I Quotes
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“I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.”
“I kept thinking, I went to college and I have to get a real job.”
“I kept this to remind me of you trying to brush away the Villa Rossa from your teeth in the morning, swearing and eating aspirin and cursing harlots. Every time I see that glass I think of you trying to clean your conscience with a toothbrush.”
Source: A Farewell to Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition
“I kept trying to talk myself out of my second thoughts when they were trying to help me. My advice? When it comes to relationships, second thoughts should be promoted.”
Source: The Secret Life of Prince Charming
“I kept trying to tell people that just because I was young didn't mean I could speak for all young people.”
Source: Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics
“I kept waiting for him to lay bare something more than this pointed unobjectionableness, but all that rose to the surface was more surface”
Source: American Pastoral
“I kept waiting for that loneliness and nervousness to make me want to go back. But it never did.”
Source: Paper Towns
“I kept waiting for the part where I’d finally know who I was — some flashing, neon moment of relief, but it never came.”
“I kept waiting for this momentous breakdown, with everything crashing down in some spectacular show. What I didn't recognize, is that all along I had been crumbling slowly and quietly, like unfired clay. It's almost boring how unspectacular it is. Nothing earth shattering happened, in fact that's the problem; day after day nothing happens. You just feel incapable, unfocused, disorganized, and defeated. Make some strong coffee and get to work. You're not alone.”
“I kept walking and walking up Fifth Avenue, without any tie on or anything. Then all of a sudden, something very spooky started happening. Every time I came to the end of a block and stepped off the goddam curb, I had this feeling that I’d never get to the other side of the street. I thought I’d just go down, down, down, and nobody’d ever see me again. Boy, did it scare me. You can’t imagine. I started sweating like a bastard – my whole shirt and underwear and everything. Then I started doing something else. Every time I’d get to the end of a block I’d make believe I was talking to my brother Allie. I’d say to him, “Allie, don’t let me disappear. Allie, don’t let me disappear. Allie, don’t let me disappear. Please, Allie.” And then when I’d reach the other side of the street without disappearing, I’d thank him. Then it would start all over again as soon as I got to the next corner. But I kept going and all. I was sort of afraid to stop, I think – I don’t remember, to tell you the truth. I know I didn’t stop till I was way up in the Sixties, past the zoo and all. Then I sat down on this bench. I could hardly get my breath, and I was still sweating like a bastard. I sat there, I guess, for about an hour.”
Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
“I kept walking. Have you ever done that? Just walk. Just walk and have no idea where you're going? It wasn't a good feeling, but not a bad one either. I felt caged and free at the same time, like it was only myself that wouldn't allow me to feel either great or miserable.”
Source: Underdog
“I kept wanting to go back on the stage and do it again since I had so much fun and felt so accomplished. It seemed that I had regained a lot of the confidence that I knew I had years before when I performed onstage all the time.”
Source: Determination
“I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was okay.”
“I kept watching the river, losing touch with the moment as I often do, the view in front of me taking me to some other place. I get distracted this way. People can be disruptive, nature can't. It wasn't as if I felt disrupted by India. But there was some obscure emotion rising in me, some profound attraction that I didn't know quite what to do with.”
“I kept watching those pliable lips to see if they would speak again, but she didn’t say anymore. It’s a rare thing that, a dame who won’t tell you more than you want to know. I could tell there was something special about her. But I was troubled…troubled by the thought that she had a husband…and that she wanted me to find him.”
Source: Smoke
“I kept wondering if this was going to be my first experience of love or if this was going to be my first experience of being sweet talked into parting with my virginity.”
Source: Pleasant Day
“I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna do if I don't have something I can dance to?”
“I kept writing short stories and sending out my manuscript, and it kept coming back like a bad penny. It was rejected all over town, quite often in very complimentary terms, but rejected nonetheless. Agents would return it saying that they loved it but didn't think they could sell it, or they would ask if I could change the collection into linked stories.”
“I kept you so well, buried beneath the darkest shame and stilled with filthy lies. Perhaps I should have dug deeper.”
“I kept zoning out as the various shapes and symbols flashed across the computer's glowing screen. My most strenuous efforts to combine those symbols into words failed drastically, sentences eluded me, and time passed in a chirping swirl of incoherent madness.”
Source: Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“I kept.. ..returning to the (ancient Roman) wall paintings with their veiled melancholy and elegant plasticity.”
“I kick kittens. I made rude gestures at nuns.”
“I kick off sandals and feel the wet mud under my feet... I want to taste everything about Autumn when I am footloose.”
Source: The Last Leaf Of Autumn: Barefoot and falling, infinity is a number that has none to end
“I kick-kick game, can't injure Nicki. That's why they nick-nicknamed me Ninja Nicki.”
“I kicked a boy in the shins in second grade for making fun of my father.”
“I kicked a rib cage off my foot and swaggered around the tree as if I owned the place. “Hey there!”
Startled, Nidhogg stopped in mid-mutter. He stared at me, his huge yellow eyes blinking in confusion. Then, nostrils flaring dangerously, he let out a bellow that doubled as an impressive display of razor-sharp fangs.
My heart faltered, but I swallowed my fear and pressed on.
“Is that supposed to intimidate me?” I made a big show of rolling my eyes. “I’ve heard louder roars from Thor’s butt.”
Nidhogg flinched as if I’d whacked him on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper. “That wasn’t very nice.” He sounded so hurt I almost felt sorry for him.
Instead, I snorted with derision. “Buddy, I insult everyone.” I waved my daggers. “See these? They’re sharp, but not as sharp as my tongue.” Or your fangs, I added to myself as the dragon loomed in closer to inspect my blades.
“Wow. Those are pointy.” Nidhogg looked genuinely impressed. “Are your insults really sharper than that?”
“Mister, that question is so dumb it makes me think your brain is like Odin’s left eye socket—completely empty.”
Nidhogg winced. “Wow. That really, really hurt. But you’re right, of course.” He tapped a daggerlike claw against his skull. “My brain is empty. Of insults, anyway.”
That was my opening. I sheathed my daggers and cocked my head to one side as if considering something. “You know, I have some powerful one-liners that never fail to infuriate. I’d be willing to share a few, but what’s in it for me?”
Nidhogg scratched his belly. “Well, for starters, I won’t eat you,” he offered.
“Hmm. Tell you what. Let me climb up Yggdrasil when we’re done, and you’ve got a deal.”
Nidhogg stuck out a claw. I thought he was going to slice me to ribbons, but then I realized he wanted to shake on it. I did so, very carefully.
“Okay,” I said.”
Source: 9 From the Nine Worlds
“I kicked college nostalgia in my late 20s. As much as I loved college and treasure the memories, I no longer want to go back.”
“I kicked down doors to show that Hiphop has matured. And it may be a little controversial.”
“I kicked off my shoes and pulled his hand away from the wheel so I could straddle his lap and hold him. His grip on me was excruciatingly tight, but I didn't complain. We were on an insanely busy street, with endless cars rumbling past on one side and a crush of pedestrians on the other, but neither of us cared. He was shaking violently, as if he were sobbing uncontrollably, but he made no sound and shed no tears. The sky cried for him, the rain coming down hard and angry, steaming off the ground.”
Source: The Crossfire Series Books 1-3 by Sylvia Day
“I kid because I'm on basic cable.”
“I kid Fox News, but they may be a little biased. We had an earthquake here on Monday, and they reported that 'the earth's crust was emboldened by Obama's weakness.'”
“I kid the Republicans, with love. I feel bad for them. They got nobody for next time. Who are they gonna run? Sarah Palin, reading off her hand. Did you see that? You saw this? She wrote "tax cuts" on her hand. A Republican so stupid she has to be reminded of the one thing - Tax cuts! This is like if you saw the coyote's paw and it said "Road Runner".”
“I kid you not Crowe, I’m working the King Sooper’s stores tomorrow. I’m gonna find me a checkout boy. Safe job, good insurance and he probably won’t tell me what to do.”
At my threat Vance kissed my forehead. Then he let me go. I took this to mean he didn’t feel the King’s Sooper’s checkout boys were much competition.
He was probably right.”
Source: Rock Chick Renegade
“I kid you not. My gast was flabbered the minute I set my foot across the threshold of that place.”
“I kill a sofa for you and you go and sit in a chair?” Skulduggery asked. “I don’t think you appreciate the sacrifice that has been made for you.”
“I kill flies, I eat meat, you know, whatever.”
“I kill it because we cannot stay in the same room. I kill it because we cannot stay in the same room with me sleeping. I kill it because I might look away and not see it there on the wall when I look back. I kill it because I might spend all night hunting it. I kill it because I am afraid to go near enough with glass and paper to carry it outside. I kill it because I have been told to. I kill it by slapping my shoe against the wall because I have been told to do it that way. I kill it standing as far away as possible and stretching my hand holding the shoe towards it. I kill it because it has been making me shake out the bedclothes, look inside my shoes, scan the walls at night. I kill it with two fast blows in case one isn’t enough. I kill it because I can. I kill it because it cannot stop me. I kill it because I know it is there. I kill it so that its remains are on the heel of my shoe. I kill it so that its outline with curved sting is on my wall. I kill it to feel sure I will live. I kill it to feel alive. I kill it because I am weaker than it is. I kill it because I am not good enough to let it live. I kill it out of the corner of my eye, remembering it is black, vertical, stock still on the white wall. I kill it because it will not speak to me.”
Source: Of Mutability
“I kill kings and presidents first, and next all capitalists.”
“I kill my loneliness by reading and (then) writing, damn.”
“I kill my own monsters.”
Source: For the Throne
“I killed a fruit fly that wouldn't get out of my face by clapping my hands on it. In its last act of kamikaze defiance, the fly hurled its fading carcass into a coffee I had only half-drunk and was enjoying. I had to pour it down the drain. F***er.”
“I killed a guy, maybe two. Possibly three. I have one power. Not two or three or four. Just one. I met a girl, and she changed everything.”
“I killed a lot of Germans, and I am only sorry I didn't kill more.”
“I killed a squirrel once with a car. Twice with a tennis racket.”
“I killed everyone in the book. But I was the only one who died in reality.”
Source: Order in the Courtroom: The Tale of a Texas Poker Player
“I killed four flies while waiting. Damn, death was everywhere. Man, bird, beast, reptile, rodent, insect, fish didn't have a chance. The fix was in. I didn't know what to do about it. I got depressed. You know, I see a boy at the supermarket, he's packing my groceries, then I see him sticking himself into his own grave along with the toilet paper, the beer and the chicken breasts.”
Source: Pulp: Charles Bukowski's Final Hardboiled Noir Comedy – Lady Death, Aliens, and the Absurd
“I killed Freddie the vamp like twenty times, but he wouldn't die. --Natalya Shonski”
“I killed her once and died for her many times”
Source: My Name Is Memory
“I killed her once and died for her many times and I still have nothing to show for it. I always search for her ; I always remember her. I carry the hope that someday she will remember me.”
Source: My Name Is Memory
“I killed her pets!” Vidrol exclaimed happily, while the others just stared at him with wide, disbelieving eyes.
All of them except Helki, who just shook his head again. “Total psychopath,” he muttered. He raised his voice over the sound of Banshee screaming.
“Could you maybe put that thing outside?”
“He just died,” Vidrol defended. “Cut him some slack.”
“He’s screaming because he hates you,” Helki corrected, following Vidrol outside. “Even more so now that you’ve killed him.”
Source: A World of Lost Words