I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I can see the headlines." Sawyer made a sweeping motion in the air with his hand. "Deadly Toilet in Shit War Kills Three."
Jill giggled so hard that she got the hiccups. "Feud takes three out in initial battle of the shit war.”
Source: One Texas Cowboy Too Many
“I can see the humor in her infidelities today, lots of memories of catching her at it and not making the connection at the time.”
“I can see the humor in just about any situation. After I lost my dad, I realized that none of us should take things too seriously, because everything except death works itself out.”
“I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.”
Source: My Life and Times
“I can see the immense capacity of business to give leadership.”
“I can see the internal struggle through those vibrant blue orbs, ones I've seen look at me in a way I never thought another man would. So much admiration. So much devotion. So much... love?”
“I can see the Lady has a genius for ruling, whilst I have a genius for not being ruled.
Jane Welsh Carlyle, (1845)”
Source: The Charm School
“I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I can hear the sound of a victory parade. I can see the clouds of uncertainty dispersed, the valley of despair exalted, the mountain of obstacles brought low and the crooked path of disappointments made straight. Surely, these times have an expiry date. When they are gone, as they always do, I shall remain - stronger and more experienced.”
“I can see the lust blazing in your eyes like an inferno, one consuming us both.”
Source: Undeniably Wrong
“I can see the mouse’s tail through thy teeth.”
“I can see the sea that encircles the island and beyond it, the bright lights of human cities and towns through the ever-present mist. I have never looked directly from our world in to theirs.
Locke puts his hand against my back, between my shoulder blades. 'At night, the human world looks as though it's full of fallen stars.”
Source: The Cruel Prince
“I can see the stars again m'lady.”
“I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there - that is living.”
“I can see the use and value of religion, just as I can see the use of mud wrestling, yoga, astronomy and sadomasochism. but I reject the idea that you can't be a deep human being without it or any of them.”
“I can see the warmth. He's falling for me.”
Source: Twenties Girl
“I can see three ways to a truly compassionate fatherhood: grief, forgiveness, and generosity. Grief is the discipline of the heart that sees the sin of the world, and knows itself to be the sorrowful price of freedom without which love cannot bloom. I am beginning to see that much of praying is grieving. Grief allows me to see beyond my wall and realize the immense suffering that results from human lostness.”
Source: The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
“I can see through almost any scam, especially one perpetrated by the federal government. I can see through it... they can't pull the wool over my eyes, it's absolutely freakin' impossible to pull the wool over my eyes about the government.”
“I can see thru mountains watch me disappear, I can even touch the sky. Swallowing the colors of the sounds I hear, am I just a crazy guy? You bet.”
“I can see time," whispered Mogget, so softly that his words were lost.”
Source: The Old Kingdom Collection: Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel
“I can see today that the same sort of issues lie behind taxidermy and photography. Taxidermy consists in preserving a bird in full flight... In the same way, photography halts and freezes motion and life.”
“I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for scared. S for silly. For shame.”
Source: Speak
“I can see we're going to get along like a house on fire," said Miss Tick. "There may be no survivors.”
“I can see we're in for a fabulous evening's apocalypse.”
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts
“I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.”
“I can see when the light goes out of his eyes, like a torch thrown into the sea.”
Source: The Stolen Heir
“I can see where creation often stops while the body still lives and often does not care to. the death of life before life dies.”
“I can see where influential people would like Maharishi better than Jesus. My God, if the Beatles and Mia Farrow went to Jesus, He'd tell them to give all their money away.”
“I can see where this
is going and I don't want to. I don't.”
Source: Cadaver, Speak
“I can see where this is going, too. Of course, I can, because I am Alex as well. But I want to dress up in gorgeous clothes and strut up and down the runway like they do in the magazines, swishing my tail. I want to dress up with Amina and Julia and giggle and be girlfriends, arm in arm. I want to be beautiful. I want other people to think I am beautiful.”
Source: Alex As Well
“I can see where you're coming from. It's just that I don't like where you've been.”
“I can see why fans don't like to watch pro basketball. I don't, either. It's not exciting.”
“I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southernness and the Confederate heritage are one and the same, because they're not. On the other hand, there are people who want to extirpate that completely and want folks to spit on the graves of their ancestors.”
“I can see why my daughter likes you."
"Do you think she's falling for my dashing good looks, my charm, or the fact that I supply her with pastries?”
Source: The Archived
“I can see why people drink booze, because boos are a little too dry to satisfy thirst. It would be like chugging a cactus, and while that has enough water for a duck to swim in, it's the kind of thing that's best served to politicians.”
Source: Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.
“I can see why people find him [Hugo Chávez] charming. He's very ebullient, as they say. I've heard him make a speech, though, and he has a vice that's always very well worth noticing because it's always a bad sign: he doesn't know when to sit down. He's worse than Castro was. He won't shut up. Then he told me that he didn't think the United States landed on the moon and didn't believe in the existence of Osama bin Laden. He thought all of this was all a put-up job. He's a wacko.”
“I can see why she feels left behind. Maybe even discarded. Is that why she refuses to accept my love and return it? Afraid that love doesn't last? Doesn't really exist? Afraid if her own father can withdraw his love (or at least the manifestation of his love), that maybe she somehow isn't worthy of the emotion?”
Source: Perfect
“I can see why so many lawyers throw themselves into the river. With all of this fabric weighing them down they’ll sink straight to the bottom.”
Alysia sent me an unimpressed look. “I’m a lawyer, you know?”
“Then you probably know a few jokes at your own expense.”
Source: Protected
“I can see why the Russians love Robert Burns, I think that Russians and Koreans have a very similar outlook to Scots.”
“I can see why they named that ballet the Nutcracker. It’s gotta hurt having ‘em crushed in something that tight.”
Source: Face-Off
“I can see why you like it here, there's a thin layer of nerd all over everything.”
Source: City of Fallen Angels
“I can see why you like it here," he said,making a sweeping gesture that encompassed Kyle's collection of movie posters and science fiction books. "There's a thin layer of nerd all over everything." said Jace. "Thanks. I appreciate that." Simon gave Jace a hard look.”
“I can see why you opted out of Knight training,” I countered. “They’d have ‘accidentally’ killed you before you made it to adulthood.”
“I can see why you would like him."
"You can?"
"Yes, he's very good-looking, and his personality has interesting corners and edges. And he's a man, not a boy."
How like Pandora to accurately identify the reasons Cassandra found Tom Severin so compelling, and Lord Lambert so... not.
Lambert had been born to privilege, and his character was still unformed in many ways. He'd never had to make his own way in life, and likely never would. Tom Severin, by contrast, had started with nothing except his wits and will, and had become powerful by anyone's standards. Lord Lambert enjoyed a life of languid ease, while Tom blazed through his days with relentless energy. Even the side of Tom that was cool and calculating was exciting. Stimulating. There was hardly any doubt in Cassandra's mind that Lambert would be easier to live with... but as to the one she would rather share a bed with...”
Source: Chasing Cassandra
“I can see you... and I remember who you are. Why is that? Has something changed?
You've changed. You can see me and remember me because you want to die.”
Source: Dragon Age: Asunder
“I can see you are a fine lady, but this boy is randy as a goat around you and it's plain to see. If he seeks the joys of wedded bliss, he can wed you. Without a weddin' he'll be havin' no bliss.”
Source: The Highlander Series 7-Book Bundle
“I can see you being set free, saved, healed, blessed - in the name of Jesus Christ!”
“I can see you. Each breath you take. The way your lips are parted. How wide your eyes are and how flushed your skin is. That light inside you. The spark. I can see it and it's beautiful. You're beautiful.”
Source: Rage and Ruin
“I can see you have a great deal of water in your personality. Water never waits. It changes shape and flows around things, and finds the secret paths no one else has thought about -- the tiny hole through the roof or the bottom of the box. There's no doubt it's the most versatile of the five elements. It can wash away earth; it can put out fire; it can wear a piece of metal down and sweep it away. Even wood, which is its natural complement, can't survive without being nurtured by water. And yet, you haven't drawn on those strengths in living your life, have you?”
Source: Memoirs Of A Geisha
“I can see you have a great deal of water in your personality. Water never waits. It changes shape and flows around things, and finds the secret paths no one else has thought about - the tiny hole through the roof or the bottom of a box. There's no doubt it's the most versatile of the five elements. It can wash away earth; it can put out fire, it can wear a piece of metal down and sweep it away. Even wood, which is its natural complement, can't survive without being nurtured by water And yet, you haven't drawn on those strengths in living your life, have you?”
“I can see you in the kitchen bending over a hot stove, and I can't see the stove”