Themselves Quotes

2739 Themselves quotes by 2177 unique authors

Give people the power to shape their lives to their liking, and their souls will take care of themselves. — Ellen Willis
I had hoped that foreboding economic circumstances would have caused the ultra-rich to think not just of themselves and increasing their own personal affluence. Unfortunately,… — Jamie Johnson
Writers like to feel sorry for themselves, which is easy to do in private, but when called on to feel sorry for ourselves in social… — Jonathan Dee
The actors I admire, like Ben Kingsley or Daniel Day-Lewis, they totally reinvent themselves in every part. I hope I get a chance to do… — Lucy Punch
No doubt, corporate CEOs who lie to their shareholders and politicians who lie to their public know and believe intellectually that lying is immoral. Why… — Lewis B. Smedes
As a cartoonist, I am not interested in defending the dominant, the powerful, the well-resourced and the well-armed because such groups are usually not in… — Michael Leunig
So few humans seem to fully exist themselves that I wonder if all this endless speculation and haggling about God is really an exploration of… — Michael Leunig
There are a multitude of mothers in the world who have a daughter who is stolen, or who are stolen daughters themselves. — Tina Brown
Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played… — Faye Wattleton
All great political families have myths: stories they tell themselves about how history happened. — Peggy Noonan
Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a… — Pete Carroll
The New York Dolls did not think of themselves as punk rock. There was no such term at the time. They were just another band… — Todd Rundgren
The earliest known writing probably emerged in southern Mesopotamia around 5,000 years ago, but for most of recorded history, reading and writing remained among the… — Tom Chatfield
The blues are important primarily because they contain the cultural expression and the cultural response to blacks in America and to the situation that they… — August Wilson
You grow great crops in great soil. And the soil is the commons. Increasingly, we have monopolistic companies that try to take as much as… — Tim O'Reilly
I see publishers bemoaning their fate and saying that this is the end of publishing. No! Publishers will recreate themselves. Some of that comes from… — Tim O'Reilly
There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural… — Pat Metheny
When it comes to those who are accused and their right to defend themselves, it is perfectly reasonable to expect relevant evidence to be made… — David Blunkett
History teaches us that, whatever we say, racists will always distort the words of mainstream politicians to make themselves sound more respectable. — David Blunkett
We have learned the need to be flexible or to have flexible forces, agile forces, who can move quickly, secure themselves when they arrive in… — Tommy Franks
Poor speakers create an artificial divide between themselves and the audience. They feel they need to do this in order to establish their own credibility. — James Altucher
I am pretty sure that all young human beings have, at one time or another in their growing-up, been actors. They have used their imaginations… — Tyne Daly
People are incorrigibly themselves. — John Updike
If women want to ensure themselves a meaningful place in the future, they need to be among those determining how the technology will be used.… — Anita Borg
Comedy works best when people recognise themselves. — Jason Alexander

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