I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I confess, I'm not the biggest fan of Twilight.”
“I confess, right at the start, to the doubts - and sometimes outright dreads - that go with me as I climb the stairs to my study in the morning, coffee mug in hand: I have to admit to the habitual apprehension mixed with a sort of reverence, as I light the incense . . . and wonder: what is going to happen today? Will anything happen? Will the angel come today?”
“I confess, that very different from you, I do find sometimes scientific inspiration in mysticism ... but this is counterbalanced by an immediate sense for mathematics.”
Source: Wissenschaftlicher Briefwechsel mit Bohr, Einstein, Heisenberg u.a. Band IV, Teil III: 1955–1956. Scientific Correspondence with Bohr, Einstein, Heisenberg, a.o. Volume IV, Part III: 1955–1956
“I confess, without shame, that I am sick and tired of fighting — its glory is all moonshine; even success the most brilliant is over dead and mangled bodies, with the anguish and lamentations of distant families, appealing to me for sons, husbands, and fathers ... it is only those who have never heard a shot, never heard the shriek and groans of the wounded and lacerated ... that cry aloud for more blood, more vengeance, more desolation.”
“I confess. If the law had been appiled to me properly for what I did in Vietnam, I'd have been convicted for high treason.”
“I confessed recently to an old friend, "I realized I was looking at you, in your visit, through old glasses. Speaking old words. Telling old stories. I realize that in my life I've made so many physical changes and I need to give my spirit time to catch up." Time for my spirit to look at my friend through the new glasses of current life experiences. Old friends are precious. They become even more treasured when they are wrapped in the currentness of life experiences and not relegated to the past in which they once lived.”
“I confessed to Mike [Cimino] a couple of days before we shot. I was like, "What am I doing here, Mike?" And Mike just looked at me, in that very directorial manor, took a long pause, and he said, "You know the game tag?" And I said, "Yeah." And he said, "Well, you're it." That was some of the best direction I think I've ever received.”
“I confessed to Tobias, soon after that, that I had lost my entire family. And he assured me that he was my family now. -Tris Prior”
“I confidently affirm that the greater part of those who are supposed to have died of gout, have died of the medicine rather than the disease - a statement in which I am supported by observation.”
“I confidently predict the collapse of capitalism and the beginning of history. Something will go wrong in the machinery that converts money into money, the banking system will collapse totally, and we will be left having to barter to stay alive. Those who can dig in their garden will have a better chance than the rest. I'll be all right; I've got a few veg.”
“I confidently trust that the American people will prove themselves ... too wise not to detect the false pride or the dangerous ambitions or the selfish schemes which so often hide themselves under that deceptive cry of mock patriotism: "Our country, right or wrong!" They will not fail to recognize that our dignity, our free institutions and the peace and welfare of this and coming generations of Americans will be secure only as we cling to the watchword of true patriotism: "Our country - when right to be kept right; when wrong to be put right."”
“I confine time to the sentences...
A poet I am, I paint dreams, I seize dreams!”
“I confini sono e restano importanti perché ogni cosa, per crescere bene, deve avere un suo spazio e un suo limite. I confini non sono tratti capricciosi di penna, ma rappresentano l'estremo limite di mondi vivi, tra loro in verità il più delle volte meno simili di quel che sembra. Non è vero che separano e allontanano: rendendo i cittadini e gli Stati sicuri di sé, i confini in fondo incoraggiano l'apertura e il venirsi incontro.”
Source: Fotti il potere. Gli arcana della politica e dell'umana natura
“I confini tra materiale e immateriale sono un retaggio del XX secolo. La realtà, ormai, è mista.
Perché la gente paga migliaia se non milioni di euro per comprare un jpg di una scimmietta? Perché la distinzione tra reale e irreale è un consenso comune.
Ricordi quel quadro di Magritte? Questa non è una pipa. Puoi provare il contrario? No!
E da prima di Aristotele che ci facciamo domande su cosa sia la realtà. Io sono un costruttivista in questo senso.
La realtà è un costrutto sociale, non è oggettiva. E se socialmente raggiungiamo il consenso che il Pikachu che vedo dentro Pokémon GO è reale, allora lo è.”
“I confini tra reale e virtuale sono un retaggio del XX secolo. La realtà, ormai, è mista.”
“I confirm that and Donald Trump now confirms that President Barack Obama is a legitimately elected president of the United States].”
“I confirm that Mexico and the United States will continue to reinforce the links of cooperation and mutual respect.”
“I confirmed to the prime minister that we appreciate our friendship.”
“I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.”
“I confront the question of whether DEI initiatives are divisive and ineffective. The answer is yes on both counts, but not for the narratives propagated by the American ruling class of oligarchs. Rather, we should consider how DEI initiatives have worked just enough to keep the status quo intact for those at the top, while planting the seeds of division between a significant percentage of marginalized and impoverished white people and every other marginalized and impoverished group in the U.S. and beyond.
[From "Understanding the DEI Dismantlement” published on Counterpunch on January 31, 2025]”
“I CONFRONTED MY DEMONS AND ONE DAY I STOOD IN FRONT OF MYSELF.
I confronted (each of) my demons and (finally one day) I was standing in front of myself.”
“I confronted the expected stereotypes by knowing what they were and building an alternate narrative about myself.”
Source: Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change
“I confused things with their names: that is belief.”
“I congratulate myself on not having arrived into the world until the present time. This age suits my taste.”
Source: New Tales of the Vampires: includes Pandora and Vittorio the Vampire
“I congratulate NUS for launching a new degree, a bachelor of environmental studies. This is a most timely initiative. One of the biggest challenges facing Asia is to reconcile Asia's rapid economic development with care for the environment.”
“I congratulate Secretary [Hillary] Clinton on her victory. But, I think, for us, that is about as bad as it's going to get.”
“I congratulate the outgoing Nigeria President Mr Goodluck Jonathan for his grace in conceding defeat.”
“I congratulate you and my country on the singular favor of heaven in the peaceable and auspicious settlement of our government upon a Constitution formed by wisdom, and sanctified by the solemn choice of the people who are to live under it. May the Supreme ruler of the world be pleased to establish and perpetuate these new foundations of liberty and glory....Thank God, my country is saved and by the smile of Heaven I am a free and independant man.”
“I congratulate you both on a fine piece of work which I am sure will ultimately prove of importance. I am personally very much interested in your results... In the past I have tried a number of experiments... but without any success.”
“I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise.”
“I conjure the boy I knew. Achilles, grinning as the figs blur in his hands. His green eyes laughing into mine. Catch, he says. Achilles, outlined against the sky, hanging from a branch over the river. The thick warmth of his sleepy breath against my ear. If you have to go, I will go with you. My fears forgotten in the golden harbor of his arms.
The memories come, and come. She listens, staring into the grain of the stone. We are all there, goddess and mortal and the boy who was both.”
Source: The Song of Achilles
“I conjure you, my brethren, to remain faithful to earth, and do not believe those who speak unto you of super terrestrial hopes! Poisoners they are, whether they know it or not.”
“I connect the psychedelic dimension to the dimension of inspiration and dream.”
Source: True Hallucinations: And, the Archaic Revival
“I connect to SpongeBob in a way; like, thats the homie. He can chill on the corner with me.”
“I connect with an aura, with energy. And if the person with whom I connect happens to be a female, that's just the way it is.”
“I connect with kids easily. They bring out the maternal side in me.”
“I connect with people on a daily basis.”
“I connect with techno way more than house. I find it frustrating people call me a house artist because I think my music in general is more in the tradition of techno. House is celebratory and extroverted. I don't connect with that sentiment.”
“I connected very much with all the work of Joan Crawford because she started as a flapper. She used to dance and sing and she was very cute. She had something that was so different from what she is at the end of her life and she started in the silent movies and then went into the talkies.”
“I conquer my existence to find you
By defeating my mind to remind you
That my lonely life’s pledge is to bind you
With my blue heart tightly tied behind you
To follow, to embrace and to give you
All my love, pain, desire just to heave you
From the poem: Pledge”
Source: To Evince the Blue
“I conquered a fear of heights and water by bungee jumping from a crane over a lake. And if thats not crazy enough, I also wrestled a greased pig in a mud pit.”
“I conquered my hostility by putting it away until the day I might need it.”
“I conquered myself, then only I set out to conquer the world.”
Source: Hometown Human: To Live for Soil and Society
“I conquered our hearts concord
believing all the hours were ours
I was wrong to imagine I could steal a heart of steel
From the poem - From the Ferry of My Fairytale”
Source: To Evince the Blue
“I Conquered Your Heart,it is My Kingdom and I'll rule it for Eternity - LOVE”
“I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be a painter.”
Source: The Pursuit of Spiritual Wisdom: The Thought and Art of Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin
“I consciously chose a person like the bounty killer [of the Fistful trilogy] because he was the street sweeper of the desert, a man who put his life at risk exclusively for the money. I'm not saying that he went against the law, but he put himself within the wings of the law only when it was something that he could profit by.”
“I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.”
“I consciously focus on my blessings and remember what has gotten me through my past struggles: my faith and the belief that everything happens for a reason.”
“I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider; then, I'd pick up the speed of the ball in the first thirty feet of its flight and knew how it would move once it had crossed the plate.”