I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.”
Source: The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
“I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.”
Source: The works of Joseph Addison: including the whole contents of Bp. Hurd's edition, with letters and other pieces not found in any previous collection; and Macaulay's essay on his life and works
“I am wondering; an alcoholic and a ‘craziholic’ who is the greater ‘holic’? In other words, the dizziness of drunkenness and the dazedness of madness, which is the greater ‘ness’?”
Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“I am wondering if many of the things that we say about ourselves as women, are actually responsible for leading us down detrimental paths in life. For example, usually we like to say that we're crazy, messy and lost. But when I think about it, I want to be of sound mind, with purpose and unlost (if there is such a word as unlost). Really, who wants to be mentally unstable and eternally insecure? I think maybe we need to stop saying these things about ourselves and we need to start seeing ourselves as what and who we really want to be.”
“I am wondering what is worse in life. To like someone who doesn’t like you back? Or to not like someone and give the impression that you do?”
“I am wondering why the known biologically toxic 1.4 billion dollar Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) atop Mauna Kea has not been shut down by OSHA, as it is legally required under USA law to prevent the willful damage of workers health.”
“I am working as public relations director for the Tour de France and maintaining my farm.”
“I am working for a better United Nations. Nothing is perfect. You should never rely on only one source, but rather rely on those you believe in the most.”
“I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns and women join the unqualified men in running our government.”
“I am working for the victims of Africa, they are African like me. That's where I get my inspiration and my pride.”
“I am working hard to ensure that working families can continue to afford to live in our city.”
“I am working hard to provide solutions to meet a most pressing goal: preserving our way of life for our kids and grandkids.”
“I am working here (in Amsterdam) on my last big triptych, which will be a tremendous story, and which gives me a more intense life and exhilaration. My God, life is worth living!”
Source: Max Beckmann
“I am working in my office. I've got a boss who tells me what to do. He's got a boss who tells him what to do. And above him is another boss who probably is telling my boss in the same way - or my boss' boss in the same way what to do. In actuality, this is not the way things work. Management science says that that kind of a chain doesn't work more than three levels up.”
“I am working in Paris . I cannot for a single day get the thought out of my head that there probably exists something essential, some immutable reality, and now that I have lost everything else (thank God, it gets lost all on its own) I am trying to preserve this and, what is more, not to be content. In a word: I am working.”
“I am working never to be late again.”
Source: Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays
“I am working on a book urging the beating to death of baby whales using the dead bodies of baby seals.”
Source: Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
“I am working on a dress sock line of funky, colorful, cool designs.”
“I am working on a technical paper on compassion. So I am reading everything I can on the subject, including my own mind and heart.”
“I am working on current material, a new album, and that is all still my main motivation of going out and working. We haven't gotten rid of all the new stuff in favor of the old.”
“I am working on getting to know people, but I have issues with that because I am afraid of betrayal. I am a work in progress.”
Source: Dying on The Inside and Suffocating on The Outside
“I am working on it but I don't thinking having a good serve is the most important thing. It is about a lot of things coming together that makes you a good player.”
“I am working on my nightclub act, definitely want to do more singing.”
“I am working on saving humanity.”
“I am working on saving humanity. What are you working on?”
“I am working out the vocabulary of my silence.”
Source: Out of silence: selected poems
“I am working right at both the levels- with the most wealthy clients in the world, but also the poorest. I spend half my time designing for people that have nothing.”
“I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance.”
“I am working with the enthusiasm of a man from Marseilles eating bouillabaisse, which shouldn't come as a surprise to you because I am busy painting huge sunflowers.”
“I am working with various music producers and hope to be releasing music.”
“I am worn, down to the raw nub of my soul.
Now is the time, o bitter beer, soothe my spirit;
smooth mouth of whisky, tell me lies of truth;
but better still, sweet wine, be harbinger of deep and dreamless sleep....”
Source: The Bone People
“I am worn out by the insults and vexations that this work brings down on us.”
“I am worn to a raveling.”
“I am worried about climate change. In one respect, I may be more worried than other people. I am worried because I have very little confidence that we know what is causing it....One of my fears is that we could reduce carbon emissions by some drastic amount, only to discover that-oops-it turns out that climate change is being caused by something else.”
“I am worried about our tendency to over invest in things and under invest in people.”
“I am worried about this word, this notion - security. I see this word, hear this word, feel this word everywhere. Security check. Security watch. Security clearance. Why has all this focus on security made me feel so much more insecure? ... Why are we suddenly a nation and a people who strive for security above all else?”
Source: Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security-Obsessed World
“I am worried because I'm hearing some of the same signals about Iran and its nuclear program that were heard as the Bush administration made its case for the war in Iraq. 'It's déjà vu all over again.”
“I am worried by the Blessed Virgin’s messages to Lucy of Fatima. This persistence of Mary about the dangers which menace the Church is a Divine warning against the suicide of altering the Faith, in Her liturgy, Her theology and Her soulI hear all around me innovators who wish to dismantle the Sacred Chapel, destroy the universal flame of the true Faith of the Church, reject Her ornaments and make Her feel remorse for Her historical past.”
“I am worried that Americans I have met on my journey across the country, seem very hopeless and are feeling powerless to make change and are feeling passive. I'm not blaming them. But one thing we need at a time like this is for people to feel empowered and angry.”
“I am worried that the collapse of home prices might turn out to be the most severe since the Great Depression.”
“I am worried that the next generation will not be able to have a real conversation.”
“I am worth inconceivably more to hang than for any other purpose.”
Source: The Public Life of Capt. John Brown, with an Auto-biography of His Childhood and Youth
“I am worth loving. I do not have to earn love. I am lovable because I exist. Others reflect the love I have for myself.”
“I am worth more than any earldom. And I can see that I am not, not worth the happiness of thousands. I fell in love with Dr. Walsingham, but…but he is gone. I suggest you call upon Miss Blakemoor. I imagine she will wish to marry the Earl of Cheshire.”
Source: Ten Lords a Leaping
“I am worth more than these excuses. I am worth more than this inconsistent, unhealthy, disappointing dynamic. I am worthy of finding someone that is never going to allow us to settle into this toxic, distorted version of love.”
“I am worth some study, if for no one else but myself. I hope that you feel likewise... even if only about yourself.”
“I am worth something and I will be big.”
“I am worthless and I am nothing,' Nesta nearly said. She wasn't sure why the words bubbled up, pressing on her lips to voice them. 'I hate everything that I am. And I am so, so tired. I am tired of wanting to be anywhere but in my own head.”
Source: A Court of Silver Flames
“I am worthy, I am lovable, and I am strong.”
“I am worthy. I am worthy of light. I am worthy of love. I am worthy of happiness. I am worthy of peace. I am worthy of me.”