I Quotes
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“I can honestly say that I understand women very well. If you understand yourself, you understand women, because, in the end, all women are the same.”
“I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.”
“I can honestly say that I'm not a person who thinks about awards, as much I think about the work itself.”
“I can honestly say that if I was told at this moment that I was dying, not my first, not my second, but certainly my third thought would be that I should never see Italy again.”
“I can honestly say that in my time in America, I have not encountered any racism. When Jim Thorpe and I make fun of each other on the range, or even when a white player makes a joke about my color, I take it as what it is-a joke-and give it back accordingly.”
“I can honestly say that in The Murder City Devils band we achieved everything that I could've ever hoped for or wanted. We did all that, which is the luckiest, craziest, and weirdest thing. Essentially, it was sort of like my dream come true in a way, so once that's happened, you sort of stop being surprised.”
“I can honestly say that my misery had been transformed into common unhappiness, so by Freud's definition I have achieved mental health.”
Source: Girl, Interrupted
“I can honestly say that probably 95% of the things I was afraid of, it turned out I had no reason to be. So drop fear by the wayside. Just... let it go. Then make way for a surprising tomorrow.”
“I can honestly say that retiring will put years on his career.”
“I can honestly say that there are many forms of atheism that I find far more admirable than many forms of Christianity or of religion in general. But atheism that consists entirely in vacuous arguments afloat on oceans of historical ignorance, made turbulent by storms of strident self-righteousness, is as contemptible as any other form of dreary fundamentalism. And it is sometimes difficult, frankly, to be perfectly generous in one’s response to the sort of invective currently fashionable among the devoutly undevout, or to the sort of historical misrepresentations it typically involves.”
“I can honestly say that two weeks after the national championship year, I'd forgotten about it and started laying the groundwork for spring practice. And so every year, that's been the thing that's motivated me. . . .”
“I can honestly say this industry hasn't made me neurotic about my looks, except maybe my weight. I hope my clothes kind of reflect that. They're meant to make you feel good.”
“I can honestly say, with complete disappointment, that I have never purged in my life, because I have what I call a barfing disorder. Every time I puke, even when I’m sick with the flu or from food poisoning, I think I’m going to die. Weird, I know. No disrespect to you, Mary Kate. Rock on.”
“I can honestly say, after talking about my mom passing away, I got the biggest weight off of my chest. Comedy is my therapy. That's how I deal with my problems, my personal battles. I talk about it. I give it to my fans. When they laugh at it, it's a release, for lack of a better word.”
“I can honestly say, all the bad things that ever happened to me were directly, directly attributed to drugs and alcohol. I mean, I would never urinate at the Alamo at nine o'clock in the morning dressed in a woman's evening dress sober.”
“I can honestly say, I have the love of my life, and we have the most amazing children.”
“I can honestly tell you that without God I would not be who I am today. He has done such an amazing work in my life and I want everyone to have the same freedom.”
“I can honestly testify to the truth that He can take the ashes of any life and make something beautiful. The redemptive power of His blood is absolute and it transforms any and every situation as we give it to Him and choose His presence over everything else.”
Source: Ekklesia Rising: Visitations from Jesus revealing the truth and power of who we really are
“I can honestly, and proudly, say that I never was on the casting couch. Oh, of course there have been advances from certain men in the movie industry, but nothing overwhelming.”
“I can hope that this long sad story, this progression of priests and ministers and rabbis and ulamas and imams and bonzes and bodhisattvas, will come to an end. I hope this is something to which science can contribute ... it may be the most important contribution that we can make.”
“I can hurt myself more than anyone else can, she told her sister. I can do it with my eyes closed.”
Source: The Story Sisters: A Novel
“I can hurt too; I can miss people in my own way; I can care about things deeply; I am not a machine or a superhero or a miracle and that is exactly how it should be.”
Source: Unstoppable Moses
“I can hypnotize rabbits.”
“I can . . . I can't. How do you speak to yourself? Do you ever feel as though you have an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other? And they continually argue over your self-worth, competence, and personal value? Which one usually wins the debate?”
Source: The Art of Being: 8 Ways to Optimize Your Presence & Essence for Positive Impact
“I can identify with steelworkers. I can identify with workers that have had a difficult time.”
“I can identify with their shame and ache because I share a past of childhood abuse. In this, I am convinced: if I can do this, you definitely can too.”
Source: When Roses are Crushed
“I can imagine”
Source: Worth the Candle
“I can imagine [the government] trying to tell Steven Spielberg 'We need 50 different cuts of your movie for each state.' It will screw us up in a real way.”
“I can imagine a future in which real books will exist but in a more limited, particular way.”
“I can imagine a world where I learn to be alone, learn to cook for one, learn to make lists (don’t forget to water the plants, the trash doesn’t magically take itself out to the curb, laundry must be moved from washer to dryer) and set timers and reminders and alarms and calendar invites to myself. When the phone rings, it won’t be Aidan. Here in this white on white with white accents space, I can see my things for what they are rather than what they remind me of. The monkey-wearing-a-top-hat lamp we bought laughing until we cried at a flea market in Wisconsin is now in a Goodwill in North Carolina. This light fixture was ordered by my sister from a website specializing in things without a soul.”
Source: Holland, My Heart
“I can imagine a world without books,
but I can’t imagine a world without education.
I can imagine a world without degrees,
but I can’t imagine a world without talent.
I can imagine a world without fame,
but I can’t imagine a world without honor.
I can imagine a world without awards,
but I can’t imagine a world without excellence.
I can imagine a world without pleasure,
but I can’t imagine a world without joy.
I can imagine a world without amusement,
but I can’t imagine a world without peace.
I can imagine a world without comfort,
but I can’t imagine a world without fulfillment.
I can imagine a world without excitement,
but I can’t imagine a world without satisfaction.
I can imagine a world without governments,
but I can’t imagine a world without justice.
I can imagine a world without unity,
but I can’t imagine a world without equality.
I can imagine a world without morals,
but I can’t imagine a world without freedom.
I can imagine a world without religion,
but I can’t imagine a world without love.
I can imagine a world without answers,
but I can’t imagine a world without questions.
I can imagine a world without discoveries,
but I can’t imagine a world without mysteries.
I can imagine a world without ideas,
but I can’t imagine a world without truth.
I can imagine a world without professors,
but I can’t imagine a world without masters.
I can imagine a world without sound,
but I can’t imagine a world without movement.
I can imagine a world without order,
but I can’t imagine a world without harmony.
I can imagine a world without chance,
but I can’t imagine a world without fate.
I can imagine a world without life,
but I can’t imagine a world without purpose.
I can imagine a world without matter,
but I can’t imagine a world without energy.
I can imagine a world without momentum,
but I can’t imagine a world without activity.
I can imagine a world without air,
but I can’t imagine a world without space.
I can imagine a world without nature,
but I can’t imagine a world without God.”
“I can imagine all sorts of things. But can I imagine a God who insists that we imagine the impossible so that the impossible need not remain imagination?”
“I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde.”
“I can imagine anything except having no imagination.”
“I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.”
Source: Scott's Last Expedition: Diaries, 26 November 1910 - 29 March 1912
“I can imagine few worse fates than walking around for the rest of one's life wearing a typo.”
“I can imagine for some bands the ability to make your sound and make your identity known could be challenging.”
“I can imagine Herr Settembrini coming in suddenly and turning on the light, to let reason and convention reign—it is a weakness of his.”
Source: The Magic Mountain
“I can imagine in a century or two that rule by women will be seen as a better bet than rule by men. What's wrong with men is that they tend to look for the violent solution. Women don't.”
“I can imagine in years to come that my papers and memorabilia, my journals and letters, will find themselves always in the company of people who care about many of the things I do.”
“I can imagine it's hard to make a relationship last. I wouldn't know.”
“I can imagine,’ laughed Bab’s. ‘It’s not every day of the week you meet a female lizard with nail varnish, lipstick and the scent of Channel Number Five.”
Source: Inara
“I can imagine lyrics becoming better written by smart machines rather than stupid musicians. Songwriters generally have nothing to say. They may as well be replaced by machines.”
“I can imagine many things, but few clearly.”
“I can imagine moving out to the seaside at some point. I like Brighton, my sister lives there. I'm a seaside boy and whenever I go there, I find myself writing songs about it.”
“I can imagine myself on my death-bed, spent utterly with lust to touch the next world, like a boy asking for his first kiss from a woman.”
“I can imagine nature thanking us today (lockdown) for not being a nuisance.”
“I can imagine no greater bliss than to lie about, reading novels all day.”
“I can imagine no greater catastrophe than if I were mistaken, and the theory were correct that what I consider secondary instincts or drives are actually primary instincts! Because in that case the emotional plague would rest upon the support of a natural law while its archenemies, truth and sociality, would be relying upon unfounded ethics. Until now both lies and truth have taken recourse to ethics. But only lies have profited because they were able to appear under the guise of truth. Under these circumstances, egoism, theft, petty selfishness, slander, etc., would be the natural rule. (26.july.1943)”
Source: American Odyssey: Letters & Journals, 1940-1947
“I can imagine no greater disservice to the country than to establish a system of censorship that would deny to the people of a free republic like our own their indisputable right to criticize their own public officials. While exercising the great powers of the office I hold, I would regret in a crisis like the one through which we are now passing to lose the benefit of patriotic and intelligent criticism.”
Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson