Best Self Consciousness Sayings

117 Self Consciousness quotes by 105 unique authors

We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting. The self is not the… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
The main thing I don't like about myself is an absurd level of self-consciousness that makes any sort of social encounter an ordeal for me. — Jarvis Cocker
[I] put the question directly to myself: "Suppose that all your objects in life were realized; that all the changes in institutions and opinions which… — John Stuart Mill
Self-consciousness is the curse of the city and all that sophistication implies. — Annie Dillard
The voice of the Constitution is the inescapably solemn self-consciousness of the people giving the law unto themselves. — E L Doctorow
Children are wise in a funny kind of way. They haven't developed so many vested interests of self. There is a wisdom, a lack of… — Frederick Lenz
We hit a stride where all self-consciousness disappeared. — Joshua Leonard
As a busker, one thing that does not work is self-consciousness. A busker needs to be working. A busker needs to shed all ego and… — Glen Hansard
In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social. — James Mark Baldwin
The years between 1800 and 1825 were distinguished, so far as our domestic development was concerned, by the growth of the Western pioneer Democracy in… — Herbert Croly
Regardless of what kind of film, the number one rule of comedy is to never take yourself too seriously and then the next rule is… — Ari Graynor
There is so much truth in children and so little self-consciousness. It always strikes me that they are so capable of losing and finding themselves… — Carson McCullers
Works of art produced in the contemporary world are a further expression of that. But I don't think there is an active, ongoing nihilist self-consciousness… — Leonard Baskin
It would be foolish to despise tradition. But with our growing self-consciousness and increasing intelligence we must begin to control tradition and assume a critical… — Albert Einstein
Constant reading will pull you into a place - a mind-set, if you like the phrase - where you can write eagerly and without self-consciousness. — Stephen King
It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing… — Annie Dillard
Now, learning how to make a movie is something you can figure out in about an afternoon. The physics of it, the marks, the lights,… — Tom Hanks
There's a small percentage of people who can act. There's a small percentage who get to do this for a living. There's a swath of… — Tom Hanks
Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness. — Helen Hayes
Chris Hemsworth is like Christopher Reeve in that he can do two things: he can wear a big red cape without a shred of self-consciousness.… — Tom Hiddleston
I do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity. — Charlie Kaufman
A journal of the 'subjective' kind I have always thought foolish, as nurturing a morbid self -consciousness in the writer; and yet, alone so much… — Lucy Larcom
I enjoy performing, always, but when you're taping a gig, you've got to blank out this mass apparatus of self-consciousness that's surrounding you, this invitation… — Dylan Moran
I keep threatening to keep a formal journal, but whenever I start one it instantly becomes an exercise in self-consciousness. Instead of a journal I… — Walter Dean Myers
Why is failure the first thing I think of when I find myself in this sort of situation? Why can't I just enjoy myself? But… — Nick Hornby

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