I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“It's too much to be trusted with someone else's heart. I don't think it ever ends well.”
Source: Lovely, Dark and Deep
“It’s too pragmatic for me,” Valenti said. “The know-how is good enough for technology, not for science.”
Source: The Gasp
“It's too short,' she said, 'ever so much too short.' Never did anybody look so sad. Bitter and black, half-way down, in the darkness, in the shaft which ran from the sunlight to the depths, perhaps a tear formed; a tear fell; the waters swayed this way and that, received it, and were at rest. Never did anybody look so sad.”
Source: To the Lighthouse
“It's too soon. I don't want to push you into something you're going to regret tomorrow. I don't think I could handle that.”
Source: The Hurricane
“It's too warm for red wine; now I mix gin and tonics instead. I find they make the ordinary sensation of living lighter, less ruffled.”
Source: A Line Made By Walking
“It’s tough enough to be a straight boy in a small town high school looking for the love of your life. But at least your possible loves are all out in the open.”
“It's tough in the beginning. You're going to fall. You're going to fail. But if you keep going, it'll be worth it.”
“It's tough out there, boy, and as long as there are people, there’s gonna be somebody trying to take what you got and trying to drag you down. It's up to you whether you let them or not.”
Source: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
“It's tough to get out of one's inherited imbecilic culture, and a thus inherited or endowed lunatic belief system. A freethinker must overcome every deadened system. Especially one's own.”
“It's tough to have an authentic relationship with awe in the age of awesome, a word that has become so overused as to be drained of its meaning.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“It's tough to miss the people who don't miss you back.”
“It's tough when anyone is hurt, it's painful and awful.”
Source: Kobato 04
“It’s tough when markets change and your people within the company don’t.”
“It’s tough. When my own son goes out, it’s natural to worry, but I get really paranoid. I worry that something’s going to happen, or he’s going to go missing when he goes out. I’m very protective of him.”
Source: Vanished: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons
“It’s tragic how death has a way of forcing open eyes that chose to stay shut. When grief was someone else’s burden, it was distant. But the moment it knocks on your own door, suddenly, the world must pause, listen, and understand. Now, you feel compelled to teach the pain, to make others see what was once invisible to you. But grief is no new lesson. We’ve walked this road, felt the weight, and carried the silence long before you. So breathe. Mourn. But know, you are not the first, nor the only, to learn this truth the hard way.”
“It’s tragic how the lack of imagination so often shapes our defeat.”
Source: To Ride Hell’s Chasm
“it's tragic
how two people
can be perfect for each other
but not in this lifetime”
“It’s tragic that most of us spend our private lives paradoxically thinking something is watching us and permanently disapproving. We say we believe in benevolent deities but smear them with hate and the power to smite. We see sin everywhere, when the only sin is when we forget to treat each other with respect. That is the sad secret that makes the Universe vulnerable.”
Source: Stronger Than Lions
“It's tricky to make a truly great risotto, but it seems so simple that everyone tries. As a result, there are a lot of horrible risottos being served in restaurants around the globe. I suppose we wanted to prove that none of those horrible risottos will be found in our restaurants."
"And hopefully our risottos won't be as dry as our reason for wanting to make risotto," Hadley added, apparently feeling the need to turn Renowned into an open mic comedy night.”
Source: Hadley Beckett's Next Dish
“It’s true: A slice of pound cake does wonders to thaw the coldest of days.”
Source: Life from Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness
“It's true, after all. Saemangeum City is a gift few people understand”
Source: Omnilogos
“It’s true, all roads do lead to Rome. Because after 13 years away, I got to come back for the second time in my life.”
“It's true enough I come from an ape, and at least twice a day return,
Chasing my tail, dizzy with intuition...”
Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke
“It’s true," he smiled, "not just in love, Nell, but hopeless, there’s-no-helping-this-guy kind of in love with you.”
Source: Abel
“It's true I didn't love the job, but I did want the money. If I was too incompetent for ordinary work, I would have to do something extraordinary or face destruction.”
Source: The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
“It's true. I doubt. I doubt because I seek the truth. Doubt has served me well.”
Source: The Prisoner of Al Hakim
“It's true I live on hope. Why shouldn't I? Every day I see her beauty while you rot in hell. You will tell me that I'm deluded but we are all deluded in some way. The question is which is the best delusion.”
Source: Random Acts Of Heroic Love
“It’s true, I’m incredibly lucky. But fairy godmothers can only do so much. I think we each hold the power to grant our own wishes. We just need to find the courage.”
Source: The Life List
“It's true. I've been to university, but my life is still a mess. Everything they say about my success is made up, but every family needs one fake person to be proud of.”
Source: Rouge Street: Three Novellas
“It's true. I've seen it when the crescent moon shone bright on a cold, dark night. The darker the night, the brighter God's smile.”
“It's true in America you have a capitalist right to accumulate wealth.
But that does not mean you have a right to be a cumulative corporate capitalist asshole who lives to down-trot the poor and middle-class in America.
#DarkMoneyKills!
The moral of this story #VoteProgressive”
“It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their Personal Legend.”
Source: The Alchemist
“It's true, look at Erik Johnson on the dance floor. Seriously-look at him. Six feet tall, one hundred eighty pounds, all of which can be converted by the right clothes and the right song into a mass of headless joy. (the right hair helps, too). He treats his body like it's made of fireworks, each one timed to the beat. Is he dancing alone or dancing with everyone? here is the secret: it doesn't matter. he travelled for two hours to get to the city, and when it's all over, it will take him over two hours to get home. But it's worth it. Freedom isn't just about voting and marrying and kissing on the street, although all of these things are important. Freedom is also about what you will allow yourself to do.”
“It's true,' Mathilde said after some time, 'I could breathe fire.'
She thought of how Lotto, in later years, had been called the lion. With his dander up, he could roar. He looked leonine too, his carrona of white-shot gold, the fine, sharp cheekbones. He'd leap on stage, offended by some actor flubbing his precious lines, and there he'd pace, sleek and swift with his long lovely body, growling. He could be deadly, fierce, the name was not inapt, but please, Mathilde knew lions. The male lolled beautifully, lazy in the sun. The female, less lovely by miles, was the one who brought back the kill.”
Source: Fates and Furies
“It’s true reading is a wonderful thing,” Rusty observed. “I read a Cosmo a year ago, and I still remember how to keep my nails in perfect condition and also ten top tips on how to dress to accentuate my ass.”
Now everybody was staring at Rusty. Unlike Jared, he did not blush.
“Those tips are working,” he said. “Don’t pretend you haven’t all noticed. I know the truth.”
Source: Unmade
“It’s true, real life isn’t always how it looks in romantic comedies, but I still hope that someday, it will be.”
Source: That’ll Be Our Song
“It’s true that AI can mimic the human brain, but it can also outperform us mere humans by discovering complex patterns that no human being could ever process and identify.”
Source: AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors
“It's true that Doug and Anna live in their own universe, complete with its own language. Like Tuna McAlpine, the Crabtrees eschew the term "conventional" farming, preferring "chemically dependent." Doug can tell you exactly why. "We've been practicing agriculture foe approximately twelve thousand years and using poisons in great quantities for just sixty of them," he reasons, " so to label that 'convention' is a huge insult to eleven thousand nine hundred and forty years of agriculture.”
“It’s true that I feel content and curious, but sometimes I’m also frightened. Waiting on the Other Side may be total desolation, eternal wandering of the sidereal plane calling out for help over and over. No. It won’t be like that. There will be light, a lot of light. My moments of uncertainty are very brief. Life pulls me back in and it’s hard for me to leave it behind.”
Source: Violeta
“It's true that I never wanted to grow up. But how important was it really — to have decided to be human?”
Source: The Moth Diaries
“It's true that I said there are miracles that only happen if you keep fighting. But Yukiteru... There's another thing you need to know about miracles. Most of them aren't all they're cracked up to be.”
Source: Future Diary, Volume 10
“It's true that jealousy is a desease. So instead of shaming those who suffer from it, please wish them a speedy recovery.”
“It’s true that many overly negative people actually fear letting go of their negativity, and it’s because it has become a part of their identity. If this is the case, make it a smoother transition by releasing and replacing one negative opinion at a time. It certainly is an identity shift, but it’s one that brings greater fulfillment and life satisfaction.”
Source: Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life
“It's true that no one is indispensable, but things aren't just right when some people are not around.”
“It's true that novelty and challenge bring happiness...but routine can also bring happiness. The pleasure of doing the same thing in the same way every day...take[s] on a certain beauty and provide[s] a kind of invisible architecture...”
Source: Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life
“It’s true that the hatred is still there. But it doesn’t change anything. Our obligations are the same—to live and sanctify all life with our own. To participate in the world the best we know how, leaving it a better place than we found it. To raise families and teach our children to value life. What more can we do? Should we refuse to live because of the threat of death hanging over us? We’ve always been under sentence of death. Every generation that lives out its days in peace is a victory. Every day we live is a victory.”
Source: A Damaged Mirror
“It's True That We Humans Are Creative Beings, But It's The IMITATION CHOICE That Determines One's CHARACTER.”
“It's true that when you read YA you rarely have to read about middle-aged men having affairs. Personally I consider that a plus.”
“It's true that you're under arrest, but that shouldn't stop you from carrying out your job. And there shouldn't be anything to stop you carrying on with your usual life."
"In that case it's not too bad, being under arrest," said K.”
Source: The Trial
“It's true. The best things in life are unexpected.”
Source: Unexpected