“People who think of themselves as being entirely self-sufficient are, in fact, selfish. They nearly always proclaim their opinions as the only… — Samuel Britten Copy Share Image
I was thinking that I should be content to kiss him until the break of day. Bertrand ran out of kisses too… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
Kami'd always retold her fairy tales to make the fair maidens braver and more self-sufficient, but she had never had any real… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
In photography we must learn to seek, not the 'picture,' not the aesthetic of tradition, but the ideal instrument of expression, the… — Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Copy Share Image
He made his colours, built his stretchers, plastered his canvas, painted his pictures, carpentered his frames, and painted them. 'Too bad I… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
From 16 to 21 when I was self sufficient and working in factories. I packed batteries, boxes, and make-up with heroin addicts.… — Jay Kay Copy Share Image
Because a God who is ultimately most focused on his own glory will be about the business of restoring us, who are… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Take away a man's actual sense of manhood - which is conventionally based on the ability to work, to earn money, to… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Working in local news makes you very self-sufficient, which is a good thing because you know how all the different jobs work.… — Shannon Bream Copy Share Image
There is so much focus on being self-sufficient, and it makes it very difficult to ask for things. I've been crippled by… — Mary H.K. Choi Copy Share Image
I haven't lived in Sweden since I was a teenager. We lived in southern Sweden, about two hours north of Copenhagen, where… — Neneh Cherry Copy Share Image
The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity,… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
We who are rich are often demanding and difficult. We shut ourselves up in our apartments and may even use a watchdog… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
If we affirm one moment, we thus affirm not only ourselves but all existence. For nothing is self-sufficient, neither in us ourselves… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“A person is not a closed system, they can never be fully self-sufficient. We need each other because we cannot make everything… — Frank Chimero Copy Share Image
The myth of self-sufficiency blinds us to the workings of other forces in family life. For families are not now, nor were… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
The female psyche is inherently self-sufficient, because female sexuality is inherently self-sufficient. I think women are maybe more comfortable, or women are… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
Any child who is self-sufficient, who can tie his shoes, dress or undress himself, reflects in his joy and sense of achievement… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
I feel I must acknowledge that gay people are, generally speaking, funnier, more self-sufficient, and better in crises and I should step… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
I think there is no way to write about being alone. To write is to tell something to somebody to communicate to… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
People who read books in public places are regarded with suspicion because they appear self-sufficient. When you seem self-sufficient, other people think… — Jessica Zafra Copy Share Image
I learned a lot from more experienced mountaineers, such as Peter Habeler, but by the time I was about 21 I reckoned… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
The old model for India was to be self-sufficient. It was the ideal India became independent with, that you spin your own… — Lee Hsien Loong Copy Share Image
Cats ... are completely self-sufficient and can leave you at any time and go off and make a living. And yet cats… — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
Before I got here, I thought for a long time that the way out of the labyrinth was to pretend that it… — John Green Copy Share Image
No amount of technical knowledge and competence is, of itself, sufficient to make a craftperson into an artist. That requires caring -… — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
“Finally, we learn to be completely self-sufficient and create our own earthquakes, so our mental process feeds itself explosive inspirations without the… — Josh Waitzkin Copy Share Image
He who is usually self-sufficient becomes exceptionally vain and keenly alive to fame and praise when he is physically ill. The more… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of… — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
But the very act of pausing in a busy day to pray is an act of weakening pride in my life, acknowledging… — C. J. Mahaney Copy Share Image
It's never the same relationship. I see my job as filling in the blanks. Whatever it is that the artist lacks in… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
Because he is; that is, because he is an infinitely glorious, good, wise, holy, powerful, righteous, self-subsisting , self-sufficient , and all-sufficient… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Politicians detest self-sufficient citizens. Politicians need to be needed. When we get socialized medicine, you will be completely dependent upon politicians for… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
What Mr. Muhammad says is, they should take their Navy and their - Merchant Fleet and ship us back where they got… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
We are aware that the order of God requires the exercise of humility, but not of servility of slaves; but a humility… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being Jewish myself, I somehow didn't see the problem: who cares what a mentally ill (but strangely likable) individual says? If he… — Jeremy Silman Copy Share Image
“His aim was the creation of self sufficient small towns,really very nice towns if you were docile and had no plans of… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world. Just as a flower, by… — Hans Hofmann Copy Share Image
