I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I want this life
to be much more than
a “death will befall us all”
I want to fill it
with sweet significance
a raison d'être
for being under the sun”
Source: Within the event horizon: poetry & prose
“I want this to be everything you want it to be." Leaning in, he smiles and says, "I want you to see your dream come to life.”
Source: Dark Wild Night
“I want this war over with, and a real peace established. The kind where people can be angry with each other and hate each other and no one has to die over it. That’d be enough.”
Source: Tiamat's Wrath
“I want those young whipper-snappers to know that in days past we actually used to kill trees and make those things called books.”
“I want three words: Woman, Atheist, Anarchist. That's me.”
“I want Thy plan, O God, for my life. May I be happy and contented whether in the homeland or on the foreign field; whether married or alone, in happiness or sorrow, health or sickness, prosperity or adversity -- I want Thy plan, O God, for my life. I want it; oh, I want it.”
“I want time to stop, beauty never decay”
Source: Thoughts To Live
“I want TNA to grow as a company, it’s better for me as a performer and me as a businessman. But how can they grow if every chance they get they are constantly talking about up north and the WWE?”
“I want to - on behalf of myself, and I think on behalf of a majority of the American people, say that, you know, our word is good.”
“I want to - we're working toward Justice League, and I really want to create the - part of the thing I really want to create is the possibility of a world where they could exist together.”
“I want to abolish tags like 'comeback' and 'retirement' that are used to define every married female actor. What is the big deal? In Hollywood, every top actor takes a break, has children, and gets back to work.”
“I want to accelerate, not slow down, the enforcement of the death penalty in Florida.”
“I want to accept all the difficulties that face me in life with perseverance and patience.”
“I want to accept myself completely, just as I am.”
“I want to accidentally fall into a deep ocean of love and get lost.”
“I want to accomplish my work and fulfill my dreams, and do something with my life, and I hope I'll be able to accomplish it. It's very much work, but I like it.”
“I want to achieve anti-fashion through fashion. That's why I'm always heading in my own direction, in parallel to fashion.”
“I want to acknowledge luck, the benevolence of it in my life, and the brutality of it in the lives of others.”
Source: Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good: The Madcap Business Adventure by the Truly Oddest Couple
“I want to act and direct like Jodie Foster. I admire her because she went to college and she is still doing the same thing.”
“I want to act because I don't know how to do anything else.”
“I want to act in America's interest and stop making shallow, sweeping claims about countries we don't fully understand and hope everything will be fine in the end. I saw that happen and it didn't work.”
“I want to address something here specifically about the intersection of mindfulness and slot machine addiction. Remember that mindfulness is a practice that helps you be in the present, that helps you shut off the guilt and shame of the past and shut out the thoughts of fear and anxiety about the future. Mindfulness asks us to live in the present because the present is the only thing we can control.”
Source: Gambling Addiction: The complete guide to survival, treatment, and recovery from gambling addiction.
“I want to admit that I am an optimist. Any tough problem, I think it can be solved.”
“I want to advise this people, if the Lord ever does give you an inspiration, for heaven's sake write it down and remember it.”
Source: J. Golden Kimball: His Sermons
“I want to age nicely. Rather than being afraid of aging, I want to take each year coolly and age gracefully.”
“I want to age with some dignity.”
“I want to allow others to reveal and celebrate aspects of themselves that are usually hidden. My camera is a witness. It holds a light up for my subjects to help them feel their own essence, and gives them the courage to collaborate in the recording of these revelations.”
“I want to always be an interloper. I never want to feel like I'm a guy who is embraced by the people who are putting me on the air. I want to feel like I broke into the studio and took over and made them mad. If I'm not doing that, I'm not doing my job.”
“I want to always be viewed by my readers as a friend and not as an authority or an expert.”
“I want to always be youthful and have the energy to run around and play hide and seek, which is one of my favorite games.”
“I want to always do things that are very current and pushing the boundaries of the way we create art.”
“I want to always feel the way that I do here in Evergreen.” Her smile was bright.
“The feeling of home.”
Source: Christmas In Evergreen
“I want to always find new ways of reinventing myself.”
“I want to always make sure I'm in good hands.”
“I want to always move forward with everything I am doing. So, I do the radio show, speak at universities and other social institutions all around the world, appear on TV, and continue to create music all in the hope to keep the struggle alive.”
“I want to apologize for plaguing you with so many telephone calls last November and December. When the 'enthusiasm' is coming on me it is accompanied by a feverish reaching out to my friends. After its over I wince and wither.”
“I want to apologize to all of the people I have let down because of my behavior, which has reflected badly on my family, friends, co-workers, business associates and others.”
“I want to apologize to you,” she says calmly.
“Oh yeah? For what?” I don’t have time for this. We don’t have time for this. I push away thoughts of what will happen to Hana even if I manage to escape. She’ll be here, in the house . . .
My stomach is clenching and unclenching. I’m worried the bread will come straight back up. I have to stay focused. What happens to Hana isn’t my concern, and it isn’t my fault, either.
“For telling the regulators about 37 Brooks,” she says. “For telling them about you and Alex.”
Just like that, my brain powers down. “What?"
“I told them.” She lets out a tiny exhalation, as though saying the words has given her relief. “I’m sorry. I was jealous.”
I can’t speak. I’m swimming through a fog. “Jealous?” I manage to spit out.
“I—I wanted what you had with Alex. I was confused. I didn’t understand what I was doing.” She shakes her head again.
I have a swinging, seasick feeling. It doesn’t make any sense. Hana—golden girl Hana, my best friend, fearless and reckless. I trusted her. I loved her. “You were my best friend.”
“I know.” Again she looks troubled, as though trying to recall the meaning of the words.
“You had everything.” I can’t stop my voice from rising. The anger is vibrating, ripping through me like a live current. “Perfect life. Perfect grades. Everything.” I gesture to the spotless kitchen, to the sunshine pouring over the marble counters like drizzled butter. “I had nothing. He was my one thing. My only—” The sickness surges up and I take a step forward, clenching my fists, blind with rage. “Why couldn’t you let me have it? Why did you have to take it? Why did you always take everything?”
Source: Requiem
“I want to appeal to people's sense of humanity and interconnectedness. I feel like I have the platform I'm standing on for a reason. It's not just to make people happy and get people to dance and sing, to feel an escape. It's also to get people to listen and to bring important issues to the forefront.”
“I want to appear ordinary, but I have it understood that I am not.”
“I want to applaud those workers rallying to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. I believe strongly that a great nation will not survive when so few have so much and so many have so little. Every worker in America should be given respect, dignity and the wages and benefits they need to take care of their family.”
“I want to appoint Supreme Court justices who understand the way the world really works, who have real-life experience, who have not just been in a big law firm and maybe clerked for a judge and then gotten on the bench, but, you know, maybe they tried some more cases, they actually understand what people are up against.”
“I want to appreciate you now, and avoid the rush.”
“I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.”
Source: Making Contact
“I want to argue with her, tell her that "sins of the flesh" is just a control mechanism-if you demonize a person's pleasure, then you can control his or her life.”
Source: Every Day
“I want to arrive at the possibility of peace with the Syrians, and when I believe that the conditions are right, I will not miss the opportunity.”
“I want to ask him if it’s possible that a girl can be born unlovable, or does she just become that way?”
Source: A Great and Terrible Beauty
“I want to ask him where that kitchen is. Where he's from. But he seems guarded. Or maybe it's me. Maybe making friends is a specific skill, and I missed the lesson.”
Source: Just One Day
“I want to ask parents, when daughters turn 11 or 14, they keep a tab on their movements. Have these parents ever asked their sons where they have been going, who they have been meeting? Rapists are somebody's sons as well! Parents must take the responsibility to ensure that their sons don't go the wrong direction.”
“I want to ask you to place a significant seed in God's soil and see it work for you. Just as a special sacrifice was offered on the Day of Atonement, let me ask you to bring a very special offering.”