I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I've come to the conclusion that liking a person we are required to have dealings with is not of paramount importance. But respect is crucial, on both sides, as is tolerance, and a depth of understanding of those influences that sculpt a character.”
Source: Messenger of Truth
“I've come to the conclusion that most of us rob ourselves of a little life every second we worry about what really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.
L-iving
I-n
V-ictory
E-veryday”
“I've come to the conclusion that most of us rob ourselves of a little life every second we worry about what really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. Not me. Not anymore. I'm going to L.I.V.E.
L-iving
I-n
V-ictory
E-veryday”
“I've come to think of consciousness as a continuum of states, from fully awake cogitation to daydreaming to the altered consciousness of hallucinations and dreams. Still, interpreting dreams can only take place when we're awake. I believe meaning is what the mind makes and wants. It's essential to perception and to consciousness in all its forms. But the important meanings of psychotherapy are subjective. There's a lot of research that confirms that drem content reflects the dreamer's emotional conflicts.”
Source: The Sorrows of an American
“I’ve come to think one is truly married only when one is more committed to one’s vows than the person they refer to.”
Source: Trust
“I’ve come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences, or tasks. It happens sometimes when you are lost in a hard challenge, or when an artist or a craftsman becomes one with the brush or the tool. It happens sometimes while you’re playing sports, or listening to music or lost in a story, or to some people when they feel enveloped by God’s love. And it happens most when we connect with other people. I’ve come to think that happiness isn’t really produced by conscious accomplishments. Happiness is a measure of how thickly the unconscious parts of our minds are intertwined with other people and with activities. Happiness is determined by how much information and affection flows through us covertly every day and year.”
“I've come to think that there's an age beyond which it is impossible to lift a child from the pervading marinade of an original country, pat them down with a paper napkin and then deep-fry them in another country, another language like hot oil scalding the first language away.”
Source: The Opposite House
“I’ve come to understand that life is a constant letting go.”
“I’ve come to understand that the pain of a wound or a loss is over as it happens. What follows is the pain of getting well.”
“I’ve come to understand that the pain of a wound or a loss is over as soon as it happens.
What follows is the pain of getting well.”
Source: Richard Wagamese Selected: What Comes From Spirit
“I’ve come to understand that there’s a good deal of value in the ritual accompanying death. It’s hard to say good- bye and almost impossible to accomplish this alone and ritual is the railing we hold to, all of us together, that keeps us upright and connected until the worst is past.”
Source: Ordinary Grace
“I’ve come to understand the cumulative dialogue of my work as a kind of cartography of wisdom about our emerging world. This book is a map in words to important territory we all are on now together. It’s a collection of pointers that treat the margins as seriously as the noisy center. For change has always happened in the margins, across human history, and it’s happening there now. Seismic shifts in common life, as in geophysical reality, begin in spaces and cracks.”
Source: Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
“I’ve concluded that one of the significant reasons that meditation works is that it consists of withdrawing our attention, and thus our human energy from a concern, allowing Spiritual energy, which is always there (Omnipresence) to flow in and animate the moment.”
Source: The Amazing Benefits of Meditation: Living the Life You've Always Wanted to Live
“I've covered almost two hundred miles on horseback. I haven't had a good night's sleep in a week, and I've nearly been killed twice. So before I do anything else, you're going to have to tell me who you are and why it's so very important that you get my clothes off.”
Source: Shadow and Bone
“I've created a monster, haven't I?" said Merlin, staring at the animated figure incredulously.
"I think that, technically, I was already a monster," the dragon replied. "Now I am a monster with social networking skills. Or I would be, if I had a Twitter account. And possibly a Facebook. Do I want a Facebook? Is it a book of faces? Is it the same as MySpace? Which of course begs the question: what is MySpace?”
Source: The Student Prince
“I’ve created the most beautiful things out of my sadness.”
“I’ve cried a thousand tears, if not millions. Echoes of tears keep calling my name from the past, but I cannot look back. I have to keep pushing and moving forward. I cannot bury myself in my tears. Yes, it seems like I’ve cried ‘everyday' tears. However, one day, the first tear of the day will be a tear of happiness. Until then, my river of tears that continue to keep crashing will keep me alive.”
Source: Pinwheels and Dandelions
“I've crossed a world of sand and tears in search of you.”
Source: Sand for Dreams
“I've cursed a lot of people.' Jacks reeled her in as he spoke, slowly tugging Evangeline towards him and trapping her bloody hand so that it was behind him as he leaned in closer and whispered, 'They don't all become villains, Little Fox.' His lips brushed hers, taunting, teasing.
'Stop trying to distract me,' she murmured.
'I'll never stop trying to distract you,' Jacks playfully nipped her lower lip and then he kissed her, far less playfully.
(Waterstones Exclusive Edition Alternate Ending).”
Source: A Curse for True Love
“I've decided," he said, now focusing on the other breast, "that tomorrow is a no-clothes day. From now on, every Sunday is Stripper Sunday. The only thing you can wear are stilettos.”
Source: Songbird Freed
“I've decided I'm suspicious of moving trucks.”
Source: Red Heather
“I've decided language isn't as advanced as we think it is. We're still apes trying to express our thoughts with grunts while most of what we want to communicate stays locked in our brain”
Source: Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“I've decided language isn't as advanced as we think it is. We're still apes trying to express our thoughts with grunts while most of what we want to communicate stays locked in our brains.”
Source: Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“I’ve decided she’s worthy of something more special, something worthy of my powers.”
Source: Daughter of Isis
“I've decided that I'd like to stay in Pinewood and open my own patisserie. It's been my dream. When my car broke down in Pinewood, I was looking for the right place to settle. I wasn't planning on Pinewood, but it seems fate placed me here. Sweets & Treats”
Source: Sweets & Treats
“I've decided that it is possible to love someone for entirely selfless reasons, for all of their flaws and weaknesses,and still not succeed in having them love you back”
Source: Say What You Will
“I've decided that it's possible to love someone for entirely selfless reasons, for all of their flaws and weaknesses, and still not succeed in having them love you back. It's sad, perhaps, but not tragic, unless you dwell forever in the pursuit of their elusive affections.”
Source: Say What You Will
“I've decided that there isn't much difference in the way we treat our siblings and the way we treat our special someones. But at the end of it all we know our siblings have to forgive us...or they'll never be able to borrow our car.”
“I’ve decided the act that cannot wait / is the important will to create / But, ah, if my belly is ignored / the pantry door I shall implore / But I’ve been known to reach the bed / ideas still famished in my head.”
Source: Cities & Countries
“I've decided. The next time I cry, it'll be for "someone special", and it'll definitely be "tears of happiness.”
Source: ひるなかの流星 8 [Hirunaka no Ryuusei 8]
“I've decided to confront it. Confront whatever life throws at me, as I always have. However much I can feel, nothing more, nothing less.”
Source: Almond
“I've decided to trust him, but like somebody once said, you can't force yourself to trust. So you put all your doubts in a little box and bury it deep and then try to forget where you buried it. My problem is that buried box is like a scab I can't stop picking at.”
“I’ve decided what I must do. I shall stay with you day and night, and do it cheerfully and willingly, for the sake of Baruch. I shall guide you to Lyra, if I can, and then I shall guide you both to Lord Ariel. I have lived thousands of years, and unless I am killed, I shall live many thousands of years more; but I never met a nature that made me so ardent to do good, or to be so kind, as Baruch’s did. I failed so many times, but each time his goodness was there to redeem me. Now it’s not, I shall have to try without it. Perhaps I shall fail from time to time, but I shall try all the same. -Balthamos”
“I've defined myself, privately and abstractly, by my brief, intense years as an athlete, a swimmer. I practiced five or six hours a day, six days a week, eating and sleeping as much as possible in between. Weekends were spent either training or competing. I wasn't the best; I was relatively fast. I trained, ate, traveled, and showered with the best in the country, but wasn't the best; I was pretty good.
I liked how hard swimming at that level was- that I could do something difficult and unusual. Liked knowing my discipline would be recognized, respected, that I might not be able to say the right things or fit in, but I could do something well. I wanted to believe that I was talented; being fast was proof. Though I loved racing, the idea of fastest, of number one, of the Olympics, didn't motivate me.
I still dream of practice, of races, coaches and blurry competitors. I'm drawn to swimming pools, all swimming pools, no matter how small or murky. When I swim now, I step into the water as though absentmindedly touching a scar. My recreational laps are phantoms of my competitive races”
“I’ve described one of my favorites for keeping the ankles slim – rolling a Pepsi bottle under the arch of the foot. Another simple exercise is to stick your leg out straight and, not moving it, rotate your foot in wide circles in both directions for a minute or two. Then push your foot up and down for a couple of minutes.”
Source: My Way of Life
“I´ve developed a penchant for secrecy. It seems to be the only thing that can make our lives mysterious and wonderful these days. The most mundane thing becomes delightful if you just hide it.”
“I've diluted my idea of commitment with my desire for comfort. And once I've done that kind of diluting, the only commitment that I'm left with is a commitment to myself.”
“I've discovered I am most comfortable outside my comfort zone.”
“I’ve discovered, Mr. Talbot, that a mere five minutes’ acquaintance with Mr. Devlin is sufficient to try the patience of a saint.”
Jack replied softly, allowing his simmering amusement to show in his eyes. “Are you claiming to be a saint, Miss Briars?”
Source: Suddenly You
“I've discovered people don't want to be told how to fix their lives or be held accountable. They just want to hear themselves talk and validate their own narcissism.”
Source: First-Time Caller
“I've discovered that in life, it doesn't matter how good of a person you are; it's human nature to be judged and to judge others by the blood they carry and the company they keep.”
Source: The Lies We Tell for Love
“I've done a lot of stupid things because of my fear of taking a chance on someone. But the most stupid thing I ever did was push you away.”
Source: Wedding Date for Hire
“I've done a Russian movie," Claire said. "Thank God they're still stuck in realism, Zola-crazy. Subtitling their films is like captioning a child's picture book.”
Source: Desperate Characters
“I've done all kinds of cool things as an actor, but none of it means anything compared to being somebody's daddy.”
“I’ve done and do everything I’ve always wanted to do, you know? That’s been… It really is extraordinary. I’ve an incredible life. It’s been amazing. I would love to do it again.”
“I've done bad things, you've done worse. What have we become, Dad? We haven't become anything—we simply are as we are.”
Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“I've done everything from helping old people to pee to taking out their garbage to chasing their escaped pets. We are the poor man's ambulance, and we are also, sad to say, the poor man's priest, our cab the confessional in which people litmus-test their wildest fears and prejudices.”
Source: The Last Taxi Driver
“I've done many things that I thought I would never dare to do because they were sins. But I didn't realize then that the consequence of sin is that you have to trample on other people.”
Source: The Wreath
“I've done my part, played my hand, even thrown in my cards when I had to. I've bet what I didn't have and bluffed until I had it. Link once said: Ridley Duchannes is always playing a game. I never told him, but he was right.”
“I've done nothing for the past five years but try to be the hero who protects her. The problem? Heroines don't need protecting.”
Source: Maybe Someday