Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by unique 6037 authors

The belief in the inevitability of war is a self-fulfilling prophecy... We need an alternative vision, to see the world as one, as interconnected. — Dennis Kucinich
Sometimes, you know, I cry. And sometimes I scream. And I get really angry. And I get really upset, you know, into wallowing in self-pity… — Christina Applegate
On the Left, on the Right, in the Middle; Authors, statesmen, thieves; so-called humanists and self-declared fascists; the adventurous and the contemplative, in every realm… — Andrea Dworkin
Feminism was recognized by the average man as a conflict in which it was impossible for a man, as a chivalrous gentleman, as a respecter… — Wyndham Lewis
My wish is that all all women age 20 and above perform monthly breast self-examinations. — Olivia Newton-John
It makes me self-conscious. It's because I'm known, in the limelight, that it's getting all the gravy, but if you knew, if you saw some… — Audrey Hepburn
Good government is no substitute for self-government. — Mahatma Gandhi
It's harder to end a war than begin one. Indeed, everything that American troops have done in Iraq -- all the fighting and all the… — Barack Obama
It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better. — Ella Maillart
Unlike some people who have experienced the loss of an animal, I did not believe, even for a moment, that I would never get another.… — Cleveland Amory
Style has always been in my mind the author's Self, the creative expression of that Self. — Unknown Author
No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind. — Miguel de Cervantes
Write about what you know and care deeply about. When one puts one's self on paper - that is what is called good writing. — Joel Chandler Harris
Political writing in our time consists almost entirely of prefabricated phrases bolted together like the pieces of a child's Meccano set. It is the unavoidable… — George Orwell
Writing a novel proved to be the hardest, most self-analyzing task I had ever attempted, far worse than an autobiography: and its rewards were greater… — Dick Francis
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be… — David Brin
The less self-conscious you are about what you are about, the better in a way, that is to say technically. You have to get it… — Flannery O'Connor
Only self-educated is educated. Others are merely taught. — Erno Paasilinna
Writing is communication, not self-expression. Nobody in this world wants to read your diary except your mother. — Richard Peck
Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. wThis is the first step towards becoming either estimable… — William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

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