I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I decided long ago that life's absurd. If you don't develop a sense of humor, it will drive you mad.”
Source: Dragonforge
“I decided long ago that my family absolutely comes first, and I don't regret that. I do, however, sometimes wish I had an extra five hours or so in the day!”
“I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows. If I fail, if I succeed...At least I live as I believe. No matter what they take from me, They can't take away my dignity. Because the greatest love of all is happening to me. I found the greatest love of all inside of me. The greatest love of all is easy to achieve. Learning to LOVE YOURSELf...It is the GREATEST love of all”
“I decided not to give the haters the satisfaction that they got me so bad I gave up.”
“I decided not to think about the shock-induced death of my family.”
Source: My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
“I decided on a vision. I think I maybe join Toyota at the midpoint of a project, whose long-term goal is winning world championships. Also I have my big ambition, the drivers' world championship. That is not abandoned - entirely the opposite. I am young enough and motivated enough to make a new start in order to reach this goal.”
“I decided once and for all that I was going to make it or die.”
“I decided sitcoms weren't for me.”
“I decided someday to become a Thoreau of the Mountains. To live like Jesus and Thoreau, except for women.”
Source: Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters
“I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.”
“I decided that after returning to the US to pursue an academic career I would eventually study the life of Ho Chi Minh to find the secret of his success.”
“I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it matters less, than either of them suppose.”
Source: Pictures from an Institution: A Comedy
“I decided that expressionism was a cheap way of getting a reaction - show anybody ripped apart, and you get sympathy. I was deliberately trying to show the human body as whole and relatively healthy.”
“I decided that giving a girl a ring when you're not in a serious relationship is sort of like giving a guy a blow job when you have no real feelings for him. It makes everything feel a little cheap.It cheapens the giver and the recipient.”
Source: Baby Proof
“I decided that I did not want to follow any of these ideologies or trends, because these also exerted a kind of pressure, and obstructed absolute creative freedom.”
“I decided that I didn't want to spend my time in a liberal arts college.”
“I decided that I want to live the rest of my life happy with what I'm doing. So when I play tennis again, I have to play it for the right reason. I don't want to play to get my No. 1 ranking back. I don't want to play for the attention, or to earn more. I don't even want to play because the world wants to see me do it, even though it's nice to know that the world is interested. I only want to play because I love the game, which is the reason I began to play at age seven in the first place.”
“I decided that I wanted nothing to do with South African government television while any of my fellow writers were banned and couldn't speak publicly.”
“I decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world - even shows that haven't been on the air for a very long time, that's going to be harder to pull off.”
“I decided that I wanted to explore all kinds of music with my cello, not just the Western classical tradition. I just wanted to try and expand my vocabulary and bring that different kind of music to my audience.”
“I decided that I was going to go to the Olympics to see if I had made the right decision to retire because I knew that if I'd made the mistake of retiring I would know during and after those Games in Athens.”
“I decided that I was going to live my life, in spite of the mess it had become.”
“I decided that I was ready to assume this position when I discovered that the chance to save the country was very meager. I was prepared to sacrifice myself for this country and its 90 million people. They want food, fuel and electricity and yearn for a decent life. Any president who does not pay attention to such details or is unable to provide the minimum level of stability should leave office.”
“I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, 'Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here.'”
Source: Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie
“I decided that I would do my best in the future not to write books just for money. If you didn't get the money then you didn't have anything. If I did the work I was proud of and I didn't get the money, at least I'd have the work.”
“I decided that I would make my life my argument.”
“I decided that I would write one story about each thing that I knew about.”
Source: The Hemingway Collection
“I decided that I'm not going to pound my fist anymore at those folks and at laws that I can't change.”
“I decided that if he noticed my notebooks, I'd say that I was writing in my diary. A safe girl-thing to be doing.”
Source: In the Cut
“I decided that if I could fly for ten years before I was killed in a crash, it would be a worthwhile trade for an ordinary life time.”
Source: The Spirit of St. Louis
“I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.”
“I decided that if I didn't allow myself to fall asleep, then I wouldn't have to wake up again and despair.”
Source: A Line Made By Walking
“I decided that if I survived I would never do what Father had done, never defer to anyone’s judgment or refuse to look clear-eyed at the world. I would never be so blind, never.
If I survived”
Source: I Am Livia
“I decided that if I was never going to sell anything as long as I lived, I might as well do what I want to do 'cause then at least I would've done what I wanted to do in life. What's that worth?”
“I decided that if my work contained what I could identify as a likeness to other work, I would remove it.”
“I decided that if nobody else was going to do anything to rectify this colossal inequity in taxation, I'd have to do it myself. So I instituted a suit against the city of Baltimore demanding that the city assessor be specifically ordered to assess the Church for its vast property holdings in the city, and that the city tax collector then be instructed to collect the taxes once the assessment has been made.”
“I decided that if the police couldn't catch the gangsters, I'd create a fellow who could.”
“I decided that in spite of my silence I would demonstrate and reproduce in reality the picture of the church that I saw inside my spirit”
“I decided that instead of apologizing for having a lot to say, I wanted to create a format where people would come to hear me sing and speak.”
“I decided that it might be interesting to have terrible things happen to orphans over and over again.”
“I decided that it was more important to laugh than to eat.”
“I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.”
“I decided that it wasn’t pretty that I felt, but confident.”
Source: Delicious!
“I decided that it's either, you know, if I want to have children, have a family and - and live a long life, I've got to make some real, real serious changes.”
“I decided that life rationally considered seemed pointless and futile, but it is still interesting in a variety of ways, including the study of science. So why not carry on, following the path of scientific hedonism? Besides, I did not have the courage for the more rational procedure of suicide.”
Source: Life of a Scientist: An Autobiographical Account of the Development of Molecular Orbital Theory
“I decided that love is when you have food in your mouth that you know is not going to make you fat. Lust is when you have food in your mouth that is going to make you fat. Fear is the day after you had food in your mouth that is going to make you fat.”
Source: Milk Fed
“I decided that maybe we left each other alone too much. Leaving each other alone was killing us.”
Source: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
“I decided that my existence would be one of books and silence.”
“I decided that my life was a gift from God, and my happiness was not dependent upon children, a husband, or any of the other things I had once thought were the source of happiness. It's about being able to accept the bitter and sweet parts of life.~Lois Troyer”
Source: The Walnut Creek Wish
“I decided that not talking is like a litmus test for a real friend. You can just sit there and be. Not always be filling up the air with words”