I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I sit watching the brown oceanic waves of dry country rising into the foothills and I weep monotonously, seasickly. Life is not like the dim ironic stories I like to read, it is like a daytime serial on television. The banality will make you weep as much as anything else.”
“I sit watching until dusk, hypnotized. I think of the sea as continually sloshing back and forth, repetitive, but my psyche goes with the river- always loping downhill, purposeful, listening only to gravity.”
Source: Downcanyon: A Naturalist Explores the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon
“I sit where the leaves of the maple and the gnarled and knotted gum are circling and drifting around me.”
Source: Poems of Alice and Phoebe Carey ...
“I sit with my knees pulled in tight and my arms wrapped around my shins. I can no longer feel my feet, as if blood refuses to spread so far from my heart.”
Source: The Forest of Hands and Teeth
“I sit with my toes in a brook, And if any one axes forwhy? I hits them a rap with my crook, For 'tis sentiment does it, says I.”
“I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not. Across the color-line I move arm in arm with Balzac and Dumas, where smiling men and welcoming women glide in gilded halls. From out the caves of the evening that swing between the strong-limbed earth and the tracery of the stars, I summon Aristotle and Aurelius... and they come all graciously with no scorn nor condescension. So, wed with Truth, I dwell above the Veil.”
Source: The Souls of Black Folk
“I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not.”
Source: The Souls of Black Folk: The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois
“I sit with the intention to write a record.”
“I sit with you spiritless.
And while you were filling in the air with talks I don't hear,
There was a crow unearthing my head and feeding on my thoughts.”
“I sit, I think, I make some drawings. As a designer, you cannot retire totally.”
“I sitrende villskap og med intense bønner til min unge Gud fulgte jeg insektets lette flukt. Skjelvende stilte jeg på det når det slo seg ned på en solvarm stein og spilte ut sine strålende vinger. Generasjoner av varmblodige stimenn gråt i meg når flyet kastet seg ut i sommerdagens lysmette luft og flagret videre. De jublet i min jubel da jeg til slutt fanget dette levende smykke fra veikantens nesleskog og kverket det med en dråpe eter. Dette var min første jakt.”
Source: Lys og skygger i Sjøgata
“I situate myself, and seat myself,
And where you recline I shall recline,
For every armchair belonging to you as good as belongs to me.
I loaf and curl up my tail
I yawn and loaf at my ease after rolling in the catnip patch."
(From Meow of Myself, from LEAVES OF CATNIP)”
Source: Poetry for Cats: The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse
“I sized her up and got this sick feeling that she was about to ruin everything. Giti never missed an opportunity to show up her superiors. I stopped dead in my tracks and patted her down for a hidden prayer rug. No religious drama was too outrageous for her.”
Source: Persianality
“I sized Seth up. As usual his khaki pants were pristine, perfectly pressed, not a dirt stain in sight. Seth Allen had to be the only person on the planet who could make it through pitch-black underground tunnels without getting a speck of dirt on his pants, but give the kid a jelly donut, and jam would end up in places jam had absolutely no right to be.”
Source: The Lies That Bind
“I själva verket bör vi tycka synd om fröken Helga Fägersköld. Hon känner inte till något annat sätt att få uppmärksamhet än genom att chockera och detta begär övervinner allt annat. Vore det fråga om ett ungdomligt lättsinne eller en enstaka dålig handling kunde man haft överseende med detta. Men det är en hel väv av lögner och en lång rad handlingar som har pågått under flera år.”
Source: En väv av lögner
“I skate about 15 to 20 hours a week and also incorporate a lot of off-ice training. I take ballet and Pilates classes and lift weights with my physical therapist when I'm not on the ice.”
“I skate all the time, but it's silly for me to do contests when MTV is giving me a boatload of money.”
“I skate for the fans. It's not as fun without them there supporting me. I get energy from them and I want to skate well for them. They relax me. They make me happy when I skate for them. I feel the Americans like me more and more each time I tour.”
“I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other peoples desire for me to do well.”
“I skate now for fun and to keep myself in shape.”
“I skate to anything with a good beat, anything that can get me motivated.”
“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”
Source: 99 My Life in Pictures
“I skated in ice shows all over Europe and South Africa for 20 years. I love to ice skate.”
“I skated like it's a sport, went for everthing and just gave it my best shot. It turned out freat. I had nothing to lose. You might be the best in your heart, but not in other people's sight.”
“I sketch in a way that people can nearly do the dresses without me coming in for a fitting. Every single detail, every proportion, every cut -- everything.”
“I sketch literally all the time; constructing a collection is like building a family - you have to have a certain balance. I isolate myself - I need to be concentrated for this so I leave Paris, I leave to a place without a phone.”
“I sketch my life
as my own, my entirety
as the only true love
the only true magic”
Source: Within the event horizon: poetry & prose
“I sketch the faces upside down because it's like drawing from the left side of the brain or the right side of the brain. I never took an art lesson in my life.”
“I ski every three years or so. I don't have the ingrained confidence that others do, but I'll happily toddle about a green or blue run.”
“I ski to win. When the day comes that I can't get myself into a fighting mood anymore, I won't be able to win and I'll stop racing.”
“I ski very aggressively, and the angles that I create with my body are similar to some of the male racers.”
“I skied on Astroturf and PVC pipe on the slope in my backyard.”
“I skille eder ved den Fordeel, som eders Religions Principia giver eder over Mahomedaner. Naar de bryste sig af deres Troendes store Mængde, svare I dem, at saadant er erhvervet ved Magt, og at de have fortplantet deres Religion med Sværd. Hvi søge I da at forplante eders ved Baal og Brand.”
Source: Epistler
“I skip the introduction. If the book goes in the trash, I want it to go because of my thoughts on it, not because of some Asshole's thoughts who wrote the introduction.”
Source: A Million Little Pieces
“I skip through the programming to watch the commercials.”
“I skipped toward him and gave him a tiny kiss on the cheek. “Yup.”
He looked at me like I was crazy. “What was that for?”
I smiled. “For being an excellent partner in crime.”
Source: The Catastrophic History of You and Me
“I slam it as hard as I can when I leave, because what the fuck does it matter? If I’m polite or a complete bitch, they still won’t believe me. No one listens. No one cares about what’s true. Only what’s easier to understand.”
Source: Free Spirit
“I slammed out of the Priest Hole and started walking, heading nowhere in particular. Sometimes you just need to go through a door.”
Source: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
“I slammed the door, floored the throttle, and reversed down the road as fast as the old car would go, which was not very. Then I spun the wheel and hit the brakes, backing off the road. I crunched the transfer lever into four-wheel drive and trundled off toward the water. Behind us, the pickup was backing and filling, trying to turn around on the narrow road.”
Source: Tiger and the Robot
“I slammed the door in the child's face, a horrific scream trapped in my throat.”
“I slammed the doors open a little harder than I needed to, stalked out to the Blue Beetle, and drove away with all the raging power the ancient four-cylinder engine should muster. Behold the angry wizard puttputt-putting away.”
“I slap her butt hard, enjoying the control and dominance it gives me over the female, a warped pleasure that’s intensified over the last five yanas.
“Stop squirming female! You and these creatures now belong to my brother and me. From now on you will do everything that you are told to do. Even spreading your legs if you’re ordered to!”
Source: Qanon Alien Halfbreed
“I slap him again and keep the gun pointed at his face with my other hand. “How does it feel, not being in control? Not being able to touch me? Only being able to look,” I taunt. “Do you want to come?”
He nods, his eyes never leaving mine as he stares up at me. It’s empowering. I am the one in control. I am the one who’s calling the shots.
This time, he will be the one begging for mercy.
“Not good enough. Give me a verbal answer.” I tap the barrel of the gun against his nose tauntingly.
“Yes,” he growls.
“Have you no manners, Dubh? What do civilized people say when they want something?”
Source: Bloody Fingers & Red Lipstick
“I slapped my face two or three times with both hands, as hard as possible. The slapping hurt. It snapped me to attention. My adrenaline started flowing... the Yugoslavs, sitting in the next lane stared at me in disbelief. The harsh slapping made me angry-exactly what I wanted. I did my best work when I was angry.”
“I slashed a wide arc with Riptide and vaporized the entire front row of monsters.
Back off!” I yelled at the rest, trying to sound fierce. Behind them stood their instructor—a six-foot-tall telekhine with Doberman fangs snarling at me. I did my best to stare him down.
New lesson, class,” I announced. “Most monsters will vaporize when sliced with a celestial bronze sword. This change is perfectly normal, and will happen to you right now if you don’t BACK OFF!”
Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth
“I slashed the air in a wide arc, driving the rest of the demigods away from Annabeth. “No one touches her!”
Source: The Last Olympian
“I slather Egyptian Magic cream all over my face on overnight flights to keep my skin hydrated.”
“I slay dragons at night while you sleep.
I see by the way your face contorts how they exist in your dreams.
Willing a magic sword, I plunge into your deepest nightmares and swing at the beasts with all my might, dodging flames exhaled by monsters that would eat me alive to go on torturing the fair one I love. I see your face relax, eyes still drowsily closed, when the mighty dragon is slain.
It may be that my fingers rub soft circles on your forehead as I imagine my brave fight as a knight reclaiming your dreams. You smile under the spell of my touch, and I am rewarded. And so, my love, as I await the dawn, I stand ready to slay dragons while you sleep.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“I sleep - laying down, not on the ceiling. Nothing about my life is crazy. I fly a lot, I travel a lot. I eat and sleep like everyone else.”
“I sleep 12 hours and then work 24 hours. I've worked those irregular hours for the past three years. It's better to stay up day and night to come up with ideas. I usually get inspiration for game designing by working this schedule.”