I Quotes
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“I think I come under the singer/songwriter badge. I've always written songs right from the very beginning. Because of my style of playing people tend of me more of a guitar player than a singer sometimes.”
“I think I connect to people who could be written off as wild or dark, or who are just full of fire and looking for a place to put that fire. It's an important lesson to learn, and it's something I did learn: you live on behalf of others and you're happier and you have purpose. And you have a great excuse to have all that fire.”
“I think I copied my style from Louis Armstrong. Because I used to like the big volume and the big sound that Bessie Smith got when she sang ... So I liked the feeling that Louis got and I wanted the big volume that Bessie Smith got. But I found that it didn't work with me, because I didn't have a big voice. So anyway between the two of them I sorta got Billie Holiday.”
“I think I could argue that the press has more impact on politics than corporations.”
“I think I could be a perfectly decent cat. I've been around cats long enough to know what the rules of being a cat are. When all else fails, wash. And I think I could master the thing that cats do, where they stalk away pretending they meant to do whatever it was in the first place; showing their wounded dignity.”
“I think I could beat Joe Frazier singing. I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.”
“I think I could create a cult, no problem. The hard part is getting people to kill themselves.”
“I think I could describe the perfect quarterback. Take a little piece of everybody. Take John Elway's arm, Dan Marino's release, maybe Troy Aikman's drop-back, Brett Favre's scrambling ability, Joe Montana's two-minute poise and, naturally, my speed.”
“I think I could die without its being noticed.”
Source: The Wings of the Dove
“I think I could do better in my approach to application. I think I could do better in preaching practical sermons.”
“I think I could drink my own blood. Is that weird?”
“I think I could eat one of Bellamy's veal pies.”
“I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.”
“I think I could have a funnier, more economic sets. But that's the comedy I do. And I understand if people aren't interested in it and would rather listen to someone else. But I'll never understand the anger people have toward me.”
“I think I could have become an outstanding professional baseball player, but I don't think I could have reached the heights that I have in football - being one of the very top players in the game, being a world champion.”
“I think I could have been quite difficult to fathom as a youngster, this kid who didn't talk about himself very much.”
“I think I could have loved you.”
Source: The Final Play
“I think I could have worked for the Clinton administration.”
“I think I could look back through the past few years at missed opportunities and stuff, but one thing I have learned is not to dwell on missed chances or times where you have failed.”
“I think I could make the case for any kind of organized religion, but I'm not an expert in those, so let me narrow my focus to talk about Christianity.”
“I think I could make you fifty percent a year on one million dollars. No, I know I could. I guarantee that.”
“I think I could sing and shear a few sheep at the same time.”
“I think....I could spend the rest of my life here and never miss the mainland for a moment."
Only when [Libby] spoke the words did she realize how true they were. Perhaps it was a strange sentiment, given how much of the week had been spent indoors hiding from the rain. But every time she'd stepped outside, be it to the beach or into charming little Hugh Town, or onto the boat that had ferried them from St. Mary's to Tresco this morning, that same sense of contentment had overtaken her.”
Source: The Nature of a Lady
“I think I could totally be a gangster, but I could never be the kind of gangster that carries things out myself. I would have to be the kingpin that has my minions go and do the dirty bidding. I think I'd be pretty good at giving orders.”
“I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd, I stand and look at them long and long.”
Source: Walt Whitman's Song of Myself: A Sourcebook and Critical Edition
“I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long.”
“I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self contained; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition; They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins; They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God; Not one is dissatisfied-not one is demented with the mania of owning things; Not one kneels to another, nor his kind that lived thousands of years ago; Not one is responsible or industrious over the whole earth.”
“I think I could walk into any music shop anywhere and with a guitar off the rack, a couple of basic pedals and an amp I could sound just like me. There's no devices, customized or otherwise, that give me my sound.”
“I think I coulda landed on a dime. I really do.”
“I think I couldn't do what I do [live without money] without studying economics, because you need to understand the system first - how it currently works - in order to change it.”
“I think I couldn't give myself any advice apart from just do exactly what I want.”
“I think I created my particular stage persona out of my dad's life. And perhaps I even built it to suit him to some degree. I was looking for - when I was looking for a voice to mix with my voice, I put on my father's work clothes, as I say in the book, and I went to work.”
“I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way.”
“I think I'd better do the actual stealing," Hermione continued in a matter-of-fact tone. "You two will be expelled if you get into anymore trouble, and I've got a clean record. So all of you need to do is cause enough mayhem to keep Snape busy for five minutes or so.”
Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“I think I'd convinced myself that all long-term relationships end up that way; I really thought I had no right to expect more.”
Source: Petite Anglaise
“I think I’d know it if we were part of an omnipotent being,” I said.
“Would you? Your skin cells are not aware that they are part of a human being. Skin cells are not equipped for that knowledge. They are equipped to do what they do and nothing more. Likewise, if we humans—and all the plants and animals and dirt and rocks—were components of God, would we have the capacity to know it?”
“So, you’re saying God blew himself to bits—I guess that was the Big Bang—and now he’s piecing himself back together?” I asked.
“He is discovering the answer to his only question.”
“Does God have consciousness yet? Does he know he’s reassembling himself?”
“He does. Otherwise you could not have asked the question, and I could not have answered.”
Source: God's Debris: A Thought Experiment
“I think I'd like to see what else is out there, what a woman might do with a fortune and a good name.”
Source: A Court of Thorns and Roses
“I think I'd make a good candidate," Bernie explained, making it plain that he planned to run no matter what I or anyone else decided to do. This was clearly not a negotiation, just a discussion. For me, the choice was obvious: divide our forces by running myself or stand aside. Actually, it was easy -- I never much wanted the job. Ousting the incumbent had always been my main objective, the only way I could see to open the political process.”
Source: The People's Republic: Vermont and the Sanders Revolution
“I think I'd rather be heading to detention right now than to talk to him. My stomach is tied up in so many knots it could make a boy scout envious.”
Source: Hopeless
“I think I'd rather be liked than loved.
It just seems as if more criticism and chastening is shown to those we love, while kind manners and compassion are reserved for those we simply like.
So, I hope you like me.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“I think I definitely enjoy recording, but I think it's more fun to go out and perform live, because it's like instant gratification, you know? You feel the response immediately.”
“I think I definitely got scared by the second or third time a doctor told me I was dying.”
“I think I definitely want to blame my parents on this one. One of the things about having a minister for a father, you do tend to develop an irreverent streak. Kinda goes with the territory. And Dad was as bad as I am, really . .”
“I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn't really love the song.”
“I think I deserve an apology.”
“I think I deserve something beautiful.”
Source: Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything
“I think I developed a culture of healthy skepticism of claims of certainty on any side of the aisle. A sort of boldness in using economics no matter where it leads you in political circles, you know, rather than worrying about being left-wing or right-wing or biased or this or that.”
“I think I developed a very closed personality. I didn't really have friends. I changed schools every year.”
“I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.”
“I think I did 97 pitch meetings, and even at the 97th meeting, there were questions I was getting that I hadn't had in the - you know, any of the 96 preceding ones.”