why people wish to wander to and fro when they could simply remain at home is something I will never understand. Everything is the way I like it here. ~ Wendell Bambleby”
Source: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
“I admit I took a Negro child
to a white rest room in Texas,
but she was my daughter, only three,
and she had to pee,
and I just didn't know what to do,
would you?”
“I admit I was drinking a Guinness... but I did not swallow.”
“I admit I was somewhat concerned when we started to sign so many players - naturally you are going to worry about whether you can retain your place in the side.”
“I admit I'm a fool for you, because your mine, I walk the line.”
Source: Johnny Cash, the Songs
“I admit I'm being paid well, but it's no more than I deserve. After all, I've been screwed more times than a hooker.”
“I admit I'm enthusiastically demanding.”
“I admit it. I'm a bully.
I mistreat, ridicule, shame, blame, silence
criticize, embarrass, belittle and beat up
myself on a daily basis. I swear, the only person I have a hard time standing up to...is me.”
“I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry.”
“I admit, it’s a good feeling to get money from elders. It makes me keep on believing that I’m still a kid. It’s a feeling of being cared for.
— Arya Kashyap”
Source: That’ll Be Our Song
“I admit it: above all things, I fear absurdity.”
“I admit it: I am louder than the average human being and have no fear of speaking my mind. These traits don't come from the color of my skin but from an unwavering belief in my own intelligence.”
“I admit it: I had fun watching right-wingers go wild as health reform finally became law.”
“I admit it: I'm a freak who sits obsessively in front of my computer typing my name into Yahoo Search over and over again. I'm a closet Amberholic. Please help me!”
“I admit that all humanists — as humanists — have been individualists. As humanists, they have had nothing to offer to the mob. But they have usually left a place, not only for the mob, but (what is more important) for the mob part of the mind in themselves. Mr. Babbitt is too rigorous and conscientious a Protestant to do that: hence there seems to be a gap between his own individualism (and indeed intellectualism, beyond a certain point, must be individualistic) and his genuine desire to offer something which will be useful to the American nation primarily and to civilization itself. But the historical humanist, as I understand him, halts at a certain point and admits that the reason will go no farther, and that it cannot feed on honey and locusts.
Humanism is either an alternative to religion, or is ancillary to it. To my mind, it always flourishes most when religion has been strong; and if you find examples of humanism which are anti-religious, or at least in opposition to the religious faith of the place and time, then such humanism is purely destructive, for it has never found anything to replace what it destroyed. Any religion, of course, is for ever in danger of petrifaction into mere ritual and habit, though ritual and habit be essential to religion. It is only renewed and refreshed by an awakening of feeling and fresh devotion, or by the critical reason. The latter may be the part of the humanist. But if so, then the function of humanism, though necessary, is secondary. You cannot make humanism itself into a religion.”
Source: For Lancelot Andrewes: Essays Ancient & Modern
“I admit that at times my prayer for my children is nothing more than vocalized unbelief aimed at God.”
Source: Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus
“I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally formed in accordance with a vote.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“I admit that death is not just about you, it's also about the people who love you.”
“I admit that for me love goes deeper than the struggle, or maybe what I mean is, love is the deeper struggle.”
Source: In the Time of the Butterflies
“I admit that I ain't no angel, I admit that I ain't no saint - I'm selfish and I'm cruel and I'm blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they're so hard to find.”
Source: The Early Years: The Lyrics of Tom Waits 1971-1983
“I admit that I am hopelessly hooked on the printed newspaper. I love turning the pages and the serendipity of stumbling across a piece of irresistible information or a photograph that I wasnt necessarily intending to read.”
“I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it? For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where He is there I shall be also!”
“I admit that I do not recall the speeches of Comrades [Earl] Browder and [Samuel] Darcy. I do not even recall of what they spoke. It is possible that they said something of this nature. But it was not the Soviet people who created the American Communist Party. It was created by Americans.”
“I admit that I have sometimes claimed to be Batman in the past. But only when really, really drunk.”
“I admit that I haven't read everything in my library, but I feel smarter just walking in it!”
“I admit that I myself am far from having a complete command of every topic I touch on, but my knowledge of my subject is always greater than the interest or the understanding of my auditors. You see, there is one very good thing about mankind; the mediocre masses make very few demands of the mediocrities of a higher order, submitting stupidly and cheerfully to their guidance”
“I admit that I sometimes climbed on other fellows' backs. But I used to watch the flight of the ball perhaps more than the other fellow did. Perfect timing, a deep breath and a natural spring then helped me to get above them.”
“I admit that invective is one of my pleasures. This only brings me problems in life, but that's it. I attack, I insult. I have a gift for that, for insults, for provocation. So I am tempted to use it.”
“I admit that it was merely out of a selfish desire to discover who you were. It’s as I’ve told you already—I’ve spent the entirety of my existence waiting for you. Waiting for someone I can talk to. Someone I can feel. When I realized that was you... I needed to know who you were.”
Source: Belladonna