Self Possessed Quotes

12 quotes by 11 authors

• Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Or you can broil the meat, fry the onions, stew the garlic in the red wine...and ask me to supper. I'll not care, really, even… — M.F.K. Fisher
• It must have meant something, though, that at this turn of my life I grabbed up a book. Because it was in books that I… — Alice Munro
• Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in opposition to Clinton's… — Dee Dee Myers
• I think the reason I was able to get the jobs I did is because I worked for some very strong, self-possessed filmmakers who wouldn't… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not… — Denis Diderot
• Like the bodies of dancers or athletes, the minds of readers are genuinely happy and self-possessed only when cavorting around, doing their stretches and leaps… — Lynne Sharon Schwartz
• I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how… — Yann Martel
• There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed. — Carrie Fisher
• I keep three framed photographs on my desk: the latest school picture of my daughter; a photo of my wife getting her diploma from the… — Blake Bailey
• Boasting is often carried by certain Americans to the extreme. Often however it is areaction against slights, an effort to veil deficiencies, an effort made… — Adam G De Gurowski

Who Wrote These Self Possessed Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 12 Self Possessed Quotes as follows:

• 1 Self Possessed Quote by M.F.K. Fisher
• 1 Self Possessed Quote by Alice Munro
• 1 Self Possessed Quote by Dee Dee Myers
• 1 Self Possessed Quote by Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• 1 Self Possessed Quote by Denis Diderot
• 1 Self Possessed Quote by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
• 1 Self Possessed Quote by Yann Martel
• 1 Self Possessed Quote by Carrie Fisher
• 1 Self Possessed Quote by Blake Bailey
• 1 Self Possessed Quote by Adam G De Gurowski
• 1 Self Possessed Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson