I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I wanted to share my life story and honor my roots. I am very proud of my family and mother.”
“I wanted to share with Black Americans the beautiful and empowering aspects of Africa.”
Source: America's Daughter
“I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans.”
“I wanted to shoot the sex scenes unadorned so that the actors could really live in the moment.”
“I wanted to shout, but instead I did the dishes. In a way that was more noisy than usual.”
Source: Recipes for Love and Murder
“I wanted to shove him off of me and tell him that he couldn’t love me, that he didn’t know me long enough, and that we were too young and he was too foolish and he didn’t know what he was talking about. He may have not known me long enough, but he knew me better than anyone else. And we may have been too young, but he was wise beyond the ages. And what he said may have been foolish, but he was the least foolish person I knew. And I couldn’t say he didn’t know what he was talking about, because Caspian Marks always knew what he was talking about, and he knew that he loved me.”
Source: Counting Stars
“I wanted to show a different side of ourselves. I wanted to see in what ways I could explore something new. I felt like working on a double record would give people a lot to have.”
“I wanted to show a normal young girl whose only difference was that she behaved in the way a boy might, without any sense of guilt on a moral or sexual level.”
“I wanted to show America a different kind of man. If there was someone like me when I was growing up, my whole life would have been different.”
“I wanted to show him how to make a timballo. This baroque dish exemplifies the style of cooking from the island's aristocratic past, known as cucina baronale. Its main ingredient is macaroni, which, until the eighteenth century, was a celebratory food that only the very wealthy could afford to eat. The macaroni is mixed with mushrooms, onions, tomato paste, chicken livers, wine, cheese, and ham and then formed into a pie with a melting pastry crust. It is a complicated dish, so we tend to make it only on special occasions.”
Source: La Cucina
“I wanted to show how a man of sensitive and noble character, born for religion, comes to throw off the orthodoxies of his day and moment, and to go out into the wilderness where all is experiment, and spiritual life begins again.”
“I wanted to show how lightness was possible in the 1960s, but how life is more difficult in the 2000s.”
“I wanted to show I had balls at age 60.”
“I wanted to show I had balls at age 60. Just because society says I'm old, doesn't mean that I am. I'm pursuing happiness, even if it makes the people around me unhappy.”
“I wanted to show off - a simple impulse or drive; in much the same way as some kids wanted to play football, I wanted to show off. Not complicated in that sense, very natural; it just depends on how you want to show off.”
“I wanted to show painting paintings first, then the plate paintings; now I can show that I've sort of freed myself from stylistic inhibitions.”
“I wanted to show that 'I'm sexy'. I wanted to do things that other male solo artists hadn't done before, such as choreography that has a tempting allure.”
“I wanted to show that an African-American artist could make it in this country on a national level in the graphic arts. I want to be a strong role model for my family and for other African Americans.”
“I wanted to show that crime doesn't pay. If you are saved and accept the Lord, you cannot use that as an excuse to avoid punishment.”
“I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint.”
“I wanted to show that women are empowered and strong, and don't have to be saved by some male hero, but they can take care of themselves using their intelligence and their power.”
“I wanted to show that women could run, but I also wanted to kind of inspire the idea that ordinary people can run. I was like, boy, I feel so good when I run, if everybody could feel like this, this sense of joy and physical well-being and strength and autonomy you have when you run, how much better the world would be, you know?”
“I wanted to show that your health is more important than your hair.”
“I wanted to show the history and strength of all kinds of black women. Working women, country women, urban women, great women in the history of the United States.”
“I wanted to show the real side of me because of the unfair things that people said about me, but I realized that it was impossible and tried to think of why people thought of me in that manner.”
“I wanted to show the thing that had to be corrected: I wanted to show the things that had to be appreciated.”
Source: Men at Work: Photographic Studies of Modern Men and Machines
“I wanted to show the world, and myself too, what I can do. I came up in the world of Philadelphia soul, but I'm fluent in a lot of languages musically and I like working with different people from different generations.”
“I wanted to show them I will never give up. We have to keep together. I still believe in myself. I will never change. The players need to release the rubbish from their brains.”
“I wanted to show what it's really like for 98 percent of the world's population [in the third world]. Plus, I also see there are an awful lot of young people out there doing good things, and I wanted to give them a platform.”
“I wanted to show you that I wasn’t too good for a knight—just too good for you.”
Source: The Knight and the Moth
“I wanted to show you that it's not all cold and intimidating," Finn explained. "I wanted you to see something warm and beautiful.”
Source: Switched
“I wanted to show you that you could trust me, that you didn't need to give me orders for me to do things. I wanted to show you that I believed you'd thought it all through. But that's no way to rule. And it's not really even trust, when someone can order you to do it anyway.”
Source: The Wicked King
“I wanted to show young people that taking a stand can be done by simply standing firm in your convictions.”
“I wanted to show young Singaporeans how these old-school ingredients, familiar to my mother and grandmother, can be jumping-off points for modern and exciting dishes. I write this book with a sense of urgency as these ingredients are fading from our markets, making room for air-flown tomatoes-on-vine, tomatillos or radicchio, as there is simply no demand.”
Source: Wet Market to Table: A Modern Approach to Fruit and Vegetables
“I wanted to shut my mind, that my thoughts might close
on my own peace, I wanted to close
the peace of my love in my heart
like dew in a dark rose."
From "Philip Speaks”
Source: Flowering Tree
“I Wanted To Sign Scholes For Killie But Fergie Burst Out Laughing”
“I wanted to sing songs that my voice was comfortable with.”
“I wanted to sleep for a thousand years, to wake up when them and their like were gone, when I didn’t have their dirty black ink on my fingers, in my blood.”
Source: Nineteen Seventy-Four
“I wanted to sleep with you. I thought about throwing you over my couch fifty different ways, but I haven’t because I don’t see you that way anymore. It’s not that I’m not attracted to you, I just think you’re better than that.”
Source: Beautiful Disaster
“I wanted to slice barren into my skin. That’s how I’d stay, my insides unused. Empty and pristine. I pictured my pelvis split open, to reveal a tidy hollow, like the nest of a vanished animal.”
Source: Sharp Objects
“I wanted to soothe and comfort her, the way she had comforted her daughters.”
Source: The Beacon
“I wanted to sound new and exciting - the punk movement was over with for me.”
“I wanted to speak strongly about feminism in my life, since it's been a struggle.”
“I wanted to spend all my time writing poetry. But when I had children I couldn't do that anymore.”
“I wanted to spend each year after that being grateful for my life and feeling blessed but...Wow...I don't know why this year is so horrifying.
There was nothing to be done. Time seemed like it had stopped, but not the suffering, and there was no way of being sure about any plan for the future or what message to send to the world.”
Source: Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS
“I wanted to stand on the kind of holy ground that wasn't curated by church professionals, where a burning bush could blaze forth in defiance of safety regulations and outside of regular office hours.”
“I wanted to star in a western opposite Robert Redford. That was my plan for my life”
“I wanted to start a menswear line of slim-fitting, luxury cashmere jumpers in a range of great colors. I know these jumpers will become season-less staples in my own wardrobe. Cashmere and silk printed scarves and hand-beaded T-shirts compliment the line and form a solid foundation for the collection to grow next season.”
“I wanted to start a proper academy and recruit juniors from all over Pakistan following my retirement after the World Open in 1993 but there was no support.”
“I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.”
Source: Infinity Net: The Autobiography of Yayoi Kusama