I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was taking my little sister to ballet, picking up my brother, sort of being a super-nanny.”
“I was the one of those students who made the top half of the class possible.”
“I was the one small brunete among tall blondes. You only get one body, might as well love it. Nothing is the end of the world. Flash forward a year and ask, "Is this really going to be that big of a deal? In the long run, it's really not".”
“I was the one that allegedly "quit and joined my old band." That wasn't true. But it was said so matter-of-factly on the Internet that the guys weren't really sure what I was up to.”
“I was the one that brought it in, but not only for the north-east, for every area so we can develop all the regional economies, lift up the national productivity, get greater wealth and share it more evenly.”
“I was the one that put myself in rehab. I was the one that went to my parents and said, you know, 'I have a problem and I need to take care of it.'”
“I was the one thing
he had to deny--
the beautiful truth
within his
terrible lie.
-who knew such a young heart could shatter?”
Source: The Princess Saves Herself in This One
“I was the one who changed, it wasn't fashion. I was the one who was in fashion.”
“I was the one who did come through that door. You were the one she was waiting for.”
“I was the one who finally ended Daniel Bryan's career.”
“I was the one who taught my sister and my niece how to walk in high heels.”
“I was the one who was always scowling, downcast. I tried to make sure I looked like that when I was getting my picture taken.”
“I was the one with all the glory, while you were the one with all the strength. Only a face without a name, and I never once heard you complain.”
“I was the one with the open wound, and the river waters turned red when I bathed in them. My sadness is greater than the heavens.”
“I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.”
“I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.”
“I was the only guy who is referred to as Mr. Smith in the New York Times and in the same week as Sexy Rexy in some teen magazine.”
“I was the only guy with any bit of anarchy left.”
“I was the only kid at Camp Don Bosco who would admit he was an alter boy back home, so I served two masses a day all summer. But I loved the cassock and surplice, ringing the bells, lighting the candles - it was like being a glamrock roadie for God.”
“I was the only male of the Arnaz family in my generation.”
Source: A Book
“I was the only one at stage school who wasn't white.”
“I was the only one that gave a shit in the relationship.”
“I was the only one who knew the whole truth about Lucas--who he really was, and what we felt for each other. The truth was all I had left of him, and I would have to carry it alone.”
“I was the only person I'd ever met who had a record contract. None of the E Street Band, as far as I know, had been on an airplane until Columbia sent us to Los Angeles.”
“I was the only person in the group wearing a pair of fluffy unicorn slippers.”
Source: Wonderland Academy
“I was the only person in the world who thought it was a military duty to appear to be in a good mood.”
Source: The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, and The Prince of Tides: Three Classic Novels in One Collection
“I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott.”
“I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit”
“I was the only westerner to succeed in a place that's like a toilet, and you always come out of a toilet with a smell.”
“I was the only white kid in my neighborhood for most of my youth even in high school, so reverse racism was just as apparent as racism.”
“I was the only woman fooling around with a camera in the streets and all the reporters laughed at me. So I became a fighter.”
“I was the original Cinderella girl, looking for the happy ending in the fairy story. But my fantasy prince never came.”
“I was the original Florida Power & Light manager of their DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center.”
“I was the original socially depraved shy ghetto kid.”
“I was the original voice of Mattels Barbie for an 80s claymation workout video.”
“I was the originator of smack. Some guys rattle with smack; with other guys it rolls right off their shoulders like nothing.”
“I was the other man, basically. The OB – which is lingo for “original boyfriend” not obstetrician – was just ridiculous looking.”
“I was the owner of my own darkness.”
“I was the part they left behind. Not a daughter. Not a person. A mistake no one wanted to hold.”
Source: Where The Cicada Sleeps: A Diary-Style Portrait of Girlhood, Betrayal, and the Quiet Violence of Being Misunderstood
“I was the perfect candidate. America had their chance with the perfect candidate.”
“I was the person who did academics until the middle of the day, then went on auditions. I think there was a moment later in my life where I was like, "What am I doing? Why am I so serious?" .”
“I was the Pink Pansy or whatever, wearing this crazy thing.”
“I was the place where you anchored. I was the deep water where you could be weightless. I was the surface where you saw your own reflection. You scooped me up in your hands.”
“I was the Playmate editor for Playboy for two years. I produced two years' worth of centerfolds. I did everything on that, from picking the girls to designing the sets to picking the wardrobe, coming up with themes, assigning the photographer, down to editing the photos and approving the retouching.”
“I was the punk outsider who nobody messed with. I was fearless. At 16, I graduated and moved out.”
“I was the quiet kid in the corner, reading a book. In elementary school, I read so much and so often during class that I was actually forbidden from reading books during school hours by my teachers.”
“I was the rector's son, born to the anglican order,
Banned for ever from the candles of the Irish poor;
The Chichesters knelt in marble at the end of a transept
With ruffs about their necks, their portion sure.”
Source: Collected Poems
“I was the same as you: less a person and more a hole cut away from everything.”
Source: Everything Under
“I was the same, but I no longer have the time to tiptoe around my ethics. I can end this tonight and I mean to, so don't measure me by how tightly I cling to my goodness, measure me by what I'm willing to sacrifice that you might cling to yours.”
Source: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
“I was the same way after graduating with a degree in education. I started to teach and I was wondering: do I really know how to teach?”