He is a lyric poet . . . aloof from the swirling currents in which many of his colleagues are immersed. — Samuel Barber Copy Share Image
There is no more certain sign of a narrow mind, of stupidity, and of arrogance, than to stand aloof from those who… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
With the abolition of otium and of the ego no aloof thinking is left. ... Without otium philosophical thought is impossible, cannot… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
No Indian who aspires to follow the way of true religion can afford to remain aloof from politics. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The key is in remaining just aloof enough from a painting so that you know when to stop. — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
I find a fascination, like the fascination for the moth of a star, in those who hold aloof and disdain me. — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
By a conscious effort of the mind we can stand aloof from actions and their consequences; and all things, good and bad,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A poet can't afford to be aloof. The tools of his trade are the people he bumps up against. — Rod McKuen Copy Share Image
To know that you are neither the body nor mind, watch yourself steadily and live unaffected by your body and mind, completely… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
In other countries, congenital introverts simply remain introverts all their lives, neither advancing nor retreating, but America's commitment to extroversion as a… — Florence King Copy Share Image
Only in education, never in the life of farmer, sailor, merchant, physician, or laboratory experimenter, does knowledge mean primarily a store of… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The artist and his work are not to be separated. The most willfully foolish man cannot stand aloof from his folly, but… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I enjoy feeling fastidious and aloof. I enjoy saying no, always no, and I should be afraid of any attempt to construct… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
People tell me all the time that I look forbidding or aloof. That doesn't bother me much - I am fairly private,… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share Image
Being aloof is something that you are the only person in your world,… with identical thoughts and you are the only true,… — Leo Felix Prabhu Copy Share Image
I've always felt like my music would stand for itself and I would stand for myself. So I've kept my music a… — Kenna Copy Share Image
In like manner, everyone who has received from God the power of distinguishing and yet follows an unskillful pastor and receives a… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
I don’t need you sensitive, Skulduggery. I need you aloof and irresponsible and arrogant. That’s why I love you. That’s why I… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
Whoever you are, bear in mind that appearance is not reality. Some people act like extroverts, but the effort costs them energy,… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. ... It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like… — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“There was silence between them for moment, and she wondered if all women, when in love, were torn between two impulses, a… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
John asked me to dance and I nearly died. Bingo! I then amazed myself by being very cool, calm and collected outwardly-inside… — Cynthia Lennon Copy Share Image
King Arthur is profoundly stupid and inept.. then there's Clive Owen, rising above it all. Aloof yet watchful, the actor cultivates an… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
I'm known as a strange, aloof kind of man. But all I'm doing is trying to protect myself and my work. — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
In politics one may remain aloof and become irrelevant or get involved and get corrupted. — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Nice words and nice appearance doesn't conclude that someone is nice, i believe that the nicer you look, the more deceptive you… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Relax; the world's not watching that closely. It's too busy contemplating itself in the mirror.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I love Obama's calm and dignity. A lot of people confuse that with being aloof, but I know people that have held… — Stephen Stills Copy Share Image
I become irritated when I am being written off as aloof or stand-offish when I'm shy and don't know what to say. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Love's not love When it is mingled with regards that stand Aloof from th' entire point. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
When you have tools with which to stalk everyone all the time, the most seemingly aloof person wins. — Mary H.K. Choi Copy Share Image
Being aloof, gruff, or stern never got anyone anywhere. Who wants to be treated like that? Certainly not you. And surely not… — Wayne D. Dosick Copy Share Image
Ah, happiness courts the light so we deem the world is gay. But misery hides aloof so we deem that misery there… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
While we keep aloof in general statements, there is little fruit to be expected; it is the hand-fight that does execution. — Joseph Alleine Copy Share Image
The sense of beauty is intuitive, and beauty itself is all that inspires pleasure without, and aloof from, and even contrarily to… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
So once I shut down my privilege of disliking anyone I choose and holding myself aloof if I could manage it, greater… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
“People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent (Both types are crawling around deep down in the rabbit's fur!)” — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“A man must not hold himself aloof from the things which his friends and community have at heart if he would be… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I know that keeping aloof is not a wise thing but since I have nothing to prove, please don't depict me as… — Suresh Gopi Copy Share Image
![“But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is the common umpire to decide ultimately between them? In cases of little importance or urgency, the prudence of both parties will keep them aloof from the questionable ground…” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/thomas-jefferson-43_aloof_but-you-may-ask-if-the-two-departments-i_1638614.jpg)
