I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I know it’s highly unusual for people to get this excited over books. But if you’re a reader, you get me . I don’t need movies. I don’t need TV. But books I can’t live without books. To
me, a book is better than any movie. All I need is a good book, my imagination, and I am set free. I’m in literature heaven. And thank God, this may be the only thing that keeps me sane while we’re here.”
Source: Willing Captive
“I know it’s impossible for you to see peers this way, but when you’re older, you start to see them—the bad kids and the good kids and all kids—as people. They’re just people, who deserve to be cared for. Varying degrees of sick, varying degrees of neurotic, varying degrees of self- actualized.”
Source: Paper Towns
“I know it’s impossible to explain this to you. I carry this terrible aching hell in my heart.”
Source: Screams From the Balcony: Selected Letters 1960-1970
“I know it's kind of ridiculous, but I realize now how wrong that old pervert Mr. Wellins is. Almost nothing at all is ever about sex, unless you never grow up, that is.
It's about love, and maybe not having it.
What an old, delusional idiot he is.
But what do I know?
I'm just fourteen.”
“I know it's me that needs this moment. Your hand to hold my heart still cares. A thought I will hold when I wake in the morning, when I turn to you and you're not there.”
Source: Good Grieving: Narrative Perspectives of Loss and Bereavement
“I know it's not clothes that make women beautiful or otherwise, nor beauty care, nor expensive creams, nor the distinction of costliness of their finery. I know the problem lies elsewhere.”
Source: The Lover
“I know it’s not popular to say. I know everybody’s looking for some sexy marriage nowadays. But I was really happy with your father. I really loved having someone look out for me, having someone to look out for. Having someone to share my days with.”
Source: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“I know it's not the end...it's only just the beginning.”
Source: Chasing Brooklyn
“I know it's painful growing,
I bet the changes was painful too.
But nothing is as painful as being somewhere you don't belong.
Obviously.”
“I know it's possible to overcome even very big problems in life, to heal yourself and move on”
“I know it's scary, changes can be scary.”
Source: The Marble Collector
“I know it's selfish of me to even think of sayin this. You deserve a guy who'll... pluck the stars from the sky and lay 'em at yer feet. I'm the kinda guy who'd step on 'em on my way out the door. I ain't got nuthin to offer you. He takes my hands in his. I jest want you to know that... How I feel about you ain't changed. No. That ain't true. It has changed. It's grown stronger. He touches my face. You run deep in me Saba.”
Source: Rebel Heart
“I know it’s sometimes hard to believe the best. Isn’t it better than believing the worst, though?”
Source: The Book of Lost Names
“I know it's too early for the L-word, and yet it's there, bursting from the seams, begging to be spoken. And as Cooper kisses me good night at the door, I bury the word in the depths of my stomach with the kaleidoscope of butterflies he gives me.”
Source: Falling Like Leaves
“I know it's tough losing someone you respected, but it will get better. Don't let that affect you from reaching your goals... don't get side-stepped by a tragedy like this. I know it's sad. Cry if you must. Just stay focused, and don't let your grief break you and derail you from your desired path.”
Source: The Pacemaker
“I know it’s wrong; I just can’t help myself.”
Source: Professor's Secret Baby
“I know it’s your nature but please don’t hurt her. She may seem so happy on the outside but inside she’s broken just like you are.”
“I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.”
“I know it shouldn't make a difference, but crossing the dateline, we weren't sure what day it was - it was very strange. Now, I seem to cope with it better.”
“I know it sounds a bit corny, but I do think that beauty and sexiness come from within.”
“I know it sounds abysmal…” he chuckled at the mere thought of it, “but I just want to be happy and content”
“Do you not dream big? Do you not want to travel?”
Kalki rounded his arms around his little brother. “Perhaps I chose not to. Perhaps big doesn’t always matter. It’s also the little things, specks of happiness that we go through in a day that we should look out for. It’s funny how grief makes you realize the good things you have overlooked in life”
Source: Dharmayoddha Kalki: Avatar Of Vishnu
“I know it sounds cliche but I believe in an essential way, it's very true that being a Christian is having a relationship with God through Christ.”
“I know it sounds cliche, but you have to believe in yourself because there's going to be moments that no one else does.”
“I know it sounds corny, but I’d love to improve people’s lives, especially socially… Making the world more open is not an overnight thing. It’s a ten-to-fifteen-year thing.”
“I know it sounds corny, but when you follow your dreams, it happens. And if it's music, take it seriously.”
“I know it sounds corny, man, but I like to bring folks joy, and I like to have a good time. I know folks like to be with somebody who's having a good time. You sure as hell don't want to be with somebody who's having a bad day.”
“I know it sounds crazy, but I have had far more connection with my parents after their deaths.”
“I know it sounds earnest, but I do really feel in my bones that acting is just a small part of the equation when you are making a movie. The director really is in charge. Actors are as important or unimportant as the rest of the people around them.”
“I know it sounds funny, but with billions of people on this planet, there’s no way that I lost my only chance at love. There has to be someone else, because there’s enough people on this planet to create more than one great love.”
Source: Butterflies
“I know it sounds hard to believe, but habits laid down by our ancestors persist even after the conditions that created those habits have gone away.”
“I know it sounds hokey but I think, ultimately, on television you can't hide who you are.”
“I know it sounds new age-y, but what I've truly come up with is that you really need to trust that you're on your own path, as long as you stay true to it and you show up, which is 99% of it.”
“I know it sounds odd, but I want to make a Rolex-quality screwdriver.”
“I know it sounds old-fashioned to say we're too materialistic in the West, but happiness does not derive exclusively from things, and yet we seem to be structuring our whole society around things. I think that's partially why Westerners are joining ISIS and going to Syria. We have lost our way in the West in holding up a vision for humanity that is not exclusively shaped by materialism.”
“I know it sounds selfish, wanting to do something no one else has done. But that's what you're out here for - to separate yourself from everyone else.”
“I know it sounds silly, but disrespecting a dead writer by sitting in a chair that probably never belonged to him still felt like a risk to me. So I chickened out.”
“I know it sounds so lame, but the songs are like my children.”
“I know it sounds so simple but Love Is All There Is.”
Source: JACK McAFGHAN: Reflections on Life with my Master
“I know it sounds strange - a blind teenager buzzin' round on a motorcycle - but I liked that; that was me. I had always been nervy, and I always had a lot of faith in my ability not to break my neck.”
Source: Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story
“I know it sounds strange, but I look back on my depression fondly. So much anxiety in my life comes from not knowing what to do or how to behave, but everyone knows how to be sad.”
Source: Comedy Sex God
“I know it sounds stupid and cliche, but I just want to get better. I want to keep improving.”
“I know it sounds stupid, but we're just playing. We're playing hard, but we're just playing.”
“I know it sounds trite but I wanted to make a difference. Political debates with my father had been fraught because he was uncompromising and explosive but if he taught me one thing it was to air my views.”
“I know it sounds very cliché and not very exciting, but if I'm outdoors - in the wild or the ocean or the forest - it inspires me.”
“I know it sounds very typical to say, but the best part of being an actor, and the reason why I think a lot of actors do it, is that it's always changing. You get to play so many things that it's like you've had so many different careers.”
“I know it sounds weird, but my definition of 'sexy' has changed as I've gotten older. And being smart and informed makes me feel sexier than any outfit.”
“I know it starts at home, but all families are not staying together.”
“I know it still hurts. And I can't change that. But just...know that whatever happens, it's going to be survivable - and never stop hoping for the happy ending. Sometimes you get one you don't expect. I'll definitely be fighting for it with everything I have.”
Source: Nightfall
“I know it sucks, but it’s certainly the most adventurous Christmas ever.”
Source: Let It Snow
“I know it was a gift from God. My father was a preacher and my mother worked in churches all her life. My father had a very deep bass sounding voice and my mother had an in-between soprano voice. Not great singers, but they had great tones to their voices. I think that had a lot to do with it. Also, I really believe my voice was a gift from God. I believe if you take care of it, He will help you take care of it.”