I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I was born to use papers and books to speak up.
I was born to use my pen to defend my views and of those who are voiceless.”
“I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut.”
“I was born trash in a land where the people all believe themselves natural aristocrats.”
Source: Two Or Three Things I Know for Sure
“I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974.”
Source: Middlesex
“I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.”
“I was born under a lucky star, and I have nothing whatsoever to regret. I wouldn't change a thing about my life.”
“I was born under Communism. I know what it's like to live in a system where you can't speak, you have to whisper. Where the state is so pervasive and so intrusive.”
“I was born under the Blue Ridge, and under that side which is blue in the evening light, in a wild land of game and forest and rushing waters.”
Source: The Crossing
“I was born upon thy bank, river,
My blood flows in thy stream,
And thou meanderest forever
At the bottom of my dream.”
“I was born very, very lazy and I don't always practice very long. but I must say, in my defense, that it is not so good, in a musical way, to overpractice. When you do, the music seems to come out of your pocket. If you play with a feeling of 'Oh, I know this,' you play without that little drop of fresh blood that is necessary – and the audience feels it.”
“I was born walking, born in the nowhere between galaxies.”
Source: Sonora
“I was born wandering between two worlds, one dead, the other powerless to be born, and have made, in a curious way, the worst of both.”
Source: Letters of Aldous Huxley
“I was born when I met you, now I'm dying to forget you”
“I was born when my dad was 50... It's weird growing up with a dad that much older than you. We'd go to the movies, we're both getting discounts.”
“I was born when you kissed me.”
“I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me.”
“I was born where there were no enclosures.”
“I was born William. My father was William. I came from a big family, I hated being called Billy. Willem's a nickname; it's a Dutch name, very common in the Netherlands.”
“I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.”
“I was born with a bad pancreas, and I could have been born with something a lot worse. I wasn't particularly lucky, but I wasn't particularly unlucky, either.”
Source: Lucky Few
“I was born with a chronic anxiety about the weather.”
Source: Locusts and Wild Honey
“I was born with a crippled leg. I wore a corrective shoes since I was three years old and I still wear them.”
“I was born with a fierce need for independence.”
“I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.”
“I was born with a happy heart. I've always tried to let that shine even during my dark times. I'm one of those people who, even if things are not right, goes about trying to make it as right as I can rather than just lying around on my ass and wallowing in it all day.”
Source: Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
“I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things.”
“I was born with a lot of horsepower. There was a lot cooking inside me, a lot of energy, and Dad was a strong man by will and by intelligence, and the combination of us was almost bound to result in periodic explosions. He and I disagreed politically, very violently, and things would get hectic around the house.”
“I was born with a mission and definite purpose and I must achieve my goal and fulfill my destiny on the planet earth”
“I was born with a natural gift. My mother recognized the talent.”
“I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting”
“I was born with a nervous breakdown.”
“I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.”
“I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.”
“I was born with a serious spiritual consciousness and for many years studied different paths.”
“I was born with a stain. A mark. Like the mark of Cain. But is the mark of my father, my family. The mark of Borgia. I have tried to be other than I am. And I have failed. And If I have failed you in the process, I am truly sorry.”
“I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.”
“I was born with an adult head and a tiny body. Like a 'Peanuts' character.”
“I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.”
“I was born with an extremely negative attitude. I was the kid who wouldn't smile in Christmas photos, was a poor sport, and hated a lot of things. I eventually grew out of my negativity when I matured.”
“I was born with eyes that can never close.”
“I was born with God-given gifts of very talented musical ability and exceptoinal physical coordination. I always needed prodding to practice piano, violin, cornet or French horn. I had to be pulled away from any athletic participation. Now, at 63, I look back on my athletic feats - All-American, All-Pro Quaterback, College and Pro Football Hall of Fame - and I can honestly say I would trade these all if I had been smart enough to pursue my musical career. YOUNG PEOPLE - don't make the same mistake.”
“I was born with Halley's Comet and I expect to die upon its return”
“I was born with lots of deformities.”
“I was born with more power inside myself than I ever dreamed. But along with it there came no more sense than any other idiotic kid. Somewhere along in here I need to grow up into a man I can stand to live with. A man who doesn't just survive, but deserves to.”
Source: The Lost Gate
“I was born with music inside me”
Source: Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story
“I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.”
Source: Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story
“I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of”
Source: Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story
“I was born with my fists out
Against you.”
Source: Daughterbody I: a self-exorcism through poetry
“I was born with my moustache and, no, I've never been tempted to shave it off. I don't spend a lot of time worrying about my face and, like Gilbert and Sullivan's Katisha, my best feature is my left shoulder-blade.”
“I was born with no money. So when people talk about Bow Wow being rich his whole life, I don't know where they get that.”