I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I value my time so much that undressing is the only thing I am willing to do for sex.”
“I value peace over partnerships, even if progress comes slower.”
“I value peace, and I should unwillingly see any event take place which would render war a necessary resource.”
“I value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.”
“I value people with a conscience. It's like a beeper from God.”
“I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.”
“I value science--none can prize it more,
It gives ten thousand motives to adore:
Be it religious, as it ought to be,
The heart it humbles, and it bows the knee.”
Source: The Microcosm: A Poem, Read Before the Medical Society of New Jersey at Its Centenary Anniversary: with the Address Delivered as President, Jan. 24, 1866
“I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.”
“I value so many people who have to work full time, definitely single mothers. Their work is the hardest work. I applaud it so much.”
“I value so many people who have to work full time, definitely single mothers. Their work is the hardest work. I applaud it so much. I absolutely love being a mother. I love his milestones. I love his smile. I love that he's talking and making sentences and telling me he loves me. It's amazing.”
“I value the blood of one Christian more than that of a hundred Indians.”
“I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.”
“I value the kind of prayer when you stand at the edge of the sea, or beneath a tree, or smell a flower, or love someone, or do a good thing. Those prayers validate existence and snatch it away from meaningless routine.”
Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2012
“I value the momentum of making the list and the drive to tick. Sometimes I add stuff I've already accomplished so I can get going on my feelings of accomplishment.”
“I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.”
Source: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq
“I value those artists who embody the expression of their life.”
“I value truth for it is more beautiful than lying; I value honor for it is more attractive than cowardice; I value morals for to do less would make me untethered to my fellow man.”
“I value truth, justice, and equity—like most people—but there’s a huge difference between saying so and living like it.”
Source: Real Friends Talk About Race: Bridging the Gaps Through Uncomfortable Conversations
“I value unity because I believe we learn truth from each other in this process.”
“I value very much the time before the show, when there is nothing else but to concentrate on the show, and it's just purely design.”
“I valued my independence from an early age and was always something of a individualist … Well, a show-off anyway.”
“I valued the experience of making the recordings, and I value the performances contained therein, and I value so much of what they can represent. I also think they're a terrific listening experience. Putting them out this way was a way of trying to maintain and nurture the relationship with the audience and also shine a light on the recent past, because we are so apt to be forgetful as human beings that there was such a thing as a recent past. These are some of the reasons for making this record.”
“I valued this school as a haven. I'd much rather fight for a world where it wasn't necessary.”
Source: X-Treme X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1
“I van esguerrant els homes perquè diuen que una ombra es va ajuntar amb una altra… tenen por. Volen tenir por. Volen creure i volen patir… patir i només patir i ofeguen els qui moren perquè encara pateixin més… perquè pateixin fins al darrer moment, perquè res no sigui bo, i si t’arrenquen la cara les pedres i l’aigua és pel bé de tots… i si vius pensant que el riu s’endurà el poble no pensaràs en res més… que se t’endugui el patir però no el desig… perquè el desig fa viure i per això els fa por. La por del desig se’ls menja. I és per no pensar en el desig que volen patir i de petit ja t’esguerren… perquè el desig fa viure ja te’l maten mentre vas creixent…”
Source: Death in Spring
“I vant to zuk your blood." He waved his black gloved hands above his head as he tried out his awful Transylvanian accent. "You vish," She replied.”
Source: Jenny Pox
“I vape with my parents in my house. My parents don't really get high, which bums me out. But I vape with them around. It's just like a glass of wine. The family of the future is parents and kids who get high together. That is crazy to me, but it's so cool. I like the fact that my parents are fine with it, even if they won't do it with me.”
“I vary my days between skiing and snowboarding - I can go fast down pisted runs but still struggle in the bumps on a snowboard.”
“I've a habit of placing a happy-face or a frowny-face on my calendar, depending on what kind of day I've had. Often I slap a droopy circle in the box, discouraged by the things I failed to accomplish and the unpleasant encounters endured. But then, invariably, a wise muse stops to ask me these three questions:
Did your children let you hug them today? Yes.
Did you do a kind deed for someone? Anyone? Yes.
Did God forsake you today? No.
Then, my dear, despite your challenges, it was a good day after all.
Standing corrected, I twist that frowny-face upside down and smile.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“I've a long time trying to love
a brother whose only way of touching me is pain.
A long time escaping into music.
Practice, lessons, rehearsals that protect me
from the hurting parts of life.
I've been winning awards, applause,
acclaim for my trumpets since I was in grade school.
But love?
The word catches in my throat.
Do I love anything?
Have i forgotten how?”
Source: The Sound of Letting Go
“I've a theory. Perhaps a dog should've bit us buttholes at birth. Thus a bit of its goodness could've entered our dark souls. We may have gained a dog's mirth. And so even after getting kicked, like the lovely being that is a dog, we may have forgiven each other. And made merry.”
“I’ve a trunk full of books. The porters will despise me, but I'll be the most prepared Englishwoman ever to set foot on Egyptian sand.”
Source: Light of a Nile Moon
“I've a wife so I've my life!”
“I've about had it with flying," he grumbled, switching off the plane's systems, "It's ninety-nine percent boring and one percent sheer terror.”
Source: Cry of the Kalahari
“I’ve accepted duplicity instead of being upset by it (...) I dominate, at last and forever.”
Source: The fall
“I've accepted the fact that I'm going to be a sad man for the rest of my life because I get calls all the time of the saddest things that are happening in the church.”
“I've acted all my life. All the world's a stage.'
'It's not.' Bressac tapped his nose thoughtfully. 'There's no rehearsal, no proper audience, no intermission, one performance only. Behind the scenes there are only more scenes. You can't tell if it's a tragedy or a comedy, but you know that, sooner or later, it'll be an historical. Daggers have solid blades and the blood is real.”
Source: Doctor Who: The Man in the Velvet Mask
“I've actually done it. I've made a change. Altered my own path. Time travel aside, I've been stuck in a loop of my own making for a very long time now, just going round and round.”
Source: Cassandra in Reverse
“I’ve admired Cyrus my entire life and then worshipped Eli the moment he rolled into town when I was ten.”
“I’ve already found the right person. I’m just waiting for her to be ready.”
Source: Stranded with a Billionaire
“I've already got the storm figured out. Some idiot blew up the sun. Some dumb Russian general pushed the wrong button and launched one of their million missiles, or maybe NASA misaimed one of our test rockets. Either way, the sun is gone and we're now engaged in a nuclear shootout. It's the end of everything. Batman and Superman aren't coming and James Bond doesn't have a trick up his sleeve to save us this time. In a week or a month, we'll all freeze to death, just like in that Twilight Zone episode where the pretty lady is burning up with fever, dreaming the sun is baking the world dry, when really the Earth has dropped out of orbit, is hurtling further and further away from the sun, rapidly turning into a big ball of ice.”
Source: Paperboy: A Dysfunctional Novel
“I’ve already learned the poem! I have! Listen!”
And five-year-old Peter recited it boldly, without a single pause.
His parents were stunned. Danylo considered himself a well-educated man. He had once completed a parish school, later pursued self-education diligently, and through natural intelligence and perseverance had become a skilled accountant. Yet to memorize such a poem casually, in play, having heard only fragments of it? No — such heights had always been beyond him.
With a mingled feeling of joy, pride, and astonishment, the father studied his son. For the first time, he saw in this mischievous boy an heir — one who had inherited the best traits of his ancestors and might one day surpass even his boldest expectations.
“Maria,” Danylo said to his wife, “let’s send Peter to school, even if it’s still early — let him study alongside his older brother Nick. He’s capable, he’s bright, he’ll manage. After all, no one knows what the future may bring.”
— Volodymyr Shablia, Stone. Book One
Context note:
In a fragile post-war society where education was uncertain and the future unpredictable, a father recognizes early brilliance in his son — a moment when hope quietly overcomes fear, and destiny begins to take shape.”
Source: Камінь. Біографічний роман. Книга перша. Перші кроки до світла та назад: Дитинство та занурення в ГУЛАГ.
“I've already let you go twice. I'm not going to do it the third time. You know that, right?”
Source: Two Months and Three Days
“I've already made peace with the fact that I'm a lowly, stupid, insignificant human being who can't do anything right.”
“I've already spent ten years of my life apologizing for that band. As their manager, that's all I really did. Apologize. For years afterward I'd walk into a hotel lobby and the receptionist would call to me, 'Mr. McGhee.' And I'd run up and drop to my knees and say, 'Oh, Jesus, I'm really sorry.'
They'd look at me funny and say, 'No, nothing's wrong. You have a telephone call.'
And I'd breathe a sigh of relief and thank the good Lord above that I wasn't managing Mötley Crüe anymore.
~ Doc McGhee.”
Source: The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
“I’ve already told the police what happened, but they don’t believe me. Why would you?’ he said.
‘Because we’re the people that believe people that other people don’t believe,’ I said.
‘How can I know that?’ he asked.
‘You’re just going to have to believe me,’ I said.”
“I’ve also been responsible for investigating plenty of strange stories. I intend to approach yours the same way I approached those — with an assumption that it represents reality until proven otherwise”
Source: Deceived
“I've also learned how to fit in, but constantly trying to do so is more than just uncomfortable now, it hurts. Because I don't. Fit. I fold my jagged edges inside myself and smooth over the most obvious differences between us, but I am not the same as you. There are over 7 billion people on the planet, and yet I have somehow managed to spend a lifetime feeling alone.”
Source: His & Hers
“I've also noticed that the only difference between humans and animals is the way they deceive themselves and remain ignorant about the life they live. Animals don't know what they do: they're born, they grow up, they live and they die without thought, reflection or a real future. And how many men live differently than animals?”
Source: The Book of Disquiet
“I've also read hundreds of memoirs and spoken with thousands of people about their own singular lives, and I'm here to tell you that each particular life is far more astounding and unpredictable than any of the generalizations scholars and social scientists make about groups of people. If you want to understand humanity, you have to focus on the thoughts and emotions of individuals, not just data about groups.”
Source: How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
“I’ve also realized that in my function as a teacher of languages I do not actually teach languages. Some students learn and learn well but it is only of their own initiative. I do my best to guide them into the beauty of the thing and try to instill some disciplined habits, but whatever spark they latch onto is not my creation. I show them the well, but it is their decision to drink.”
Source: When The Earth Was Flat: One Boy's Life at the Edge of the Millennium