I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I see myself starring in and producing major feature films.”
“I see myself through others eyes and I am made anew.”
“I see myself today as Sitting Bull trying to bring a voice of Easternism, holism, community-based thinking to a very Western culture.”
“I see myself working, making a living and doing projects that I'm passionate about, regardless of the medium.”
“I see myself wrapped in lies, which do not seem to penetrate my soul, as if they are not really a part of me. They are like costumes.”
“I see myself, in terms of the question of capitalism, as I would support democratic socialism over a capitalist system, because any approach... or participatory economics, which is another great model that people like Michael Albert are putting out there... any system that encourages us to think about interdependency, and to be able to use the world's resources in a wiser way, for the good of the whole, would be better for the world than capitalism.”
“I see mysteries and complications wherever I look, and I have never met a steadily logical person.”
Source: The Face of War
“I see negotiations as an honest attempt to reach a deal that's great for everyone at the table. But sometimes, for whatever reason, that's impossible. You need to accept that possibility-don't make a deal for the sake of making a deal. If you do, chances are it will fall apart later anyway, with costs and headaches for everyone involved. And once you walk away, don't come back.”
“I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense.”
“i see new stars in constellations without names,
and i see oceans made of water not yet rained.”
Source: crabbing season: a collection of poetry and prose
“I see Nick's number. I debate whether to assign a name to his number. If I commit to that, then I will truly be heartbroken if he never calls me again; my heart will knot each and every time I use this phone and see his name in there. I would probably end up having to trash the phone entirely.”
Source: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
“I see no advantages in aging whatsoever. You become shriveled. You become decrepit. You lose your faculties. Your peer group passes away. You sit in a room gumming your porridge. I don't see any advantage in this whatsoever.”
“I see no anti-Semitic implications in denial of the existence of gas chambers, or even denial of the Holocaust.”
“I see no clear reason why the doctrine of self-interest properly understood should turn men away from religious beliefs.”
Source: Tocqueville: Democracy in America
“I see no comfort in outliving one's friends, and remaining a mere monument of the times which are past.”
Source: The Jefferson Papers [1770-1826
“I see no conflict between saving people's lives and defending the Second Amendment.”
“I see no conflict between science and religion. When you take truth in either one of these realms, science or religion, they match perfectly.”
“I see no constitutional problems with the identification, staving off and defusing of outside threats.”
“I see no contradiction between Buddhism and Christianity ... I intend to become as good a Buddhist as I can.”
“I see no difference between Islam and Islamism. Islam is defined as submission to the will of Allah, as it is described in the Koran. Islamism is just Islam in its most pure form.”
“I see no difference between my pictures that people consider amusing and the rest. To me, it's all serious work - they're just a reaction to what I see. I don't leave this apartment in the morning and say to myself 'Today I'm going to be funny and tomorrow I'm going to be sad.'”
“i see no difference between "past" and "paste", both of them still stuck on my mind.”
“I see no dishonor in a woman selling her body to support her children; the dishonor lies with a society that has placed her in that position.”
Source: The Other Wife: A Novel in Verse
“I see no end to my misery but the grave.”
“I see no faults in the Church, and therefore let me be resurrected with the Saints, whether I ascend to heaven or descend to hell, or go to any other place. And if we go to hell, we will turn the devils out of doors and make a heaven of it.”
“I see no good reason why the views given this volume [The Origin of Species] should shock the religious feelings of any one. It is satisfactory, as showing how transient such impressions are, to remember that the greatest discovery ever made by man, namely, the law of attraction of gravity, was also attacked by Leibnitz, 'as subversive of natural, and inferentially of revealed, religion.'”
“I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone.”
Source: Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution
“I see no greatness in my self...I'm a simple-minded, child-like, insipid sort of moronic and kind of akward feeling adolescent.”
“I see no harm in pursuing passions, even if they're fleeting in nature. Passion is the first ember of creation. Without art, what are we?”
Source: The Ballad of the Last Dragon
“I see no hope for a revival among God's people today. They are so enamored and so cluttered up with Hollywood and newspapers and magazines and parties and bowling alleys and camping trips and everything else. How in the world are they going to get still long enough to see anything from God?”
“I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.”
“I see no issue with [Donald] Trump spending 48 hours in Scotland.Whether accidental or intentional, the fact that he was there when Britain voted to leave the EU was a good thing for him.”
“I see no kind of reason to not just try everything. I mean, I feel like we all have such varied tastes, and to not just try our tastes is a crime.”
“I see no light behind that terrible curtain. I do not think one religion better than another and I think the Christian religion has brought far more misery crime and suffering far more tyranny and evil than any other.”
“I see no magic in tax dollars which are sent to Washington and then returned. I abhor the waste and incompetence of large-scale federal bureaucracies in this administration as well as in others. I do not favor state compulsion when voluntary individual effort can do the job and do it well.”
“I see no marks of Wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work, yet Wordsworth is a constant presence when I write about human beings and their relations to the natural world.”
“I see no objection to stoutness, in moderation.”
Source: The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan
“I see no other conceivable strategy for the achievement of liberty than political action. Religious or philosophical conversion of each man and woman is simply not going to work; that strategy ignores the problem of power, the fact that millions of people have a vested interest in statism and are not likely to give it up.... Education in liberty is of course vital, but it is not enough; action must also be taken to roll back the State.”
“I see no point in being despondent. We might as well enjoy ourselves during our brief tenure of this life.”
“I see no point in exchanging something that I understand, know, love and think will have a great future for something else that I know much less about.”
“I see no point in reading.”
“I see no present solution of a great and intricate problem but that the rich should realize their duty to the poor.”
“I see no priestly garments on you. There is no ephod on your belt. You presume to speak for Yahweh? You speak his name aloud so lightly?”
Source: Day of War
“I see no profound progress taking place when there is no hope, no inspiration, only drastic overthrow and rebellion. Before having a revolution of thought there must be real ideals to aspire to, and they are only to be found within.”
“I see no purpose in Bad Coffee, Bad Wine, or Insincere friends.”
“I see no real argument in Britain that is concerned that an Indian company owns our most successful car manufacturer or that the sewer system under London is being renewed in part by Chinese investment. There are the odd voices that express concern but they are very marginal and they are not being listened to by the British people.”
“I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.”
Source: The complete prose of Marianne Moore
“I see no reason for giving the capital employed in agriculture greater protection than the capital vested in other branches of trade, manufacture, or commerce.”
“I see no reason for painting anything that can be put into any other form as well.”
“I see no reason for recording the obvious.”
Source: The Daybooks of Edward Weston: California