I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“It's always the right time to dream.”
Source: This Could Be You: Be Brave! Be True! Believe! Be You!
“It's always the same old pitfall: neither evil or the imagination. In the former, in the final center, the simple and adjectiveless feeling, blind as a rolling stone. In the imagination, for it alone has the power of evil, just the enlarged and transformed version: beneath it the impassive truth. You lie and stumble into the truth. Even in her freedom, when she chose cheerful new paths, she later recognized them. To be free was to carry on after all and there again was the beaten track. She would only see what was already inside her. Having lost the taste for imagining.”
Source: Near to the Wild Heart
“It's always the same with relationships: As if they were a fancy sheepskin jacket, you get yourself one to stay warm on cold winter nights and show it off a bit. At first, it fits you perfectly until suddenly it becomes too loose, too tight, too long, too wide and from then on you don't look after it anymore. You stop taking care of it, throw up all over it on the next binge, and when you wake up in the morning the whole house smells of wet sheep and stomach acid. That's how, sooner rather than later, it ends up in the old clothes container and even though you promise yourself that next time you'll buy the expensive care product that the saleswoman with the fake smile has tried to sell you, you still won't do it, because it sounds like effort and who would put any into something they'll end up losing anyway?”
Source: As the moon began to rust
“It's always the same with relationships: as if they were a fancy sheepskin jacket, you would get yourself some in order to stay warm on cold winter nights and show them off a bit. At first, they would fit perfectly until they would suddenly become too loose, too tight, too long, too short and from then on you wouldn't look after them any more.
You would stop taking care of them, throw up all over them on the next binge and when you'd wake up in the morning, the whole house would stink like wet sheep and stomach acid. Sooner rather than later, they would end up in the old clothes container and although you'd promise yourself that next time you'd buy the expensive care product that the saleswoman with the fake smile tried to sell you last time, you'd still not do it, because it sounds effort and who would put any into something which they would end up losing, anyway?
~ As the moon began to rust”
“It's always the same with relationships: like a fancy sheepskin jacket you would get yourself some to stay warm on cold winter nights and show them off a bit. At first, they would fit you perfectly until they would suddenly become too loose, too tight, too long, too short and from then on you would just not look after them any more. You would stop taking care of them, throw up all over them on the next binge and when you would wake up in the morning, the whole house would smell like wet sheep and stomach acid. Sooner rather than later, they would end up in the old clothes container and although you would promise yourself that next time you'd buy the expensive care product that the saleswoman with the fake smile has tried to sell you, you still won't do it, as it sounds like a lot effort and who would put any into something they end up losing, anyway?”
Source: As the moon began to rust
“It's always the same with these bogus equivalences: They start by pretending loftily to find no difference between aggressor and victim, and they end up by saying that it's the victim of violence who is "really" inciting it.”
“It's always the women, and above all the young ones, who are the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy.”
Source: 1984
“It’s always the wrong women that are in power”
“It's Always Too Late For Someone - Crime Wave Press”
“It’s always ‘until,’ my dear. Until you value yourself. Until you find someone who values you. Until you stop letting your past dictate your future.”
Source: Bad Boys Don't Make Good Boyfriends
“It’s always uplifting when your worldview is confirmed, especially if it’s a miserable one,’ said Bolarion. ‘Nothing is more satisfied than a cynic proved right. Saying “I told you there were phantines in this thicket” while they’re being trampled to death is a fine, bitter wine for them.”
Source: Pharos
“It's always with exaggerated emotion that I leave something behind, whatever it may be. The miserable rented room where I lived for a few months, the dinner table at the provincial hotel where I stayed for six days, even the sad waiting room at the station where I spent two hours waiting for a train--yes, their loss grieves me.”
Source: The Book of Disquiet
“It's always women who eat sins, since it was Eve who first ate a sin: the Forbidden Fruit.”
Source: Sin Eater
“It's always worthless sort of person who puts himself out in order to get somebody else worked up.”
Source: Kikai
“It’s always you and me.” I nodded again and felt my lips quivering. He kept whispering, “Always me and my Sylvie, yeah?” “Yeah,” I whispered.”
Source: Creed
“It's always your choice. You can teach yourself things that you never learned as a child, you can choose to respond differently, and you can be yourself. Your superpower is your ability to decide how you wish to show up in the world.”
Source: Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships
“It's amazin’ what people tell you when they’re relaxed and sittin’ in a barber chair.”
Source: Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar's Kiss
“It’s amazing he made it through without me bashing his pretty face.”
“Aw, did you hear that? Ro thinks I’m pretty! I mean- I usually go for more of a roguish handsome, but...” He tosses his hair and fluttered his eyelashes.
Sophie’s lips curled into a smile-without her permission.”
Source: Flashback
“It's amazing", he whispered, "to know that my purpose in life is sitting in front of me.”
Source: Until November
“It's amazing how a little kindness can change a person’s life. The person can be a total stranger, yet kindness, kindness, can help that person achieve what seemed impossible to them. As long as they realize that there are good people in the world, they are then open to start anew. In the case of Pierre, he is not a driver he is family and his family is our family; and so, it goes!”
Source: Emotional Rhapsody
“It's amazing how bad you can make the truth sound. As long as you keep it partially recognizable when you spit it out, a crowd will eat it up without even thinking about how hard you chewed on it first.”
Source: All the Rage
“It's amazing how busy someone gets when they have no interest in connecting with you.”
“It's amazing how change creeps up on you. You can't look into a mirror and decide how much you hair has grown in the last hour. Only when it drapes over your eyes and obstructs your vision do you discover you aren't seeing clearly anymore.”
Source: The Caller
“It's amazing how close you are to your essential self as a kid, he thought, and how far from it you drift the more you strive to be loved.”
Source: The Little Paris Bookshop
“It’s amazing how drastically your life can change when you stop accepting shit you hate.”
“It’s amazing how easily the youth forget the
Holodomor. Soviets not only starved us to death, but enjoyed every second of the suffering they inflicted. You’re an idealist, Jan, and idealism feels nice to live by, but all it does for you is drop you in a grave thinking the guy who put you there isn’t so bad.”
Source: Boom, Boom, Boom
“It's amazing how easy the truth is to accept...No matter how strange.”
Source: Immortal Awakening
“It’s amazing how far you can go with a positive mindset powered by God.”
“It's amazing how fearless you can be when you want something bad enough, the lengths to which you'll go, the grit you'll put into the scheming and maneuvering. That's determination for you. I would have made a good bounty hunter.”
Source: Bent: How Yoga Saved My Ass
“It’s amazing how few words a person can get by with.”
Source: After Zero
“It's amazing how gung ho he is about saving the lives of fetuses, but then he turns a blind eye to all the actual humans DYING right in front of him.”
Source: Like a Love Story
“It's amazing how intelligent it is just to spend some time sitting. A lot of people are way too active.”
“It’s amazing how just dressing differently can affect your influence; dress like a beggar and your assumed poverty gains you looks of contempt; dress in gold-lined robes and people are more willing to accommodate you; sport armour and you look strong, dutiful, and prepared.”
Source: Rise of the Morningstar
“It's amazing how little you need to keep starving people strung along.”
Source: Red Mars
“It's amazing how lonely a place where you were once happy can become.”
Source: Rare Objects
“It’s amazing how many cheaters and liars believe they won’t be caught. News Flash: In today’s age of technology, there won’t just be a paper trail. There will be multiple electronic and digital trails, as well.”
Source: The Bimbo Has Brains: And Other Freaky Facts
“It’s amazing how many different roads we can take, but they all lead home.”
Source: Releasing Me
“it's amazing how many professional possibilities appear when you use value and purpose - rather than skills - as starting point for reinventing your career”
Source: Business Model You: A One-Page Method For Reinventing Your Career
“It’s amazing how many times we need to go against our survival instincts to survive.”
Source: World After
“It’s amazing how much easier it is to bake a cake when you’ve got an eternity to get it right.”
Source: Luna Station Quarterly: Issue 030
“It's amazing how much power a smile holds. It's contagious and brightens people's day. It's also the most powerful camouflage. For that person who seems to have it all together is merely masking the pain of drowning tears. Don't be so quick to assume.”
Source: Safety in Numbers: From 56 to 221 Pounds, My Battle with Eating Disorders
“It's amazing how much time there is when you're unhappy.”
“it's amazing how music can do that: make life feel so much more real.”
Source: Please Don't Go Before I Get Better
“It’s amazing how often our minds drift in time away from the present into either the future or the past, so developing ways for bringing ourselves back into the moment are very helpful for cultivating the restful mind.”
Source: The Restful Mind
“It's amazing how once the mind is free of emotional pollution, logic and clarity emerge.”
Source: Memories With Maya
“It's amazing how one ending can lead to a beautiful new beginning.”
“It’s amazing how one question can be so hard to articulate, and how the whole world can seem to hang on the answer.”
Source: A Memoir of Love
“It's amazing how people can be so blind to what's good for them and what isn't, what's truth and what's not, or the difference between secrets and things just not yet known.”
“It's amazing how people can find all the mistakes in the world concerning another person, but look into the mirror every day without making changes within. Stop looking down your nose at others, What does that achieve? We all can make room for improvements. Most of the time it starts with a little attitude adjustment.”
Source: Sweet Destiny
“It’s amazing how people live day to day without hurting each other.”
Source: A Touch of Jen