Own Terms Quotes

148 Own Terms quotes by 135 unique authors

I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered. Nobody I knew talked about movies that way, but Siskel… — Sarah Vowell
But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms. — Dan Simmons
I think sometimes could I only have music on my own terms, could I live in a great city, and know where I could go… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I got into the music industry, I wasn't focused on being the most famous artist or even getting a major record deal. It was… — Janelle Monae
You and I both know there's got to be some greater storyline for you than 'girl gets heart broken, was sad forever'. I think a… — Taylor Swift
The people have now come to realize that the only way to deal with the oppressor is to deal on our own terms and this… — Bobby Seale
I can understand other people's situations in their own terms, but I still can't understand mine. — Edie Sedgwick
It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours... better in many ways! I have the faith that you young… — Boyd K. Packer
There is no appeal from the ways of the world, which must continue on its own terms or take us all down with it into… — Mark Van Doren
Goodness that comes out of hiding and assumes a public role is no longer good, but corrupt in its own terms and will carry its… — Hannah Arendt
I suppose if I had my time again I would refuse it and stay at Fulham because I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, and secondly… — Kevin Keegan
I love the novel of 'The English Patient'; I think it's a profoundly beautiful novel. I love the movie of 'The English Patient'; I think… — Ayelet Waldman
I've worked really hard to build up a career on my own. I turned 30 recently and it took me a long time to get… — Duncan Jones
The avant-garde poet or artist tries in effect to imitate God by creating something valid solely on its own terms. — Clement Greenberg
In the beginning I tried to accommodate everything there that was somewhere between art and garbage and that somehow seemed important to me and a… — Gerhard Richter
As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to Europe to heal the wounds between the United States and… — Andrew Greeley
The best introduction by far to representation of the human figure in art. The Nude is a beautifully written work of sophisticated connoisseurship that analyzes… — Camille Paglia
I know that plenty of folks have issues with Social Security, but I'd urge them to confront it on its own terms. Calling it a… — Mitchell Zuckoff
All of life is more or less what the French would call s'imposer, to be able to create one's own terms for what one does. — Kenneth Tynan
Once I started reinventing for myself what being an artist was - not going into a studio, but making things on my own terms in… — Cornelia Parker
I want to die on my own terms. — Brittany Maynard
I make my own time. I make my own terms. I cannot see how God or Nature can ever get the start of me. — Henry David Thoreau
As a senior in high school, you figure out what you want to do with your life. I asked myself if I wanted to get… — Macaulay Culkin
It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You… — Mos Def
I've run into certain geniuses of individualism - they are very few and far between - who live their lives completely on their own terms;… — David Duchovny

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