Ourselves Quotes
1703 Ourselves quotes by 1336 unique authors
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As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as to others, and…
— Judith Wright
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In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only…
— Ron Wyden
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We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.
— William Butler Yeats
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I think artists can influence only through making music that challenges people, excites them and flips them out. Music that repeats what you know in…
— Thom Yorke
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We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
— Brigham Young
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If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be…
— Howard Zinn
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If we now find ourselves looking down on the cheap and convenient, it is only because we now have better things which are affordable.
— Julian Baggini
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On social networking sites, we may expose ourselves, but we choose to do so. We are in control and, often wrongly, we do not feel…
— Julian Baggini
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I'm aware there are certain products that are being advertised - food products - with 'no chemicals whatsoever.' Well, that would be pretty hard to…
— Francis Collins
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I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our…
— Kevin DeYoung
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Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us enough…
— Michael Eric Dyson
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I think we have to face right in the center of the hurricane, if you will, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s foibles and faults. I think…
— Michael Eric Dyson
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God's purpose in creation was to let us prove ourselves. The plan was explained to us in the spirit world before we were born. We…
— Henry B. Eyring
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To keep ourselves grounded in the Lord's Church, we can and must train our eyes to recognize the power of the Lord in the service…
— Henry B. Eyring
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With the help of the Holy Ghost, we can watch over ourselves. We can pray to recognize and reject the first thoughts of sin. We…
— Henry B. Eyring
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We delude ourselves into believing that morality comes from somewhere else, whereas in reality we behave as we've been told to behave.
— Greg Graffin
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Through consciousness, our minds have the power to change our planet and ourselves. It is time we heed the wisdom of the ancient indigenous people…
— Bruce H. Lipton
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We are bred to compare ourselves to the next person, to what they have and what they have accomplished.
— Niecy Nash
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I think we should all call ourselves feminists.
— Hanna Rosin
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To buy an Apple product is to bet on the longevity of the closed system to which we've committed ourselves. And that system is embodied…
— Douglas Rushkoff
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We Facebook users have been building a treasure lode of big data that government and corporate researchers have been mining to predict and influence what…
— Douglas Rushkoff
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When digital culture first came along, it was supposed to create more time, by allowing us to shift time around. Somehow instead we've strapped devices…
— Douglas Rushkoff
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The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life.…
— Tullian Tchividjian
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Assurance never comes from looking at ourselves. It only comes as a consequence of looking to Christ.
— Tullian Tchividjian
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Because Jesus came to secure for us what we could never secure for ourselves, life doesn't have to be a tireless effort to establish ourselves,…
— Tullian Tchividjian
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