I Quotes
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“I may appear despicable and a little withered, yet by reason of my knowledge and wisdom I outsoar most men who dot this world. Emperors and kings are astonished at my pleasing discourse and sweetness of the tongue.”
Source: The Thugs & a Courtesan
“I may appear to be an eccentric old man... But this is a free choice.”
“I may as well cut my losses and make a hasty exit while I still had enough self-esteem to walk upright. Crawling was so demoralizing”
Source: Death and the Girl Next Door
“I may as well do everything as if it’s brand new, and if I start to feel that any of it’s a compromise, then I’ll...I’ll be in Wisconsin.”
“I may as well shackle my wrist to a bolt of lightning as attach myself to a mortal.”
Source: Origin
“I may as well tell you now, darling, that I don't intend to lose you to an old roué like Balthazar Lebeau."
"Well, after all, half the women in London have been in love with him at one time or another," I teased.
"What qualities, might I ask, does he have that I haven't?"
I considered. "You both have dark, good looks and very blue eyes. You both know the right things to say at the right time. You both know just the right way to hold a woman in your arms."
"I see I shall have to keep you away from him in the future. Or perhaps the more dramatic solution would be best? We'll go about things the way Armand and Durant might have—pistols at dawn!"
"Nonsense," I said, recovering my equilibrium. "You'd never get up so early in the morning!"
"To fight for you, I would," he replied.”
Source: An Act of Villainy
“I may as well tell you, here and now, that if you are going about the place thinking things pretty, you will never make a modern poet. Be poignant, man, be poignant!”
“I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.”
“I may be 5 ft. 3 in., but my team makes me feel like I'm 10 feet tall, and it's a beautiful relationship. My teammates rely on me to lead and unite them with my words, and I love that my words make the boat go fast.”
“I may be 65 tomorrow, but i have no plans to 'let go.
My psychiatrist asked me the same thing. He said he wanted to give me a pill so I wouldn’t obsess so much over momentary things. I told him I don’t want a pill. I want an answer.”
“I may be a B-movie star, but I work. I'm an actor.”
“I may be a bigot, I may be a pedant' but I believe I have the ordinary Englishman with me here. He does not want 'religion'; he wants God.
And if you tell him that he knows God by an intuitive perception, you will only make him unhappy. He is fully conscious that the word came into his vocabulary when he was a child, when he was accustomed to accept from his elders a multitude of traditions, some of which his riper mind has discarded; that he has lived with the idea and grown accustomed to it, that it has formed part of a fairyland which he would like to find true. Precisely for that reason, he distrusts the sentiment; he suspects himself of fostering a grateful illusion, suspects that the wish was father to the thought. The notion of God fits in with his higher ideals, with his dearer hopes; all the more reason to surmise that it has been coined, by successive ages of mythology, for that purpose. The very reason why you ask him to believe in God, namely, that he wants to believe in God, is his main reason for doubting. The elders, when they heard Helen plead, made allowances for the beauty of her voice, lest they should be spellbound by its influence; what if this hope, too, should be an illusion of the Sirens?
The Englishman wants truth of fact; you will not get him to replace it by artistic values. The pressure of fact is all around him, reflected in the daily urgency of living; you must give him a metaphysic of fact, for the alternative is despair.”
Source: Caliban in Grub Street 1930 [Leather Bound]
“I may be a burglar...but I'm an honest one, I hope, more or less.”
“I may be a businessman in that I set up and run companies for profit, but when I try to plan ahead and dream up new products and new companies, I'm an idealist.”
Source: Losing my virginity: how I've survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way
“I may be a chauvinist pig of some sort, but I'm no rapist.”
“I may be a city boy, but I'm fairly certain that the greasy purple and red squishy bits are supposed to stay inside the sheep and not be sprayed across a surprisingly large area.
"Animal attack?" I asked.”
Source: Foxglove Summer
“I may be a descendant of Seth. I say to myself, What does [the story of Cain and Abel] teach me? So I go back to all the interpretations in the Talmud, which to me are a source of pleasure and joy. Then I say, maybe this story is not for then; maybe it's for now! It's possible for brothers to kill one another in civil wars. But most important, whoever kills, kills his brother. That's a moral conclusion that may not be there; but that must be my conclusion. Otherwise, why read it? Whoever kills, kills his brother.”
“I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I am invincible.”
Source: All Men Are Brothers
“I may be a douche to some people, but I actually do run companies.”
“I may be a dumb blonde, but I'm not that blonde.”
“I may be a f..kwit but I'm not a liar. I was a believer.”
“I may be a famous writer but when white people clinch to their wallet and stare at me with scorn I need to ask my skin why.”
“I may be a fool, but I intend to be a live fool.”
Source: The Great Hunt: Book Two of 'The Wheel of Time'
“I may be a idiot, but most of the time, anyway, I tried to do the right thing, an dreams is just dreams, ain’t they? So whatever else has happened, I am figgerin this: I can always look back an say, at least I ain’t led no hum-drum life.”
Source: Forrest Gump
“I may be a Jewish scientist, but I would be tickled silly if one day I were reincarnated as a Baptist preacher.”
“I may be a killer," Jace said, "but I know what I am. Can you say the same?”
Source: Sample of the CITYs
“I may be a lifelong 'downtowner,' but Central Park really is the most amazing and the most beautiful part of New York City.”
“I may be a little like the grown-ups. I must have grown old.”
“I may be a little old-fashioned, but I actually believe that if you live and work in our house and you work on our payroll and you take oaths, then integrity matters in elections.”
“I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire.”
“I may be a lunatic, but then, wasn't my lunacy caused by a monster that lurks at the bottom of every human mind? Those who call me a madman and spurn me may become lunatics tomorrow. They harbor the same monster.”
“I may be a man, but I fight like a girl.”
“I may be a mistake maker, but I'm also a mistake breaker.”
Source: Power Psycho-Cybernetics for Youth: A New Dimension in Personal Freedom
“I may be a monster, but if you cut me, I'll bleed. And if you break my heart, Pae, you'll break me. So, if even a sliver of your soul longs for mine, I'll spend the rest of my life trying to deserve it.”
Source: Reckless
“I may be a nut, but I'm fastened to a good bolt, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
“I may be a princess, but I'm definitely not a drama queen.”
“I may be a public figure, but really, I'm just like a guy who could be in your family and have some difficult things happen to him.”
“I may be a real bad boy, but baby I'm a real good man.”
“I may be a rebel, but I am not an outsider.”
“I may be a senior, but so what? I'm still hot.”
“I may be a simple man, but I am very good with an axe.”
Source: Robogenesis
“I may be a sleeping politician. But one should know that a sleeping politician is always awake about national politics. I am not like politicians who sleep on national issues though they may be awake physically.”
“I may be a step slower than I was before reaching 30, but I'm doing all the right things. I guess there are some guys who would take it easy in the latter part of their careers, but I'm stepping it up.”
“I may be a successful football player, but I feel like such a failure.”
“I may be a tough fellow but I have a reflective side as well. Reflective as in I'll bash your head in with a ****ing mirror.”
“I may be a twin, but I am one of a kind.”
“I may be a werewolf and Scottish, but despite what you may have read about both, we are not cads!”
“I may be a young girl, but behind every young girl is a powerful father.”
“I may be able to concentrate on a move, but it may not look exactly how I need it to look like, as far as in the ballroom world. Hip-hop is different; it is a lot more flowy with ballroom.”
“I may be able to put a good book tape on in the car on the way home and I will have a smile on my face.”