“I'm content where I am. I know I am going to be a Cowboy for life.”
Terrell Owens (1973) former American football wide receiver
Tom Orsborn (July 27, 2008) "Owens one happy camper", San Antonio Express-News, p. 01C.
Song lyrics, Earth Moving (1989)
“I'm content where I am. I know I am going to be a Cowboy for life.”
Terrell Owens (1973) former American football wide receiver
Tom Orsborn (July 27, 2008) "Owens one happy camper", San Antonio Express-News, p. 01C.
“Like an angel, standing in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise, I know I'm going to shine.”
John Perry Barlow (1947–2018) American poet and essayist
"Estimated Prophet" on the Grateful Dead album Terrapin Station (1977); lyrics by Barlow http://artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/agdl/estimate.html, music by Bob Weir · Grateful Dead performance at Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ (27 April 1977) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WAK2vihBdw · JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA (7 July 1989) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR5iB3ITGIU <br class="br">Context: p>My time coming, any day, don't worry about me, no<br>Been so long I felt this way, I'm in no hurry, no.<br>Rainbows end down that highway where ocean breezes blow<br>My time coming, voices saying, they tell me where to go.<br>Don't worry 'bout me, no no, don't worry 'bout me, no<br>And I'm in no hurry, no no no, I know where to go. California, preaching on the burning shore<br>California, I'll be knocking on the golden door<br>Like an angel, standing in a shaft of light<br>Rising up to paradise, I know I'm going to shine.</p
Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist
Responding to a press conference question as to whether he was a "card-carrying" member of the Black Muslims, as quoted in The New York Times (27 February 1964) http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F4091EF7355D17738DDDAE0A94DA405B848AF1D3; also in Sports Illustrated (9 March 1964). <br class="br">Context: I believe in Allah and in peace. I don't try to move into white neighborhoods. I don't want to marry a white woman. I was baptized when I was twelve, but I didn't know what I was doing. I'm not a Christian anymore. I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be... I'm free to be what I want.
“I know too well what I am going to say. I know it too well before writing.”
Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist
“I don't know where it's going, but I'm sticking with it!”
Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) American jazz singer, pianist, comedian and actor
Said after joining chorus girls in a conga line onstage, as quoted in "Tips on Tables" by Robert W. Dana (30 March 1951) http://www.bigbandsandbignames.com/durante.html
Julie Garwood (1946) American writer
Source: The Secret
“I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.”
Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) American writer and editor
Incidentals (1904)
Variant: I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.
Source: Breathing Tokens
