I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I wish to remain nameless
And live without shame
'Cause what's in a name, Oh
I still remain the same”
“I wish to reproduce things as they are or as they would be even if I myself did not exist.”
“I wish to resist the temptation to kiss...
By super magic animals (Song: The Temptation)
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“I wish to say seriously to all the daily newspapers, to the Republicans, the Democrat, and Socialist parties, that they cannot, month in month out and year in and year out, make the kind of untruthful, of bitter assault that they have made and not expect that brutal, violent natures, or brutal and violent characters, especially when the brutality is accompanied by a not very strong mind; they cannot expect that such natures will be unaffected by it.”
“I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.”
“I wish to say to the Latter-day Saints, all that we have to do is be faithful, to keep His commandments, to be humble, to seek Him in mighty prayer, and all will be well with us.”
Source: Collected Discourses of President Wilford Woodruff, His Two Counsellors, the Twelve Apostles, and Others, 1890-1892
“I wish to say to you that the life of an enlightened people and a vibrant nation cannot be measured by the life of an individual. A successful person is one who manages to lay down a new stone, a brick that would help firm up his nation's existence.”
“I wish to say what I think and feel today, with the proviso that tomorrow perhaps I shall contradict it all.”
Source: Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VII: 1838-1842
“I wish to see the Bible study as much a matter of course in the secular colleges as in the seminary.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia
“I wish to see the novel’s epilogue.”
Source: 전지적 독자 시점 1 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 1]
“I wish to see the sons and daughters of the world in Peace and busily employed in the more agreeable amusement of fulfilling the first and great commandment, Increase and Multiply : as an encouragement to which we have opened the fertile plains of the Ohio to the poor, the needy and the oppressed of the Earth; any one therefore who is heavy laden, or who wants land to cultivate, may repair thither and abound, as in the Land of promise, with milk and honey: the ways are preparing, and the roads will be made easy, thro' the channels of Potomac and James river.”
“I wish to see this beverage become common instead of the whiskey which kills sone-third of our citizens and ruins their families.”
“I wish to see, in process of disappearing, that only thing which ever could bring this nation to civil war.”
Source: The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)
“I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature.”
“I wish to show those who deny us Patriotism that we know how to die for our country and convictions.”
“I wish to sing of my interior visions with the naive candour of a child.”
“I wish to speak about the overall unity of all that exists - about unity in multiplicity. I wish to show you two or three facets of a precious crystal, and to draw your attention to the pale images faintly reflected in them.”
Source: Views from the Real World
“I wish to spend a lifetime near a lighthouse where loneliness will be the glimmer of luminous prancing upon ocean waves… rising and falling only for my breathing.”
“I wish to state emphatically that I do not believe in any sort of handwork or manipulation on a photographic negative or print.”
“I wish to stay drenched
forever
in those rain-blue eyes
in those...soul-reaching crystals
not moving a muscle
nor breathing
just
savoring
this turquoise ache
against my heart.”
Source: Turquoise Silence
“I wish to stay
In every corner of your heart and
I wish to hide you heartfully”
Source: The Curved Rainbow
“I wish to stay invisible like the air that surrounds you and quietly help you to live and grow, and to see and enjoy the beauty of life.”
“I wish to suggest that ample opportunity does exist for dissent, for protest, and for nonconformity. But I must also say that the right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.”
“I wish to thank each of you for participating in this greatly significant experiment. You are about to make history with me.”
Source: The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel
“I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.”
“I wish to thank Steinway for its wonderful pianos which I've been privileged to play in all my concerts. There is no piano like it in the world.”
“I wish to walk arm in arm, hand in hand without your fears pervading, without my feeling that others are staring. I wish to lose the fog and retain you, your radiance, your strength, your essence.”
Source: Shadows Before the Maiming
“I wish to walk in such a line as will give most general satisfaction.”
Source: The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution: (v. 3) June, 1775-July, 1776. (v. 4) July, 1776-July] 1777. (v. 5) July, 1777-July, 1778. (v. 6) July, 1778-March, 1780. (v. 7) March, 1780-April, 1781. (v. 8) April, 1781-December, 1783
“I wish to weep but sorrow is stupid. I wish to believe but belief is a graveyard.”
“I wish to work miracles.”
Source: Da Vinci Notebooks
“I wish to write what I want most to read”
“I wish to you sunshine, my dear one, my dear one. And treetops for you to soar past. I wish to you innocence, my child, my child. I pray you don't grow up too fast. Never know pain, my dear one, my dear one. Nor hunger nor fear nor sorrow. Never know war, my child, my child. Remember your hope for tomorrow.”
Source: The Shapeshifters: The Kiesha'ra of the Den of Shadows
“I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love”
“I wish transphobia, biphobia, homophobia didn't exist, and I wish that's what the show could just be, but sadly that's not the situation around the world.”
“I wish upon a glimmering star,
My hopes as distant and as far.
So if this wish does not come true,
I’m thankful for the few that do.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding”
Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt
“I wish we all would get up and go into the labs and take the animals out or burn them down.”
“I wish we changed before we had to. COVID-19 brought so many changes to the world that will benefit everyone. We needed the wake-up call.”
“I wish we could all have good luck, all the time! I wish we had wings! I wish rain water was beer!”
Source: A Man for All Seasons: A Play of Sir Thomas More
“I wish we could all remain as children inside. Innocent and pure. Have you ever noticed that when a child says they love you, there’s no doubt they are speaking from their hearts? Sadly, we can’t say the same about adults”
Source: Nazar: “Self-Fulling Prophecy Realized”
“I wish we could be decent to each other.”
“I wish we could begin a new period of normal relations with the government of the United States.”
“I wish we could do something useful with tobacco - like making fertilizer out of it.”
“I wish we could edit our lives, be more selective with whom we spend time and what we spend our money on. To appreciate more what we all have - we appreciate things more when we lose them.”
“I wish we could go back to that moment. The discovering each other phase. The addictive self-revelation through another's eyes phase.”
Source: The Subtweet
“I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their public responsibilities.”
“I wish we could go to the movies."
I stared at him. "We're in a creepy dungeon. There's a chance I might die in the next few hours. You are going to die in the next few hours. And if you had one wish, it would be to catch a movie?”
Source: Demonglass
“I wish we could grow up about it, I'm sure we are contributing to global warming, and we must do all we can to reduce that, but our climate has always changed. The Romans had vineyards in Yorkshire. We're all on this bandwagon of 'Ban the 4x4 in Fulham'. Why didn't we have global warming during the Industrial Revolution? In those days you couldn't have seen across the street for all the carbon emissions and the crap coming out of the chimneys.”
“I wish we could have acted quicker on Detroit or other failing schools.”
“I wish we could have stayed there,' Preston whispered into her hair. 'Forever- impossibly. I'm sorry for saying all that inane nonsense about things only mattering because they don't last. That was hubris, I think. I don't want to die here.' I want-”
Source: A Study in Drowning