Itself Quotes

2191 Itself quotes by 1729 unique authors

When one puts up a building one makes an elaborate scaffold to get everything into its proper place. But when one takes the scaffold down,… — Andres Segovia
A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices. — Johan Huizinga
Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my… — Therese of Lisieux
The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself. — Aaron Allston
The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama — Edward Bond
Perfection itself is imperfection. — Vladimir Horowitz
We too, through lack of knowledge and of sufficiently mature reflection, mistook the visible outward appearance of the phenomenon for the phenomenon itself. — Leon Jouhaux
The voters reward good performance. So, I'm going to go out and focus, if I become the governor, to do the very best job I… — Dave Heineman
You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep… — Eli Whitney
At Geneva, the neutral states were often in agreement concerning the preliminaries for Genoa, and Genoa itself was marked by a quite natural mutual exchange… — Hjalmar Branting
Sexuality itself means mortality - equally for both man and woman. — Leon Kass
I am inspired by human sexuality. The act itself is mechanical and holds little interest to me. — Jerzy Kosinski
The left has lost touch with popular opinion, thereby making it possible for the right to present itself as the party of common sense. — Christopher Lasch
Five years ago I figured we were at the top of our game and that was the best it was going to get, but with… — Tim McGraw
Life itself is a school, and Nature always a fresh study. — Hugh Miller
Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends, to the eternal world; it has proved itself stronger than… — William Ralph Inge
I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself. — James Herbert
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from… — George Henry Borrow
Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying. — Polly Toynbee
What hadn't been realized in the literature until now is that merely to describe how severely something has been tested in the past itself embodies… — Robert Nozick
He who has seen everything empty itself is close to knowing what everything is filled with. — Antonio Porchia
Tech is a funny industry; I don't think there is any other industry on the planet that reinvents itself every 10-12 years. — Edward Zander
The house itself is of minor importance. Its relation to the community is the thing that really counts. — Clarence Stein
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us… — Seneca the Younger
Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself. — Margaret Atwood

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