I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I wish airplanes were more like elementary school with someone up front telling everyone to sit down and shut up.”
“I wish all critics, no matter their color, were more sophisticated when it comes to the moral questions a film like 'St. Anna' is trying to raise.”
“I wish all men to be free. I wish the material prosperity of the already free which I feel sure the extinction of slavery would bring.”
Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln
“I wish all men were like dogs.”
“I wish all teenagers can filter through songs instead of turning to drugs and alcohol.”
“I wish all the mean people, if you want to be mean to each other, just buy a country together and blow each other up. Then we'd have no terrorists left. Like, don't kill innocent people for no reason. It's not fair. We love everybody. We'd even like them if they said they're sorry. It's not fair that innocent people are getting hurt. It makes me sad.”
“I wish all the mothers, fathers and children out there realize how much I need them and how much I value their support.”
“I wish all those who've found God, would tell the rest of us where he's been hiding.”
“I wish always to be quoted as George Eliot.”
“I wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses' plastic surgery.”
“I wish America would stop judging and criticizing teens and instead, try to understand the battles they have to fight every day.”
“I wish and pray there are a lot of young people with technology and way of thinking that can create a brand new kind of musical theatre.”
“I wish and will continue to wish, that the German people should learn that by reason of practical examples afforded by their ability and work, they are not a second-rate or inferior people in comparison with others. On the contrary they are their equals according to all true standards of values and therefore entitled to equal rights in all respects.”
“I wish at times I had finished school just to say I had.”
“I wish being a beekeeper, which I am, gave you a free pass on the carbon footprint, but it doesn't.”
“I wish being in love was enough. I wish it counted for anything at all.”
“I wish BET did more to represent the full spectrum of black experiences in a balanced manner. If you watch BET, you get the sense that the only way black people succeed is through professional sports, music, or marrying/fucking/being a baby mama of someone who is involved with professional sports or music.”
“I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima.”
“I wish but to share your gifts as a young boy on his birthday would excitedly rip open his packages to the view of others.”
Source: Monarchs and Mendicants
“I wish children could grow according to their natural pace: sleep when sleepy, wake up when rested, eat when hungry, cry when upset, play and explore without being unnecessarily interrupted; in other words, be allowed to grow and blossom as each was meant to.”
Source: Dear Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect
“I wish coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to be.”
“I wish continued success to the Foundation. You're doing an important job to help what is called 'the beautiful game'. You're helping it to expand at every level. I will always remember this very special night in Washington, D.C.”
“I wish creatures wouldn't be so easily offended!", "You'll get used to it in time," said the Caterpillar; and it put the hookah into its mouth and began smoking again.”
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
“I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If that was the case, Microsoft would have great products.”
Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me.”
“I wish Elton Brand the best. He's a great guy. He's always going to be a great friend of mine, regardless of what goes on.”
“I wish emotional bruises healed like physical ones.”
“I wish Europe would let Russia annihilate Turkey a little--not much, but enough to make it difficult to find the place again without a divining-rod or a diving-bell.”
Source: The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress
“I wish every American explored the importance of novel writing, identity, honesty, character and place in fresh-ass ways.”
“I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.”
Source: Wonder
“I wish every decision
was made with heartfelt intentions
& everyone remained friends
even after taking different directions.
wish people could get along
despite having differing opinions
& that couples could maintain a loving connection
even after separation.”
“I wish every one in the world was as warm and sheltered as we are tonight.”
Source: ANNE SHIRLEY Complete Series - ALL 14 Books in One Volume: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Rainbow Valley, The Story Girl, Chronicles of Avonlea and more: Including the Memoirs & Letters of Lucy Maud Montgomery
“I wish every Republican wanted to impeach [Jeorge W.] Bush , but people don't agree with this. He's stating a fact about what he believes.”
“I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally.”
“I wish everybody finds the serenity that good, strong faith brings.”
“I wish everybody had the drive he (Joe DiMaggio) had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I'd never seen him dive for a ball, everything was a chest-high catch, and he never walked off the field.”
“I wish everybody was just ethnically ambiguous. It would make life a lot easier.”
“I wish everyday could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.”
Source: The Wonder eOmni Collection: Wonder, Auggie & Me, 365 Days of Wonder
“I wish everyone a wonderful World Cup, played in a spirit of true fraternity.”
“I wish everyone could experience being rich and famous, so they'd see it wasn't the answer to anything.”
“I wish everyone could hear the soundtrack for my life that I hear in my head.”
“I wish everyone could wake up with a birdie on your shoulder, reminding them that this could be your last day.”
“I wish everyone could wake up with a birdie on your shoulder, reminding them that this could be your last day. As you get older, you see how rapidly the years and decades fly by, so I would encourage anyone, no matter the age, to seize their life and be fully present. Savor every moment and go after your dreams. Be relentless in pursuing your happiness.”
“I wish everyone had someone who never popped their balloons.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“I wish everyone had the same chances," I say. "Because it stinks a big one that they don't." - Catherine”
“I wish everyone in this country could magically leave the country for six months and view the United States from the outside for six months, and I think you'd see a new perspective to the people of this country.”
“I wish everyone knew that success is not defined by degrees or qualifications.
Success is defined by the person pursuing it. Others' success is having a happy family, calm life or supportive friends; whereas for others it is living life to the fullest.”
“I wish everyone some healing, including myself. We experience so much trauma in this world.”
“I wish everyone was a sci-fi geek because then there would be no violence in the world. There'd be no wars. There'd only be people e-mailing each other.”
“I wish everyone would stop crying, Tom. Uncle Joe would be so angry about it." But she's crying herself now. "He'd be so angry at us, Tom, for crying so much when all he did was laugh.”