I Can Quotes

It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was once a journalistic hack, and I can personally testify to how frustrated they are. Pol Pot left a very edgy photo collection behind. And Osama seems quite interested in video.

~ P. J. O'rourke

Gregory Corso used to get really pissed when people called Bob Dylan a 'poet.' After writing poetry for a few years, I can understand that.

~ Steve Earle

I want to be the best advocate and promoter for poetry that I can be.

~ Natasha Trethewey

Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.

~ Jack Prelutsky

I can paint pictures, but I cannot rule men.

~ Fra Angelico

When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.

~ Martin Luther

I can jog, but I can't run. That's hard for me. I like the fact that I can jog for fitness, but to me there's a huge difference between jogging and running.

~ Mary Decker

Fitness has always been one of my strengths. I can do all the long-distance runs. When I was at school and we entered the competitions, I used to do the 100m, 200m, and the 1500m as well, so it's never just been a pace thing.

~ Jamie Vardy

I have found a flat on Merseyside and am settling down here. If I can keep playing and get back to full match fitness, I know I have a lot to offer still.

~ David Ginola

I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.

~ Dolly Parton

I am not a home breaker and I can never be. I haven't been brought up to create havoc in other people's homes.

~ Kareena Kapoor Khan

In my home office, I have two large, 30-inch computer monitors - a Mac and a PC. They share the same mouse and keyboard, so I can type or copy and paste between them. I'll typically do Web stuff on the Mac and e-mail and chat stuff on the PC.

~ Matt Mullenweg

When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument.

~ Zsa Zsa Gabor

If I want to be alone, some place I can write, I can read, I can pray, I can cry, I can do whatever I want - I go to the bathroom.

~ Alicia Keys

I think my comparison with Shane would be a loner. I always got the impression that she wasn't scared to be alone. She enjoys it. I can relate to that.

~ Katherine Moennig

All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that 50 years ago there were no such thing as environmental policies.

~ David Attenborough

I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.

~ Anita Hill

I used to brag that I can hold up any eviction - even if the landlord had legal rights, I could hold it up for a year.

~ Ed Lee

The Hiltons know how to put on a good wedding, that's all I can say.

~ Conrad Sewell

I can understand the Chinese Wall: it was built as a defense against marauders. But a wall such as that in Berlin, built to prevent people from seeking freedom, is almost beyond comprehension.

~ Robert Kennedy

My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian. We sang hymns in school. I liked the hymns bit, but apart from that, I can take it or leave it. So I had lots of different influences when I was younger.

~ Ben Barnes

I don't think I can boast about him. 'Hey, my dad is a British institution; he's done all these incredible things and I'm really proud of him.' There is a certain baggage that comes with that in England.

~ Rebecca Hall

In the future, I can imagine that we will genetically modify ourselves using the genes that have doubled our life span since we were chimpanzees.

~ Michio Kaku

All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

~ Boyle Roche