I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I learned that when you do the best job that you can do, some people will idolize you, others won't care, and some will vilify you.”
“I learned that when you do the best job that you can do, some people will idolize you, others won't care, and some will vilify you. I believe it is important to remain humble and thankful for the blessings in our lives, for the tremendous opportunities that are a result of our musical success.”
“I learned that, while rejection is the name of the game, I’m always going to be exactly what someone is looking for, eventually. Whether it is looks or personality, be it in the professional world or the dating world, what others have over me is irrelevant, because there’s always someone out there looking for an exact type of someone – a someone that I can completely fulfill. I’m not going to be everyone’s ideal, so focusing on the times I get passed over – be it the modeling industry or in real life – is a colossal waste of time.”
Source: I'm Just Here for the Free Scrutiny: One Model's Tale of Insanity and Inanity in the Wonderful World of Fashion
“I learned that without sensuality people actually can't FEEL you or FEEL with you.”
“I learned that you actually have more power when you shut up.”
Source: POPism: The Warhol Sixties
“I learned that you can constantly improve, and that you should not be shy about your views, and about the direction that you believe is right.”
“I learned that you can go after things before you are ready and so if you are going after it, you need to make sure that your spirit is ready. I learned also how to surrender to His will and not mine. Sometimes when you are going through something - and I am a guy who runs campaigns - I can make this happen. There has never been a campaign where I was picked to win.. I was always coming from behind.”
“I learned that you can make a sci-fi film that is satisfying overseas. European people have everything in check. I'd make every sci-fi film in Europe. They only work 14 hours a day. After that, it's overtime.”
“I learned that you can stand up for yourself and still maintain your zen!”
“I learned that you can't have any expectations with life. You never know what's going to happen.”
“I learned that you can't truly own anything, that true ownership comes only in the moment of giving.”
“I learned that you can't write a book in the margins of your life. I'd forgotten how much uninterrupted time it takes to write chapters, and how you have to push everything else aside and really focus.”
“I learned that you don't have to be all over the place, that you can be subtle and you can say what you say. The words that you put together can be just as hilarious as falling all over the place or doing something.”
“I learned that you don't have to be saddled for life with the mental attitudes you adopted in early childhood. All of us are free to change our minds, and as we change our minds, our experiences will also change.”
Source: Attitudes of Gratitude, 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life
“I learned that you go through things, you deal with them and that's what empowers you and ultimately makes you a happy person.”
“I learned that you have to evaluate the effects of public policy as opposed to intentions.”
“I learned that you have to respect how much time and work a writer has put into their book. I always give the writer I'm publishing a good deal of control in shaping the book and figuring out how it looks, but I'll make suggestions on how to make it stronger.”
“I learned that you really don't have any control as a writer. Waah, waah, waah. Big deal. Unless you're the director on the movie, or putting up the money for the movie, you really don't have a lot of control. As someone who's just writing scripts, you just kind of have to shrug. I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general. It is what it is.”
“I learned that you should breath it in, breath your life in and enjoy it. Always be optimistic and be nice to people, open to people. Follow your dreams but make sure that you know what your dreams are. If you find something really great, don’t screw it up, don’t mess it up but hang on to it. You never know how and when it ends”
“I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like child stringing beads in kindergarten, - happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another.”
Source: If You Want to Write
“I learned that you've never made it, you've never arrived, you're never too good, you're never above anybody else.”
“I learned that, "Mike, you get your first job on your ability and every job after that on your dependability."”
“I learned that, before you reach an objective, you must be ready with a new one, and you must start to communicate it to the organization. But it is not the goal itself that is important.”
“I learned the bad guys are not always bad, the good guys are not always good, and to quote Captain Barbossa, the parameters are like rules, mostly guidelines. And that it takes a little bit of bad boy to fight the evil in the world. --Terri Mitchell”
“I learned the bad guys are not always bad, the good guys are not always good.”
Source: Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love - A B.A.D. Collection: Phantom in the Night, Whispered Lies, Silent Truth and an excerpt from Alterant
“I learned the cello , but I would still need a massive amount of practice. But I do play classical music, so I understand where that comes from.”
“I learned the difference between solving pain and tending to pain. I learned, first hand, when trying to talk someone out of their grief is both harmful and entirely different from helping them live with their grief.”
Source: It's OK That You're Not OK, On Grief and Grieving, Mindset Carol Dweck, The Art of Happiness 10th Anniversary 4 Books Collection Set
“I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write.”
“I learned the first night that IHOP's not the place to order fish.”
“I learned the first rule of repentance: that repentance requires greater intimacy with God than with our sin.”
“I learned the game on the radio. Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons were the Giants broadcasters when I was growing up in the Bay area, and they taught me about the game. They taught me about the subtleties of the game, but they also gave me the game and let me enjoy it. That's the main thing, whether it's TV or radio. You have to give the fans the game, and if it's a Giants broadcast, the vast majority are Giants fans. In terms of story lines, most would be about the Giants.”
“I learned the hard way that I cannot always count on others to respect my feelings, even if I respect theirs. Being a good person doesn’t guarantee that others will be good people, too. You only have control over yourself and how you choose to be as a person. As for others, you can only choose to accept them or walk away.”
“I learned the hard way that not only do you not have to be superwoman, but it's better not to be and not to try to be. What I would like to be is just a good person - someone who tries her best and puts her best foot forward.”
“I learned the hard way that some guys are just miserable by nature, and some even like it that way.”
“I learned the hard way that working at prestigious research institutions at the cutting edge of science presents significant hazards to your health and smart people avoid these jobs.”
Source: Magee’s Disease
“I learned the hard way. When I started hitting home runs, I thought, I can hit these pitches. Then I started thinking, if I can do this, I can hit the pitch four inches outside or four inches up. I expanded the zone and got myself out. Pitchers are smart. If they find out they don't have to throw strikes, they won't.”
“I learned the hula, so now I know how to shake my booty Hawaiian style.”
“I learned the importance of a man's chair early in life. I learned that he may love several wives, embrace several cars, be true to more than one political philosophy, and be equally committed to several careers, but he will have only one comfortable chair in his life. I learned it will be an ugly chair. It will match nothing in the entire house. It will never wear out.”
“I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life.”
“I learned the importance of the Bible and came to believe with all my heart in its full inspiration. It became a sword in my hand to break open the hearts of men, to direct them to the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Source: Billy Graham in Quotes
“I learned the language, at the expense of my Spanish, only to find that in English I didn't exist. I read the American history textbooks in school that erased any trace of the deep Mexican roots in this country. Still, I forged ahead.”
Source: You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
“I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I resolved then that I would permit no man, no matter what his color, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.”
“I learned the most about myself, and you ask what I learned? Well, I learned my strengths and my weaknesses, and it's far more important to learn about your weaknesses than your strengths.”
“I learned the most important lesson of my life: that the extraordinary is not the birthright of a chosen and privileged few, but of all people, even the humblest. That is my one certainty: we are all the manifestation of the divinity of God.”
“I learned the Norse gods came with their own doomsday: Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods, the end of it all. The gods were going to battle the frost giants, and they were all going to die.
Had Ragnarok happened yet? Was it still to happen? I did not know then. I am not certain now.”
Source: Norse Mythology
“I learned the power of radio watching Eleanor Roosevelt do her show. I used to go up to Hyde Park and hold her papers. I was just a messenger, but it planted the bug of radio in me.”
“I learned the power of storytelling and the responsibility that people with influence have to speak out”
“I learned the real meaning of love. Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but loyalty never fades. You can depend so much on certain people, you can set your watch by them. And that's love, even if it doesn't seem very exciting.”
“I learned the scariest part about sex wasn’t the swell and heave of body parts, its comic grotesquerie, but the shattering intimacy of all of it.”
Source: Give Me Your Hand
“I learned the significance of my own insignificant life.”
Source: Angela's Ashes: A Memoir