Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin. — David Antin
Self-consciousness is the destroyer of erotic joy. — Ian Mcewan
I wish adults would spend less energy freaking out about the cutting itself and work harder to understand what drives kids to self-harm. — Laurie Halse Anderson
I began to write poetry again in 1975, when I fell in love with another woman. I returned to poetry not because I had “become… — Minnie Bruce Pratt
The painting is always done very much with [the model's] co-operation. The problem with painting a nude, of course, is that it deepens the transaction.… — Lucian Freud
Despite their tremendous talent, (NBA players) are still, by and large, young adults, seeking validation from an authority figure, and there is no greater authority… — Phil Jackson
Women are often belittled for trying to resurrect these men and bring them back to life and to love. They are in a world that… — Bell Hooks
Identity is not inherent. It is shaped by circumstance and sensitivity and resistance to self-pity. — Dorothy West
The evil, Sir, is enormous; the inevitable suffering incalculable. Do not stain the fair fame of the country. . . . Nations of dependent Indians,… — Edward Everett
Local self-government…is the life-blood of liberty. — John Lothrop Motley
Humans: such a brilliant model of emotional self-awareness. — Charles Stross
In all of history, we have found just one cure for error—a partial antidote against making and repeating grand, foolish mistakes, a remedy against self-deception.… — David Brin
Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of one portion of… — John Brown
The public needs art, and it is the responsibility of a ’self-proclaimed artist’ to realize the public needs art, and not to make bourgeois art… — Keith Haring
I know a girl who just looks at her face in the medicine cabinet mirror and never looks below her shoulders, and she's four or… — Andy Warhol
I had over-trained. I put too much pressure on myself because I wanted that gold medal too much. If I had trained 15 per cent… — Unknown Author
Life, after all, was a secret with the self. The more one gave out, the less there remained for the center--that center which she coveted… — Edna O'Brien
Imagine that you are dying. If you had a terminal disease would you finish this book? Why not? The thing that annoys this 10-weeks-to-live self… — Anne Enright
Did we believe a final Reckoning and Judgment; or did we think enough of what we do believe, we would allow more Love in Religion… — William Penn
One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations. — Ludwig van Beethoven
When you have lost your inns, drown your empty selves, for you will have lost the last of England. — Hilaire Belloc
To be one's own master is to be the slave of self. — Natalie Clifford Barney
Eroticism is one of the basic means of self-knowledge, as indispensable as poetry. — Anais Nin
If we experience any failures or setbacks, we do not forget them because they offend our self-esteem. Instead we reflect on them deeply, trying to… — Robert Greene
The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self - our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds. — Robert Greene

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