I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I am neither Christian enough nor charitable enough to like anybody just because he is alive and breathing. I want people to interest or amuse me. I want them fascinating and witty or so dul as to be different. I want them either intellectually stimulating or wonderfully corny; perfectly charming or hundred percent stinker. I like my chosen companions to be distinguishable from the undulating masses and I don't care how.”
“I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious.”
“I am neither foe nor friend to my brothers, but such as each of them shall deserve of me. And to earn my love, my brothers must do more than to have been born. I do not grant my love without reason, nor to any chance passer-by who may wish to claim it. I honor men with my love. But honor is a thing to be earned.
I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love and respect, but neither command not obey.”
Source: Anthem
“I am neither foe nor friend to my brothers, but such as each of them shall deserve of me. And to earn my love, my brothers must do more than to have been born. I do not grant my love without reason, nor to any chance passer-by who may wish to claim it. I honor men with my love. But honor is a thing to be earned.”
Source: Anthem
“I am neither for conformity nor non-conformity. I am for individuality. If one's individuality is in effect non-conformity, then so be it. But basically, one's individuality consists of conformity--to one's self.”
“I am neither for you nor against you; I am on the Lord’s side. Whose side are you on?”
“I am neither frustrated nor planning anything other than being the best Secretary of State I could be.”
“I am neither I nor Other, both I and other.”
“I am neither in the past, nor avant-garde. My style follows life.”
“I am neither Jew nor Gentile, Mahomedan nor Theist; I am but a member of the human family.”
Source: Course of popular lectures
“I am neither Jew nor Gentile, Mohammedan nor Theist; I am but a member of the human family, and would accept of truth by whomsoever offered -- that truth which we can all find, if we will but seek in things, not in words; in nature, not in human imagination; in our own hearts, not in temples made with hands.”
“I am neither left wing nor right wing. I am middle-of-the-bird.”
“I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance.”
“I am neither man nor angel. I have no sex nor limit. I am knowledge itself. I am He. I have neither anger nor hatred. I have neither pain nor pleasure. Death or birth I never had. For I am Knowledge Absolute, and Bliss Absolute. I am He, my soul, I am He!”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“I am neither man nor beast, sir. You’ll find women are far more difficult to frighten.”
Source: Heart of the Fae
“I am neither of the East nor of the West, no boundaries exist within my breast.”
“I am neither religious nor superstitious, but there is something otherworldly about the space where two roads come together. The devil is said to set up shop there if you want to swap your soul for something more useful. If you believe that God can be bribed, it's also the hallowed ground to make sacrifices. In the literal sense, it's also a place to change direction, but once you've changed it, you're stuck until you come to another crossroads, and who knows how long that will be.”
Source: Silver Sparrow
“I am neither Republican nor Democrat. I am a registered independent because I find that I cast my votes not on the basis of party loyalty but on the issues of the moment and my assessment of the candidates.”
“I am neither romantic nor a visionary, and that is my weakness and perhaps my power; at any rate it is one difference. In less romantic and visionary terms, I am a Jew, (with powers of introspection and eclecticism attendant, perhaps.) But I am alien to your natural grace, to the spirit which you would know as a participator in America.”
“I am neither sad nor cheerful; the air here fills
one with a kind of vague excitement and induces a
state as far removed from cheerfulness as it is from
sorrow; perhaps it is happiness.”
“I am neither spontaneous nor ready for anything.”
Source: Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never- Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems
“I am
neither spurred on by excessive optimism nor in love with
high ideals, but am merely concerned with the fate of the
individual human being – that infinitesimal unit on whom a
world depends, and in whom, if we read the meaning of the
Christian message aright, even God seeks his goal.”
“I am neither the handsomest nor the richest nor the most powerful, but I've had the greatest women in the world.”
“I am neither the mind not the thought, I am its Creator.”
“I am neither the mind, nor the intellect, nor the ego, nor the mind-stuff”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“I am neither the problem nor the cure. I am simply the voice of the people, the face of their fight. And we’ve reached a tipping point.”
Source: Unique
“I am neither virgin nor priest enough to play with the inner life.”
Source: Nausea
“I am nervous about dogmas of any kind, whether they be religious, political, or anti-religious. Too many heads have rolled because of them.”
“I am nervous that the craft of songwriting is taking a nose dive...And since I'm a songwriter and I connect with an interpretative, you know, interpretation of a song, I miss it. I just miss it.”
“I am neurotic, and I'm a worrier.”
“I am never a stranger anywhere I go, and it gives me the opportunity to choose my habitat by literally throwing a dart at a globe. The freedom that permits one to feel welcome where ever the hang their hat cannot be overstated.”
“I am never afraid of what I know.”
Source: Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse
“I am never afraid to serve the society. And if someone objects, I will send them a garland.”
“I am never alone, my Soul guides me and my Guardian Angel protects me. That is teamwork at its best.”
“I am never alone wherever I am. The air itself supplies me with a century of love. When I breathe in, I am breathing in the laughter, tears, victories, passions, thoughts, memories, existence, joys, moments, and the hues of the sunlight on many tones of skin; I am breathing in the same air that was exhaled by many before me. The air that bore them life. And so how can I ever say that I am alone?”
“I am never angry, although sometimes distressed.”
“I am never as clear about any matter as when I have finished writing about it.”
“I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in the Yorkshire spring with a piercing March wind sweeping down from the fells, finding its way inside my clothing, nipping at my nose and ears.”
Source: Every Living Thing
“I am never at picnics. The ground was not meant to be sat upon in its raw state, I feel sure, and I prefer my food without either caterpillars or drafts!”
“I am never better than when I am on the full stretch for God.”
Source: George Whitefields's Journals
“I am never bored, never short of anything to do and I don't even ever feel lonely. I am quite gregarious and I get out and about a lot, but sometimes it is just wonderful to be on your own.”
“I am never bored; to be bored is an insult to one's self.”
“I am never disappointed in Jobe Watson ... (who) is a man of the highest integrity, highest character and a great person for our footy club ... I have no concern for Jobe.”
“I am never driven. Every film Ive made has been an assignment.”
“I am never embarrassed by something that makes people laugh.”
“I am never falling in love again! It hurts too much.”
― The Baby-Sitters Little Sister #119: Karen's Mistake”
Source: Stacey's Ex-Boyfriend
“I am never five minutes into stripping the clutter from my life before I start running into the clutter that is my life.”
“I am never forget the day I first meet the great Lobachevsky.
In one word he told me secret of success in mathematics:
Plagiarize!
Plagiarize!
Let no one else's work evade your eyes!
Remember why the good Lord made your eyes!
So don't shade your eyes,
But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize -
Only be sure always to call it please 'research'."
[Lobachevsky]”
“I am never free of the past. I have made it crystal clear that I believe the past is part of the present which becomes part of the future.”
“I am never frightened when I tell the truth.”