I Quotes
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“I Am!
I am—yet what I am none cares or knows;
My friends forsake me like a memory lost:
I am the self-consumer of my woes—
They rise and vanish in oblivious host,
Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes
And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed
Into the nothingness of scorn and noise,
Into the living sea of waking dreams,
Where there is neither sense of life or joys,
But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems;
Even the dearest that I loved the best
Are strange—nay, rather, stranger than the rest.
I long for scenes where man hath never trod
A place where woman never smiled or wept
There to abide with my Creator, God,
And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept,
Untroubling and untroubled where I lie
The grass below—above the vaulted sky.”
Source: "I Am": The Selected Poetry of John Clare
“I am I because my little dog knows me but, creatively speaking the little dog knowing that you are you and your recognising that he knows, that is what destroys creation. That is what makes school.”
Source: Writings, 1932-1946
“I am I because my little dog knows me.”
Source: A Stein Reader
“I am. I’m rude because I don’t conform to society’s standards that white lies are inconsequential. I don’t believe in hiding behind words that aren’t truthful. I’m an impatient man. I don’t beat around the bush. If you ask me something, I won’t lie to you.”
Source: Ten Below Zero
“I am, I must confess, an obsessive and superstitious letter-writer. When I am troubled I will write any long letter rather than make a telephone call. This is perhaps because I invest letters with magical power. To desiderate something in a letter is, I often irrationally feel, tantamount to bringing it about. A letter is a barrier, a reprieve, a charm against the world, an almost infallible method of acting at a distance. (And, it must be admitted, of passing the buck.) It is a way of bidding time to stop.”
Source: The Black Prince
“I am I plus my circumstances.”
“I am I plus my surroundings; and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.”
“I am," I said
To no one there
An no one heard at all
Not even the chair
"I am," I cried
"I am," said I
And I am lost, and I can't even say why
Leavin' me lonely still”
Source: Neil Diamond: 12 Greatest Hits, Vol. II
“I am I, and I wish I weren't.”
“I am I-I am powerful, but to what extent? I am I.”
Source: Letters Home
“I Am Idiot (The Sonnet)
I am not as stupid as you think,
I am far more stupid than that.
My stupidity is beyond the grasp of,
All puny dreams of heaven and earth.
You have no idea how stupid I am,
To have an idea is to join the club.
What do the calculating snobs know,
Of the logic-defying madness of love!
The opposite of stupidity is narcissism,
I am the stupid beyond all such stupidity.
Where animals sell selfishness as sanity,
I am drunk, I am dumb, I am but humanity.
Better be a human and considered an idiot,
Than be a moron and worshipped as sage.”
Source: Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans
“I am ignorant and impotent and yet, somehow or other, here I am, unhappy, no doubt, profoundly dissatisfied ... In spite of everything I survive.”
Source: Complete Essays: 1939-1956
“I am ignorant and that's why I'm happy!”
“I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.”
Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam
“I am ignoring you. In fact, I think you are a figment of my imagination.”
“I am ill at ease with people whose lives are an open book.”
“I am ill at these numbers.”
Source: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello
“I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea.”
“I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I can feel what the heart cannot feel”
“I am imbued with the notion that a Muse is necessarily a dead woman, inaccessible or absent; that a poetic structure - like the canon, which is only a hole surrounded by steel - can be based only on what one does not have; and that ultimately one can write only to fill a void or at the least to situate, in relation to the most lucid part of ourselves, the place where this incommensurable abyss yawns within us.”
Source: Manhood: A Journey from Childhood Into the Fierce Order of Virility
“I am immensely contrite. And I'm sorry for the damage I've done.”
“I am immersed in another reality.”
Source: Wave
“I am immersed in architecture all day, working in my office or teaching.”
“I am immortal till my work is accomplished”
“I am impatient with directors who don't know what they want, and the way you don't know what they want is because they want to do one more. "Let's do one more." So, "What for?" I guarantee you there's not going to be a change.”
“I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.”
Source: America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction
“I am imperfect in a million ways, but I always thought I was the kind of woman, the kind of wife to whom a husband would be faithful.”
“I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul's desire.”
“I am impressed and distressed at how passive hierarchical organizations make people. There's often a lot of overt activity, but it's not going anywhere, it's game-playing. It's play-acting at work.”
“I am impressed anew by... how much the harshness that challenges life is what causes the beauty. Birds fly because they must escape predators and search for food. Trees grow skyward because they compete fiercely with other trees for light. Living things need something to push off of. Each of us needs challenges to give us the right shape.”
Source: Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival
“I am impressed by how much of my grandparent's life depended on continuities, contacts, connections, friendships, and blood relationships.”
Source: Angle of Repose
“I am impressed by the positive and insightful feedback we have received from Canadians across the country and again this morning in Brampton. The input received during the pre-budget consultation process is invaluable to our Government, as we move forward in keeping Canada's economy strong. That means keeping taxes low while investing in programs and services that are important to Canadians and their families.”
“I am impressed by the progress the RNC has made in the last year to engage Latino communities across the country. I look forward to continue working alongside Chairman Priebus and Co-Chair Day to ensure that the party's year-round engagement effort continues to grow and reach new Latino neighborhoods.”
“I am impressed by the way Annie Kevans captured the different types of beauties that have been my inspiration and my muses from my grandmother to artists like David Bowie and Boy George.”
“I am impressed when I go on the internet and see a lot of young people who've been influenced by the books, or I meet someone who tells me how it has changed their life. To me, that is much more real than sales figures.”
“I am impressed when music matters, when genres are broken, when spirits are lifted, when people make a difference, and when people are true to themselves.”
“I am impressed with America's capacity for change, and their ability to bring someone as inspirational as Barack Obama into the White House.”
“I am impressed with just the enthusiasm for life and the fact that some of these people are in their 80's, even 90's, and they're absolutely determined to get out there and make a difference.”
“I am impressed with the innovation in the wireless marketplace. The Blackberry, the iPhone, the Pre, and other smart devices are breakthrough technologies that have helped revolutionize the wireless space.”
“I am impressed with the natural health programs at Nature Care College. Their dedication to quality education is truly inspiring.”
“I am impressed with what happens when someone stays in the same place and you took the same picture over and over and it would be different, every single frame.”
“I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed all the old values and culture. My grandparents had been reasonably well-off but they became quite poor, living in an attic apartment.”
“I am in a business that's built on record sales and reputation and how your single is doing and where your song is on iTunes. But the kind of music that I do comes from my beliefs.”
“I am in a cage. I desire to be set free.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“I am in a charity out there to stop violence against women.”
“I am in a constant state of surprise these days. Actually, now that I calculate, I've been betrothed only one full day, but it seems like my whole life has come into being in the last twenty-four hours. Think of it! We could have gone on longing for one another and pretending not to notice forever. This obsession with dignity can ruin your life if you let it”
“I am in a gown of deep forest green with crow feathers covering the shoulders and sleeves, while Cardan wears a doublet ornamented with bright beetle wings.”
Source: The Queen of Nothing
“I am in a job where you always look in front of you. Unfortunately, the older you get, the less distance there is in front of you...”
“I am in a key moment. I kind of understand that I have to use my work more completely without being ashamed.”
“I am in a lot of pain. They say it is more pain than when you have a baby but I don't know as I have not had one. It is not possible.”