I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I refuse to believe that we’re going to go through life without something magical happening”
Source: It Happened One Autumn
“I refuse to believe that we're only here to live and die.”
“I refuse to believe this was my fate. I was not meant to be this. I was never meant to be..." The pain in his eyes tore through her. "This can't be all I was born for.”
Source: Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel
“I refuse to believe today will be just another day in my life.
All that I am.
All that I will become will be written through my thoughts and my actions.
I've conditioned my mind.
Trained my body.
Sacrificed my soul.
There will be obstacles.
Doubters.
Mistakes.
But nothing comes to those who wait.
Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.”
“I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease to accomplish anything productive, would quickly dispense with all human contact, and would very well end up with a nasty case of arthritis in my over-used digits from constant gameplay.”
“I refuse to buy from anybody anything however nice or beautiful if it interferes with my growth or injures those whom Nature has made my first care.”
Source: Socialism of My Conception
“I refuse to call or categorize men uniformly under the description of anything unpleasant, particularly their intelligence or sexual potence.”
“I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence.”
“I refuse to censor myself and kids will find their own way to my books and to all of the books that matter to them. As I write more honestly more kids will make their way toward me. And in subverting their repressive parents kids will learn the value of subverting the repressive nature of all authority figures.”
“I refuse to charge for my karate classes, I refuse to charge for Q&A panels, and when people come to my table, if you have money, great, but if you don't, who cares?”
“I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet that's beyond fixing.”
“I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.”
“I refuse to confirm or deny anything about any deal to purchase an American NHL franchise and move it to Canada until I've completed all of the paperwork and the deal is closed.”
“I refuse to dedicate my life to posterity. Surely one owes as much to the current generation as to one's unwanted children. What a fate - to grow rotund and unseemly, to lose my self-love, to think in terms of milk, oatmeal, nurse, diapers. ...Dear dream children, how much more beautiful you are, dazzling little creatures who flutter (all dream children must flutter) on golden, golden wings.”
Source: The Beautiful and Damned
“I refuse to denounce social media as a terrible evil that is plaguing young people today. Maybe because I sort of grew up on it and I think the Internet has enriched my life--I've made friends on social media, I've laughed until I've cried at a perfectly constructed tweet and I've learned more about gender, race, sexuality, class, and politics online than I have anywhere else.”
Source: You're Crushing It: Positivity for living your REAL life
“I refuse to die with my music still in me.”
“I refuse to discuss tabloid rumors.”
“I refuse to do anything easy. I'm writing for the smartest person out there. I'm not equating myself with the smartest person out there, but hopefully I'm writing to say you're not alone. I'm not alone. We're not alone.”
“I refuse to do shows that are narrowly constructed, that appeal to only one sentiment. I do a lot of Jewish material in front of non-Jews and a lot of non-Jewish material in front of Jews on the simple theory that the non-Jews are entitled to a glimpse of a Jewish world and the Jews are entitled to a glimpse of the world.”
“I refuse to eat a fried egg if the white is still runny or transparent. I really can't be doing it. I always have to flip it over.”
“I refuse to eat animals because I cannot nourish myself by the sufferings and by the death of other creatures. I refuse to do so, because I suffered so painfully myself that I can feel the pain of others by recalling my own sufferings.”
“I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man.”
“I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin' wealthy.”
“I refuse to finance the mass murder of innocent
civilians...What is one more life thrown away in this
sad and useless national tragedy? If one death can
atone for anything, in any small way, to say to the
world: I apologize for what we have done to you, I am
ashamed for the mayhem and turmoil caused by my
country.”
“I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self esteem.”
“I refuse to give away my time and my beautiful mind to those who will not yield a return on my investment.”
“I refuse to give in to the notion that the American people can't handle complicated information.”
“I refuse to give into the sad reflex of French envy because this envy paralyzes our country.”
“I refuse to give readers an uplifting faux experience engineered to comfort them and perpetuate the sociopolitical and economic status quo."
"Who died and made you Bertolt Brecht?”
Source: Fight Club 2
“I refuse to go back to not liking who I was.”
“I refuse to go into a fast-food outlet - to use the toilet even - in case anyone got the wrong idea and thought I was sneaking in a quick burger.”
“I refuse to go out with a man whose ass is smaller than mine.”
“I refuse to grow up. I won't become the adult guy.”
“I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.”
“I refuse to have a life partner who spends his days pretending to be on a BBC show.”
Source: Lisa Lutz Spellman Series E-Book Box Set: The Spellman Files, Curse of the Spellmans, Revenge of the Spellmans, The Spellmans Strike Again
“I refuse to have my character improved.”
“I refuse to have my vagina photographed because I have no
interest in being desired on the basis of its appearance. It has
taken me decades to appreciate its power and beauty, and not
merely because it birthed a child. Responsive to tenderness and
the source of a luminous ecstasy, my vagina has enabled me to
transcend an otherwise limited sense of self. I feel no need to
make it conform to another’s aesthetic or have it applauded by
strangers.”
“I refuse to imprison our acts in the rigid mould of sentences.”
“I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.”
“I refuse to invest in things that don’t appreciate my presence and worth. My time and energy deserve better.”
“I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.”
“I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay.”
“I refuse to leave you here.'
Emerie's pained face told Nesta enough: she understood. Saw the logic.
Nesta said to Gwyn. 'It is the only way.'
Gwyn screamed. 'IT IS NOT THE ONLY WAY!' And then she was sobbing. 'I will not abandon you to them. They will kill you.'
'You need to go,' Nesta said, even as her hands began shaking. 'Now.'
'No,' Gwyn wept. 'No, I won't. I'll face it with you.'
Something deep in Nesta's chest cracked. Cracked open completely, and what lay within bloomed, full and bright and pure.
She wrapped her arms around Gwyn. Let her friend sob into her chest. 'I'll face it with you,' Gwyn whispered, over and over again. 'Promise me we'll face it together.'
Nesta couldn't stop her tears. The chill wind froze them on her cheeks. 'I promise,' she breathed, stroking Gwyn's matted hair. 'I promise.'
Gwyn sobbed, and Nesta let herself sob with her, squeezing her tightly. Letting her stroking hand come to rest on Gwyn's neck.
A pinch in the right spot, exactly on the pressure point Cassian had shown her, and it was done.
Gwyn went down. Unconscious.”
Source: A Court of Silver Flames
“I refuse to leave you here.'
Emerie's pained face told Nesta enough: she understood. Saw the logic.
Nesta said to Gwyn. 'It is the only way.'
Gwyn screamed. 'IT IS NOT THE ONLY WAY!' And then she was sobbing. 'I will not abandon you to them. They will kill you.'
'You need to go,' Nesta said, even as her hands began shaking. 'Now.'
'No,' Gwyn wept. 'No, I won't. I'll face it with you.'
Something deep in Nesta's chest cracked. Cracked open completely, and what lay within bloomed, full and bright and pure.
She wrapped her arms around Gwyn. Let her friend sob into her chest. 'I'll face it with you,' Gwyn whispered, over and over again. 'Promise me we'll face it together.'
Nesta couldn't stop her tears. The chill wind froze them on her cheeks. 'I promise,' she breathed, stroking Gwyn's matted hair. 'I promise.'
Gwyn sobbed, and Nesta let herself sob with her, squeezing her tightly. Letting her stroking hand come to rest on Gwyn's neck.
A pinch in the right spot, exactly on the pressure point Cassina had shown her, and it was done.
Gwyn went down. Unconscious.”
Source: A Court of Silver Flames
“I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.”
“I refuse to let anybody try to typecast me. It's against my nature. I like to continually do different things.”
“I refuse to let him hire a princess in disguise who's hoping to sneak into the next ball wearing a dress as shining as the stars so that Daystar will fall in love with her. Princesses are very persuasive, but most of them aren't much use in the kitchen."
Daystar blinked. "But Mother, we hardly ever have balls. And I really don't think I'd fall in love with someone just because she was wearing a fancy dress."
"Try and convince a princess of that.”
Source: Book of Enchantments
“I refuse to let past bruises cover the light. It ain't all good, but it's all good enough so I know I'm alright”
“I refuse to let the past find me here.”
Source: A Great and Terrible Beauty
“I refuse to let the standards of evil people chip away at my capacity for integrity.”