I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I am unlimited in my own ability to create the good in my life.”
Source: The Present Moment: 365 Daily Affirmations
“I am unlovable...I have tried to involve myself in other people, in relationships, and even - in my sillier moments - in love. But it doesn't work. Something in me is broken or missing and sooner or later the other person catches me Acting or one of Those Nights comes along.”
“I am unpacking my library. Yes I am. The books are not yet on the shelves, not yet touched by the mild boredom of order. I cannot march up and down their ranks to pass them in review before a friendly audience. You need not fear any of that. Instead, I must ask you to join me in the disorder of crates that have been wrenched open, the air saturated with the dust of wood, the floor covered with torn paper, to join me among piles of volumes that are seeing daylight again after two years of darkness, so that you may be ready to share with me a bit of the mood -- it is certainly not an elegiac mood but, rather, one of anticipation -- which these books arouse in a genuine collector.”
“I am unpacking my library. Yes, I am. The books are not yet on the shelves, not yet touched by the mild boredom of order. I cannot march up and down their ranks to pass them in review before a friendly audience. You need not fear any of that. Instead, I must ask you to join me in the disorder of crates that have been wrenched open, the air saturated with the dust of wood, the floor covered with torn paper, to join me among piles of volumes that are seeing daylight again after two years of darkness, so that you may be ready to share with me a bit of the mood — it is certainly not an elegiac mood but, rather, one of anticipation — which these books arouse in a genuine collector. For such a man is speaking to you, and on closer scrutiny he proves to be speaking only about himself.”
“I am unpacking my library. Yes I am. The books are not yet on the shelves, not yet touched by the mild boredom of order.”
Source: Gesammelte Schriften
“I am unpersuaded that relative poverty and hard work are greater adversities than relative affluence and free time.”
“I am unraveling the biological secrets of 5G cell phone radiation.”
“I am unshakable.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States.”
“I am unusually Halloween-attentive, because, as it happens, I was born on Halloween, so for me it has always been an occasion of great moment.”
“I am unwilling to accord to some small−minded and jealous individuals the satisfaction of having thwarted my efforts. These men are to me nothing more than microbes of a nasty disease. My project was retarded by laws of nature. The world was not prepared for it. It was too far ahead of time, but the same laws will prevail in the end and make it a triumphal success.”
“I am unwilling to be wholly good—and please don't regard me as wholly evil!”
Source: The Virtue of Selfishness
“I am up and about when I am ill, and in the most appalling weather. I am on horseback when other men would be flat out on their beds, complaining. We are made for action, and activity is the sovereign remedy for all physical ills.”
“I am up there onstage alone with that guitar. I don't have to consider no one else and whether they are comfortable. I need very little.”
“I am upset and completely disappointed in the government, the millionaires and billionaires in the U.S. See what's happening to the country? Look at all the health problems, the economy, the recession and crime.”
“I am urging the parents of black and Latino youngsters particularly to not let their children go out wearing hoodies.”
“I am used to being beautiful. I have been beautiful for so long that it is an essential part of me. I would not be the same spiritually if I had not been beautiful.”
“I am used to being lonely now… not because I like it, but because it’s way better than the noise of people who are around me only to use me. Now, I have stopped expecting, stopped explaining, stopped waiting because loneliness hurts less than pretending someone cares when they don’t.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“I am used to being on tours with people who are fantastic performers and I respect them and I love their music. But the bottom line is they got the vision for what we are trying to do.”
“I am used to controversies.”
“I am used to hear bad men misuse the name of God, yet God exists.”
Source: A Man For All Seasons
“I am used to some of the black girls saying I want to be black to prove a point and most of the white girls saying I used my white side when I need something. I never understood why they would make those senseless comments.”
Source: Why Are You Obsessed with My Race?
“I am used to wearing corsets. Even when I was first starting out it was either Shakespeare or Chekov. Everything that I was doing involved corsets. I guess I am just not destined to breathe that deeply.”
“I am used to young people,” said Mrs. Wilcox, and with each word she spoke the outlines of known things grew dim. “I hear a great deal of chatter at home, for we, like you, entertain a great deal. With us it is more sport and politics, but — I enjoyed my lunch very much, Miss Schlegel, dear, and am not pretending, and only wish I could have joined in more. For one thing, I’m not particularly well just to-day. For another, you younger people move so quickly that it dazes me. Charles is the same, Dolly the same. But we are all in the same boat, old and young. I never forget that.”
Source: Howards End
“I am using soybean based ink, which is recyclable.”
“I am using the word theory as a scientist means it: a set of ideas so well established by observations and physical models that it is essentially indistinguishable from fact. That is different from the colloquial use that means "guess." To a scientist, you can bet your life on a theory. Remember, gravity is "just a theory" too.”
Source: Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End...
“I am usually able to tolerate all kinds of victims of indoctrination except those who have been infected with xenophobia, racism, or homophobia.”
“I am usually always singing about the same god damn person so I will love him forever but you know, it's all good. It's all good!”
“I am usually cooking at least four times a week if I am home. The easiest thing that I do a lot is gazpacho. It's simple and it tastes best if you let it sit over night in the refrigerator... I don't want anybody near me when I am cooking. If I am going to make a mistake, it has to be my fault.”
“I am usually part of any disaster at a wedding if I'm a bridesmaid, which I've been lucky enough to be several times.”
“I am usually protective of my work, not showing it to anyone until it has been redrafted and polished.”
“I am utterly against any kind of guilt. Remember it always: if you start feeling guilty about something around me, then you are doing it on your own, then you are still carrying the voices of your parents, the priests within you; you have not yet heard me, you have not yet listened to me. I want you to be totally free of all guilt.”
“I am utterly against those confused Olios, into which men put almost all kinds of meats and Roots.”
Source: John Evelyn, Cook: The Manuscript Receipt Book of John Evelyn
“I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest.”
“I am utterly fed up with the respect we have been brainwashed into bestowing upon religion.”
“I am utterly in love with my son and my boyfriend and live in the most magical place on Earth. I've been in Norway for ten months now and I have loved every minute of it.”
“I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.”
“I am vaguely aware that Cain has not returned my call, but maybe it's absurd to expect a call to thank me for calling to thank him. Where would it end?”
Source: The Woman in the Library
“I am vain, or once was, and one of my vanities was to feign that I was not.”
Source: We Need To Talk About Kevin
“I am vain. I think vanity is a good thing. It's done more good things for me than it has not.”
“I am Valentino Rossi. If I stay in MotoGP it is to try to win. When that is not possible it is time to stay at home and work in the garden!”
“I am vegetarian, so I don’t have clothes, shoes or bags made from leather or suede or any animal products. Shoes are hard to find. These are fake Uggs. And I’ve got a pair of vintage boots, which are PVC.”
“I am vegetarian, though, and so is my family.”
“I am vehemently grateful that, by whatever means, I learned to assume that loneliness should be in part pleasure, sensitizing and clarifying, and that it is even a truer bond among people than any kind of proximity.”
Source: When I Was A Child I Read Books
“I am verily persuaded the Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of His holy word. I beseech you, remember (it is an article of your church covenant) that you be ready to receive whatever truth shall be made known to you from the word of God.”
“I am very abnormal... But it wasnt very long ago that I wasnt so abnormal. I was very normal and headed for a lifetime of paying medical bills as proof of my normalcy.”
“I am very active on Instagram and love connecting with people there.”
“I am very active on the Internet. In 2007, I made one film every day and posted it on my website. That was a 365-day project, really exhausting, but I still put a lot of stuff on - from life, friends, my own life.”
“I am very active on Twitter and one thing that keeps popping up is "How do I balance having a kid and writing?" And I know it should not be as aggravating, but I know no one ever asks a male writer that. Or, any male that.”
“I am very active, ... I like to ride horses. I golf. I perform onstage. I am a madman onstage.”