I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I know a guy who writes on the show, it was his episode, and he called and said, "Would you do it?" And I said, "Yeah." There's not really much else to tell, except that I was thrilled to be on The Simpsons, because it's one of the greatest series in the history of television.”
“I know a helluva lot. I'm not the only one who knows these things. Many people know more than I do. That's fortunately not my problem. My problem is what I am supposed to use it for. What do I do with it? It's confusing.”
Source: Naïve. Super
“I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip”
Source: Othello: Revised Edition
“I know a lady that loves to talk so incessantly, she won't give an echo fair play; she has that everlasting rotation of tongue that an echo must wait till she dies before it can catch her last words!”
Source: Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840
“I know a lawyer who'd love to retire and be an assistant coach. I mean, it's fun.”
“I know a lie when I hear one.”
“I know a little about a lot of things. But I don't know a lot about everything.”
“I know a little about Hack (Wilson) because his picture is next to my locker. I am lucky to be there at the right time. People will now remember two guys, Hack Wilson and myself, and the season is not over yet.”
“I know a little bit about a great many things and not enough about any one to make a living in these times.”
Source: East of Eden
“I know a little bit about a lot of things.”
“I know a little bit about deaf culture because a friend of mine has been in the deaf culture for awhile. Over the course of 25 years, she and I have talked about many of the issues and concerns for deaf people and deaf culture.”
“I know a little bit about handicapping. If the horse has an IV, you want to stay - away from it.”
“I know a little garden close
Set thick with lily and red rose,
Where I would wander if I might
From dewy dawn to dewy night.
And have one with me wandering.”
Source: The Life and Death of Jason: A Poem
“I know a little more about you now, Audray, or whoever you really are. The New Year is near, and my son’s resolution will not include you. Or I could make your life very uncomfortable after I tell James about you.”
Source: Mourning Grey: Part One: The Guardians Of The Temple Saga
“I know a little of living and a little of dying. I know how to survive, i have mastered it as a soldier gains mastery of his weapons. Yet i prefer dying, for in dying i learn to live.”
“I know a little something about fear, honey. I know what a relief it feels like to give into it at first. It’s not hard to persuade yourself that you’re doing the right thing—that you’re making the smart, safe decision. But fear is insidious. It takes anything you’re willing to give it, the parts of your life you don’t mind cutting out, but when you’re not looking, it takes anything else it damn well pleases, too.”
Source: Imaginary Things
“I know a lot about a few things - mostly useless things.”
“I know a lot about being white - because I have to, I live in the white world. A white person doesn't live in the Indian world. I have to be white every day.”
“I know a lot about birds and bees, but I don't know very much about the birds and the bees. Everything I do know I had to teach myself on the Internet, because I don't have anyone to ask. For example, I know that you give someone a blowjob by putting your penis in their mouth.”
Source: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“I know a lot about cars, man. I can look at any car's headlights and tell you exactly which way it's coming.”
“I know a lot about fear in itself, and lived with fear a lot. Lived with anxiety a lot, lived with the things that - most human beings, at some stage in their lives, are going to live with these feelings.”
“I know a lot about health, wellness, and nutrition. I make my own kombucha. I'm clumsy.”
“I know a lot about Jewish comedians.”
“I know a lot about when I was a little girl, because my sister used to keep a diary. Today I keep her diary in a drawer next to by bed. I like to see how her memories were the same as mine, but also different.”
Source: Kira-Kira
“I know a lot about women and their suffering, but I still know almost nothing about men.”
Source: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
“I know a lot about writing, but I don't know much about how other industries work. I've tried to use my naivety to my advantage.”
“I know a lot and have written a lot and have thought a lot about motherhood.”
“I know a lot less about God, but the things I know about God, I know a whole lot more, for sure.”
“I know a lot more old drunks than old doctors.”
“I know a lot of actors don't like to watch themselves and sometimes I don't, but generally I do because I like to just see if there's anything that I can change in the future or make better or anything like that.”
“I know a lot of actors picture themselves winning Academy Awards. I really just wanted to do a Christmas movie because it's the kind of movie that I really love to watch. I'm a sucker for the holidays.”
“I know a lot of actors talk about the importance of wardrobe, and it always seems like it's kind of a cop-out, maybe, because it seems like a minor detail to some people. But I think it's hugely important.”
“I know a lot of actors who live with kind of a soundtrack in their lives, even to go to the market. I'm not that kind of actor. I don't listen to songs. I actually like quiet.”
“I know a lot of actors who started out as musicians and have very successful careers as actors, but most people don't know them as musicians.”
“I know a lot of actors who've just gotten bitter because they did something and then nobody ever saw it or whatever.”
“I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations, the clash of personalities.”
“I know a lot of Americans who would be glad to settle for better bus service from their home to their jobs, or from poor neighborhoods to areas of the city where jobs are to be found. Repeated studies of riots in urban ghettos show that lack of adequate transportation was a big factor in the discontent and bitterness which caused riot conditions to erupt, but President Nixon's answer is to build a space shuttle or an SST with precious public funds, to serve a tiny elite of the population or to stimulate the economy of a state or region by creating massive and useless technological publicworks projects.
(From Voices of Multicultural America)”
“I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I know a lot of angry vegans.”
“I know a lot of animal communicators and I think a lot of them are just good behaviorists because they pick up on a lot little posture things like how the eyes look, the posture of the cat ears, is it tense? They're picking up just a lot of their body cues from the dog, the cat or the horse.”
“I know a lot of artists say, `If you want your song on my record, I get 50 per cent' I'd like to kick them in the face.”
“I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body.”
“I know a lot of bands that will make their first record and get to a certain level, and then when the second record comes out, they can start where they left off as a headlining act playing in front of a certain number of people, or they can go back out and make a lot less money and open for people. I feel like if you go out and just go right back into that headlining stuff, you're playing to the converted.”
“I know a lot of celebrity types go for Kabbalah and Scientology. But why pay 10 per cent of your earnings to someone when it's all common sense: treat others as you'd like to be treated yourself.”
“I know a lot of choreographers prefer to do abstract dance and not be bothered with a story, but even when I'm asked to do classical ballet or a modern piece, I still want to tell a story.”
“I know a lot of Christians who have been in ministry and walked away from it because the pressure can be too great. And there's a lot of Christians who at the same time would say like well why does God do [certain things]. What I found is Christians regardless of whatever their experience is who trust God more and learn to go through those moments of challenge and persevere. Usually the end result is an experience and interaction with the Holy Spirit that's greater than it was previously. And for me, there is no pursuit that I desire or enjoy more than that interaction.”
“I know a lot of cowboys and I've done a little work on ranches with cattle, and those people become your friends, and keep their word.”
“I know a lot of different kind of people,” Briggs said. “And do you know what I’ve discovered? We all bleed the same way. Mourn the same and love the same and go to sleep hoping to wake to a better life.”
Source: A Match for a Bookish Bride
“I know a lot of directors have a whole staff of people trying to find their next film for them. I always just end up writing mine.”
“I know a lot of Eastern Europeans, and because of what they have been through and what they have seen, they have an attitude where they are not easily fooled.”
“I know a lot of famous people didn't do well at school, like James Brown; he dropped out in fifth grade to be an entertainer, I respect that... but that's not going to be me. I'm not going to be able to do anything but work as hard as possible all the time and compete with everyone I know all the time to make it.”