I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed in beautiful pants, head scarves, and sunglasses.”
“I wish I was CEO of 4chan instead”
“I wish I was dating one of the ladies in 'Bollywood Hero.' They're gorgeous. Any of them.”
“I wish I was dead,And lay deep in the grave.I've a pain in my head,I wish I was dead.In a coffin of lead-With the Wise and the Brave-I wish I was dead,And lay deep in the grave.”
Source: Orpheus in Mayfair: And Other Stories and Sketches
“I wish I was either in your arms full of faith, or that a Thunder bolt would strike me.”
Source: The Complete Works of John Keats
“I wish I was fit enough to proclaim my love for gyming and fitness :( Sigh! The way I workout, I should've been super fit. Damn you, food!”
“I wish I was home", She said miserably.
She tried so hard to be brave,
to be fierce as a wolverine and all,
but some times she felt she was a little girl after all.”
Source: A Clash of Kings
“I wish I was in de land ob cotton,
Ole times dar am not forgotten,
Look-a-way! Look-a-way! Look-a-way, Dixie Land!
* * * * *
Den I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie Land I'll take my stand
To lib and die in Dixie.”
“I wish I was in print. It will be odd a year or so from now when Scottie assures her friends I was an author and finds that no book is procurable.”
Source: A Life in Letters
“I wish I was invisible to him, to everyone.”
“I wish I was just a left-handed hitter. It's really tough having to keep both sides sharp, and that's one reason why you don't see switch-hitters hit for that high of an average. You're always fighting one side or the other.”
“I wish I was like you! You know startled by direct sunlight.”
“I wish I was making shoes instead of reading or watching movies, which is what I do in my free time.”
“I wish I was more adventurous.”
“I wish I was more experienced with boys, so that I could understand his intentions more clearly. I grimace inwardly when I think of much of an expert I'll be in a few months time.”
Source: True Calling
“I wish I was more Moomin-minded.”
Source: Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Vol. 02
“I wish I was more stupid because I'm either completely ecstatic and joyous and absolutely high as a kite or I'm a bit morbid. There's never anything in between.”
“I wish I was old Hollywood.”
“I wish I was one of those cute pregnant girls who wear skinny jeans throughout their pregnancies. But I just gain weight.”
“I wish I was one of those people who could write script after script and pages and pages. I can only aspire to do that.”
“I wish I was perfect as you think I am. I wish I were good. I'm not. I want to be good enough. For you,”
“I wish I was Sienna Miller. When I talk to her, I hope a bit of her party personality will rub off on me, but it never does.”
“I wish I was smaller. There are things about my face I'd change. But like all women I do the best I can.”
“I wish I was sort of someone like Woody Allen who can stage everything in one long master shot, no coverage; just, you know, that's it.”
“I wish I was still an atheist. Believing I was born into a harsh, uncaring cosmos - in which my existence was a random roll of the dice and I was destined to die and rot and then be gone forever - was infinitely more comforting than the truth. Because the truth is that my God is coming back. When he arrives I’ll be waiting for him with a shotgun. And I’m keeping the last shell for myself.”
“I wish I was taller or curvier, but I'm happy with the way I look.”
“I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down.”
“I wish I was this dark genius artist - like Richard Pryor or something.”
“I wish I was writing something much more heavy each time I did a film, and that the comedies just occasionally come out. But unfortunately you're stuck with what you're born with.”
“I wish I wasn't an imperial highness or an ex-grand duchess. I'm sick of people doing things to me because of what I am. Girl-in-white-dress. Short-one-with-fringe. Daughter-of-the-tsar. Child-of-the-ex-tyrant. I want people to look and see me, Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, not the caboose on a train of grand duchesses. Someday, I promise myself, no one will be able to hear my name or look at my picture and suppose they know all about me. Someday I will do something bigger than what I am.”
Source: The Lost Crown
“I wish I wasn't eating Cheetos every night. Those are my favorite - I'm addicted to them!”
“I wish I wasn't so fragile / 'Cos I know that I'm not easy to handle”
“I wish I wasn't so technically challenged, because it puts you at a distinct disadvantage. I wish I could figure out a way to get more up to speed.”
“I wish I wasn't the war president. Who in the heck wants to be a war president? I don't.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, George W. Bush, 2004, Book 2, July 1 to September 30, 2004
“I wish I wasn’t a girl who needed so much but a little free creature that slept in deserts and ran on clouds and lived on lilies.”
“I wish I were a bird. I’d fly all the way up to the clouds and look down on this place, and then I’d go far away and never come back.”
Source: No Hope For The Hopeless At Kings Park
“i wish i were a bird so i could fly over to your balcony and sit there whole day watching you in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening till you go to bed for sleep at night, sometimes i wish i could talk to you in that squeaky voice or maybe make you laugh with my birdie dance, i wish i could hear your heart beats surreptitiously when you fall asleep in your bed and wipe your tears off your cheek, i wish i could bring small beautiful flowers in my little beak and keep it fresh on your porch ready for a warm good morning, i wish if you notice that bird sometimes, i wish if i could speak all these words to you but you won't understand cause all i do is chirp, chirp, chirp...”
“I wish I were a candle in the darkness.”
“I wish I were a character actor. Of course, if I played hockey without a mask, I could become one.”
“i wish i were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free... (catherine, ch. XII, p. 125)”
Source: Wuthering Heights
“I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free... Why am I so changed? I'm sure I should be myself were I once among the heather on those hills.”
Source: The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.”
Source: The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“I wish I were a tree.
Tall. Strong. Abiding.
Rooted in the spot I stand, impervious to lures that drag the transient here and there. Possessing neither a negligent ear nor a traitorous tongue that would only soak in and breath out rabid gossip. Able to endure fickle shifts in the wind and not bend. Lazing under the fierce sun, weariless, suffering no sweat or burn.
Alive, sipping water, quietly providing.
How I wish I were a tree.”
Source: A Heart Made of Tissue Paper
“I wish I were a virgin again. The only fun I ever had was holding out.”
Source: The Women
“I wish I were better at straightforward description. I feel like I'm usually overdoing it or underdoing it, and it takes a lot of tweaking to get the details right.”
“I wish I were brave, although I try. I work too hard and don't play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough 'fun'.”
“I wish I were closer friends with Snoop Dogg.”
“I wish I were dead," whined Pepsi.
"So do I," said Moxie.
"May the good fairy what sits in the sky grant yer every wish," said Spam.”
Source: Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
“I wish I were dead, or that it were tomorrow night,' groaned Phil.”
Source: The Collected Works of Lucy Maud Montgomery: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poems, Letters and Memoirs (Including The Complete Anne Shirley Series, Chronicles of Avonlea & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of Windy Poplars, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, The Story Girl, The Golden Road, Pat of Silver Bush, The Blue Castle & many more
“I wish I were dumber so I could be more certain about my opinions. It looks fun.”