I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I’m not short. I’m…vertically disadvantaged.”
“I’m not so sure that the conventional wisdom makes any sense. Yes, it might be technically easy to track people and all that. But in the long-term I’m optimistic that we’ll see the pendulum swing back in the other direction towards more privacy.”
“I’m not stealing it. We’re stranded. This is called borrowing.” “This is called you’re crazy.”
Source: The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale
“I’m not suggesting the world is good, that life is easy, or that any of us are entitled to better. But please, isn’t this the kind of thing you talk about in somber tones, in the afternoon, with some degree of hope and maybe even a handful of strategies?”
“I’m not super thin, but I’m thin, for like, Detroit”
“I’m not super-comfortable with it. I feel the less you project of yourself the more you can be believable as a character. I also think it’s just better for your own mental health. Then you can be a human being and change your mind and nobody asks you questions about it!”
“I’m not superstitious. I’m a witch. Witches aren’t superstitious. We are what people are superstitious of.”
Source: Wintersmith: (Discworld Novel 35)
“I’m not sure a lot of other people would walk up to the same artwork and see the shadow on the person’s face from the hat and be like “Do you see that!” It’s about noticing things that interest you, and that definitely happens with the natural world as well.”
“I’m not sure I could trust a man who would bypass an Oreo in favor of vanilla wafers. It’s a fundamental character flaw, possibly a sign of true evil.”
Source: The Joe Ledger Series, Books 1-3: Patient Zero, The Dragon Factory, The King of Plagues
“I’m not sure I trust myself around you I liked you from the start, J.D. I really wish things had been different, that's all.”
“I’m not sure I’ll ever be finished. No matter how much I write, there will always be something I should’ve said.”
“I’m not sure what I’ll do, but— well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.”
Source: The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A New Collection
“I’m not sure which is worse: intense feeling, or the absence of it.”
“I’m not telling people where to give money, but if there is to be a spotlight shed on me, then I’d like to direct that spotlight onto causes I think are worthy or onto interesting, progressive figures.”
“I’m not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.”
“I’m not that interested in what people make of it, or how people consider me. That’s nothing to do with me.”
“I’m not the easiest person to live with. I’m kind of a slob.”
“I’m not the Hana everyone told me I would be after my cure.”
“I’m not the smartest guy in the world, but I’m certainly not the dumbest. I mean, I’ve read books like "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "Love in the Time of Cholera", and I think I’ve understood them. They’re about girls, right? Just kidding. But I have to say my all-time favorite book is Johnny Cash’s autobiography "Cash" by Johnny Cash.”
“I’m not Thomas Jefferson. He was a pussy.”
“I’m not too into the trends - I like to look at trends as suggestions, not as rules.”
“I’m not too keen on talking. I always have the feeling that the words are getting away from me, escaping and scattering. It’s not to do with vocabulary or meanings, because I know quite a lot of words, but when I come out with them they get confused and scattered. That’s why I avoid stories and speeches and just stick to answering the questions I’m asked. All the extra words, the overflow, I keep to myself, the words that I silently multiply to get close to the truth.”
Source: No and Me
“I’m not trying to be, like, the bisexual, lesbian rapper. I don’t live on other people’s terms.”
“I’m not trying to hurt you; I’m trying to make you better.”
“I’m not trying to play the guitar. I’m trying to play music.”
“I’m not trying to satisfy anybody but myself and the role that I’m playing.”
“I’m not trying to turn you into cowboys, I’m just trying to get you better coordinated, get your horse used to things, get your horse comfortable.
Heck, on the first ride you should be swinging a rope off a horse. You should be doing this not so you can rope a cow, but just to get him (your horse) gentle.
You can’t think of everything in life your horse might encounter that might make him afraid so you’d better prepare em for it in other ways.”
“I’m not trying to—What do teenagers say nowadays?” he asked my grandmother.“Get all up in her biznez,” Nana said.Without cracking a smile.“That’s right,” he replied. “We’re not trying to get all up in your biznez, Ali.”
Source: The White Rabbit Chronicles: Alice in Zombieland\Through the Zombie Glass\The Queen of Zombie Hearts
“I’m not unsympathetic. But do you like me? Because this being gay business doesn’t mean you can just throw yourself at any guy and it’ll be fine because he’s not a girl. There are still people you like and people you don’t.”
“I’m not up for laughing, but their laughter makes the room feel safer, so we begin to explore.”
Source: Paper Towns
“I’m not used to girls, or familiar with their customs. I feel awkward around them, I don’t know what to say. I know the unspoken rules of boys, but with girls I sense that I am always on the verge of some unforeseen, calamitous blunder.”
Source: Cat's Eye
“I’m not very creative” doesn’t work. There’s no such thing as creative people and non-creative people. There are only people who use their creativity and people who don’t. Unused creativity doesn’t just disappear. It lives within us until it’s expressed, neglected to death, or suffocated by resentment and fear.”
Source: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
“I’m not young anymore. I don’t wanna start over again.”
“I’m not, like, that smart.”
“I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend.”
Source: Paper Towns
“I’m on the benevolent side of antisocial. I don’t mind people, but I’d prefer not to have a lot of them around.”
“I’m on top of my green like a lawn chair”
“I’m one of those moms who’s at the bus stop with my camcorder every year, with my phone taking a million pictures as they get on the bus.”
“I’m one of those people who doesn’t follow trends. I set them.”
“I’m one of those people who never really joined the grown-ups.”
“I’m one of those very lucky people who absolutely love what they do for a living. There is no career better suited to my eccentricities, strengths, and passions than that of a children’s book author.”
“I’m one uncontrollable hunger away from ruin.”
“I’m only able to write poetry, for the most part, when I have a Muse, a woman who focuses the world for me.”
Source: Conversations with May Sarton
“I’m overwhelmed. My biggest downfall is my brightest blessing, I feel too much, all the time. Ya Allah, if it’ll keep my heart soft, break my heart every day.”
“I’m partial to the truth, Lo. Good, bad or indifferent. (Vane)”
Source: Unleash The Night
“I’m past photographing to see what things look like photographed.”
“I’m pissed off at my Republican family back in North Carolina, several of whom came to my wedding, but who went right back and are voting for homophobes and acting like it doesn’t matter. It does matter and it’s time for the queers in this country to start saying so to their families. I think we’ve all cut them too much slack for far too long.”
“I’m planning to stay in politics now, but, you know, George Burns worked until he was 100. I don’t know. I don’t want to be a Senator until I’m honored.”
“I’m pleased by anything in myself that strikes me as not myself.”
“I’m pleased to offer analysis of public policy and politics to the millions of Americans who get their news from Fox.”