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Own Quotes by Mitch Albom
- Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.
- You have to work at creating your own culture.
- My own father didn't talk a lot about feelings or emotions.
- Well, for one thing, the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We're teaching the wrong things. And you have to…
- The truth is, part of me is every age. I’m a three-year-old, I’m a five-year-old, I’m a thirty-seven-year-old, I’m a fifty-year-old. I’ve been through all…
- The problem, Mitch, is that we don't believe we are as much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholics and Protestants, men and women.…
- I am every age, up to my own.
- Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define…
- You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-- no matter how smart or accomplished--they cry,…
- In business people negotiate to win. They negotiate to get what they want. Love is different. Love is when you are as concerned about someone…
- Everything man does today to be efficient, to fill the hour? It does not satisfy. It only makes him hungry to do more. Man wants…
- He did not know that the child who had asked for yesterday was now seeking to own tomorrow.
- Man wants to own his existence. But no one owns time.
- She had been so consumed with escaping her own misery, she hadn't considered the misery she might inflict.
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov