I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I've seen many impossible things,' the man said. 'I have seen the acorn before the oak. I have seen the spark before the flame. But never have I seen such as this: A dead woman living. A child born from nothing.”
Source: The Cruel Prince
“I’ve seen many teachers who concentrate their eye contacts on only a few students, and this does affect the feeling in a group. Certain students are disciples, but others feel separated, or experience themselves as less interesting, or as ‘failures’.”
Source: Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
“I’ve seen middle grade books criticized by adult readers for leaving things for the reader to figure out, for not having perfect happily-ever-after endings. They get knocked for being too depressing, for using too many big words, for featuring parental characters who are too clueless. Girl protagonists are “too angry” or “too self-absorbed.” The issues raised are “too heavy,” the books “too earnest,” “too quiet,” “too hard,” “too far-reaching,” “too strange,” and it is all too too much for the reader.
Except it’s never the readers themselves saying these things.
Our critical discourse in middle grade is sometimes much more about what the reviewer believes children’s books should be rather than about engaging with the book itself and the literature as a whole. When we say a book is “too sad,” “too scary,” “too complicated;” when we demand that endings are perfectly happy and all tied up; when we demand that the themes not be too weighty or the characters not face too much hardship; we are projecting our own biases onto the book, and using them to prescribe what books for this age range can or cannot do. This is nannying, not literary criticism—and it doesn’t give kids much credit.”
“I’ve seen Narbonic (and now Skin Horse) described as surreal or absurd, but they always strike me as almost depressingly logical. What I try to do is start from a point of mild deviation from the norm and gradually, ploddingly, build from there until the plot becomes toweringly irrational and you have hamsters in flying islands and whatnot.”
Source: Narbonic
“I’ve seen shy introverts become kings and queens, the ugly become beautiful and the beautiful repulsive. Something happens, something no one can explain. Just for a few moments, you become someone else.
And that’s the best feeling there is in the world.”
Source: Believe Me
“I've seen so many versions of you. With me. Without me. Artist. Teacher. Graphic designer. But it's all, in the end, just life. We see it macro, like one big story, but when you're in it, it's all just day-to-day, right? And isn't that what you have to make your peace with?”
Source: Dark Matter
“I've seen so much and lived it all. I wanted to bite the earth and taste it. It is both bitter and sweet, and if I had my time to live over again, I wouldn’t change a damn thing — Reg Spiers”
“I've seen so much written and spoken on wanting to be kinder, wanting to be smarter, the struggle to be more patient, more compassionate. But I just want tenderness. I want to be tender-hearted and that really is all.”
“I’ve seen some of the most violent hard cases in the city twinkling through a quickstep and dipping into a tango with an aplomb and skill that would have earned them a guest spot on Come Dancing.”
Source: It's Criminal: The True Confessions of a Jet Set Master Criminal
“I've seen temples feed on fear, graves labeled as pride - I've seen nations crowned with glory, yet cruelty inside. But I've also seen a stranger share their only bread, and in that tiny gesture, every scripture was said.”
Source: Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot
“I’ve seen the anointing at work time and time again—people healed, oppression lifted, and lives completely transformed in an instant.”
Source: Unlock Your Deliverance: Keys to Freedom From Demonic Oppression
“I've seen the big lie technique -- say anything loud enough, often enough, and it'll sound like the truth. But I considered it a tool of totalitarian governments, and not possible in America. I was wrong! Suddenly they capped their campaign by framing me-- --for murder!”
Source: Captain America (1968-1996) #154
“I've seen the heart of all of them, and it beats tremendously despite everything they've gone through, either by your hand, or others.”
Source: The House in the Cerulean Sea
“I’ve seen the war criminal reformed because he gave the wife, of the person, who didn’t prosecute him, a mint at a funeral. I think if only Heinrich Himmler had carried Tic Tacs in his pocket all would have been forgiven. Bad paintings help humanize you even when you’re legacy rests on a pyre of bones.”
Source: Liberté: The Days of Rage 1990-2020
“I’ve seen the way she comes on to him—I just can’t stand it. You know—what really shits me is how you spend years working on yourself to get rid of all that stupid eyelash-fluttering and giggling, and then just when you think you’re getting somewhere, you find out that guys still like women who do that sort of thing. I watch ‘em fall for it, every time.”
Source: Monkey Grip
“I've seen things you wouldn't believe, and I believe in things you can't see.”
Source: This Is Burning Man: The Rise of a New American Underground
“I’ve seen too many intellectuals lately. I get very tired of the precious intellects who must speak diamonds every time they open their mouths. I get tired of battling for each space of air for the mind. That’s why I stayed away from people for so long, and now that I am meeting people, I find that I must return to my cave.”
“I’ve seen too many leaders misunderstand leadership for legacy. Even the most experienced leaders will divide instead of delegate and incite instead of unite to advance hidden personal agendas.”
“I’ve seen too many leaders misunderstand leadership. They divide, instead of unite. They avoid their role in collective purpose.”
“I’ve seen too many relationships that are based on expectation rather than appreciation.”
Source: The Outsider’s Mind : A Collection of Short Stories and the Quotes They Inspired
“I’ve seen too much of what the spotlight can do to a person to ever crave it for myself.”
Source: Spotlight
“I’ve seen what I am now if I dare to lose control. I have a civil war to quell, a kingdom to uplift, a ransom to earn.
And by the Beyond, damn it all, I want to know what her face looks like under the mask.”
Source: Between Sun and Shadow
“I've seen what rational thought leads to. Dumbest people I ever met were intellectuals.”
Source: Heart of the Assassin
“I’ve seen wishing and waiting turn too many entrepreneurs onto the dark roads of financial strain, burnout, and despair. They’ve invested everything in the belief that they will get there ... and yet, they still have no real idea where “there” is. They just know it’s better, and different, than here.
To me, this is a huge reason why entrepreneurial failure is rampant. Most entrepreneurs don’t lack talent, heart, or even business sense. They simply don’t know how to turn their wishes into plans, and their plans into profits.”
Source: The Path To Profits: An Entrepreneur's Guide To Having It All... And Still Having A Life!
“I've seen women-and men too, sometimes-as canna bear the sound of their own thoughts, and they maybe dinna make such good matches with those who can.”
Source: Drums of Autumn
“I've seen you burn trained vampires to a crisp and swat supernatural beings away with your wings as if they were insects bothering you, and my driving is terrifying?"
"Well it's not good.”
Source: Taste of Darkness
“I’ve seen you change so much since our travels started, all of it for the better. No matter the outcome, always keep that song in your heart and God in your thoughts.”
Source: X Captain Ruik's Adventure
“I’ve seen you do way more embarrassing stuff.”
I snort. “Like what?”
“We met because you fell on your face! Sorry, buddy. Our whole friendship is founded on you being embarrassing.”
“Great. Thanks. I feel a lot better now.”
Source: All My Bests
“I've seen you fuck up one major relationship. I'll be damned if I let you ruin this one as well!”
Source: Sunstone, Vol. 5
“I've seen your dark side and I Ignored it,
now I see it and I Ignoring You.”
“I've sent you roses many times.
I've held your hand in mine”
“I've sequenced the questions for maximum speed of elimination,’ I explained. ‘I believe I can eliminate most women in less than forty seconds. Then you can choose the topic of discussion for the remaining time.’
‘But then it won’t matter,’ said Frances. ‘I’ll have been eliminated.’
‘Only as a potential partner. We may still be able to have an interesting discussion.’
‘But I’ll have been eliminated.’
I nodded. ‘Do you smoke?’
‘Occasionally,’ she said.
I put the questionnaire away. ‘Excellent.’ I was pleased that my question sequencing was working so well. We could have wasted time talking about ice-cream flavours and make-up only to find that she smoked. Needless to say, smoking was not negotiable. ‘No more questions. What would you like to discuss?”
Source: The Rosie Project
“I’ve set myself to become the King of the Pirates…and if I die trying…then at least I tried!”
Source: ONE PIECE 0
“I've shared dreams with Starclan. You have to kill me 9 times before i join them. Do you think you're strong enough to do that?”
“I’ve shared more breakfasts with you than
any woman I’ve dated in the last year and a half,” Mitch returned.
“I know what you look like in the morning. I know what you act like
when you come home tired after work. I know that you pick the least
expensive thing on the menu either to be nice or to be annoying in
order to put me off. But I think it’s to be nice because you
are nice and also both times you thought you’d be spending
time with just me, you dressed in a way that would not, in any way,
put me off. I know you cuddle when you’re sleeping. I know you take
only milk in your coffee and you make coffee strong. I know you’re
really good with kids. And I know that you use music and scents to
regulate your mood. So I’m thinking this is not a first date. This
is more like us hittin’ the six month mark. And the six month mark
is when you stop talkin’ about shit that really doesn’t matter and
start talkin’ about shit that means everything.”
“I’ve sharpened my perspective to see only opportunities in every situation.”
“I've shrunk but I haven't lost my colour”
“I've silenced myself with words on paper”
Source: Breathings
“I've since learned that when you lose your same sex parent as a child, it's very common to believe that you, too, will die at the same age as your parent, or when your child is the same age you were. It's a kind of 'instinctive' knowledge, like knowing if you jump into your bed from far enough away, the monsters aren't allowed to grab your ankles.”
Source: Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n Roll, and a Tiara
“I’ve slipped through more identities on the path to finding my ‘true’ self and learned more perspectives than most people are able to in a lifetime. I think that’s a kind of superpower.”
“I've somehow run myself into hell. There must be many entrances.”
Source: Henry and Cato
“I’ve something to show you in here,” he murmurs and opens the door.
The harsh light of the fluorescents illuminates the impressive motor
launch in the dock, bobbing gently on the dark water. There’s a row boat
beside it.
“Come.” Christian takes my hand and leads me up the wooden stairs.
Opening the door at the top, he steps aside to let me in.
My mouth drops to the floor. The attic is unrecognizable. The room is
filled with flowers... there are flowers everywhere. Someone has created a
magical bower of beautiful wild meadow flowers mixed with glowing fairy
lights and miniature lanterns that glow soft and pale round the room.
My face whips round to meet his, and he’s gazing at me, his expression
unreadable. He shrugs.
“You wanted hearts and flowers,” he murmurs.
I blink at him, not quite believing what I’m seeing.
“You have my heart.” And he waves toward the room.
“And here are the flowers,” I whisper, completing his sentence.
“Christian, it’s lovely.” I can’t think of what else to say. My heart is in my
mouth as tears prick my eyes.”
“I've sort of been slacking off in my voodoo studies.I've trigonometry, you know?”
Source: Girl of Nightmares
“I've spend enough time in the past, love. The dead need no tears. They don't rest easier for our vengeance, or our guilt. They'd want us to live. And life's about the now and the future, eh?”
Source: Dark Age
“I've spent a lifetime chasing the spotlight, but none of it compares to the brightness you've brought into my life.”
Source: Her Rock Star Mountain Man
“I’ve spent a lot of my time alone, and I have learned to treat myself as if I were a family. I give myself dinner at night. I give myself breakfast in the morning. I like the process of deciding what to eat and putting it together and seeing how it works, and I like to experiment, and I like to eat. There’s nothing lonelier than some guy alone in the kitchen eating Chinese food out of the carton.
“But cooking yourself a meal,” Susan said, “and sitting down to eat it with the table set, and maybe a fire in the fireplace . . .”
“And a ball game on . . .”
“And a half bottle of wine, perhaps.”
I nodded.
Susan smiled, the way she does when her face seems to get brighter.
“You are the most self-sufficient man I have ever known,” she said.”
Source: Pastime
“I've spent all the years since full of guilt and misery, even though I didn't remember it. I've let it run my thoughts, my plans, my whole life. But the experience doesn't own me. I own it. What I do with it is up to me, just like what Molly does with her death magic is up to her.”
Source: Black Arts
“I’ve spent enough time in jackrabbit country to know that most of them lead pretty dull lives . . . No wonder some of them drift over the line into cheap thrills once in a while; there has to be a powerful adrenaline rush in crouching by the side of a road, waiting for the next set of headlights to come along, then streaking out of the bushes with split-second timing and making it across to the other side just inches in front of the speeding front wheels.”
Source: Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72
“I’ve spent every waking moment nurturing and maintaining my relationship with this eighteen-inch by 2660-mile ribbon of dirt.”
Source: Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
“I've spent most of my life feeling like a checker in the chess set”