Famous Quotes & Sayings

Samuel Rogers

Then never less alone than when alone.

Samuel Johnson

Study requires solitude, and solitude is a state dangerous to those who are too much accustomed to sink into themselves

Vita Sackville-West

The true solitary ... will feel that he is himself only when he is alone; when he is in company he will feel that he perjures himself, prostitutes himself to the exactions of others; he will feel that time spent in company is time lost; he will be conscious only of his impatience to get back to his true life.

Witold Gombrowicz

Beauty beheld in solitude is even more lethal.

Salvatore Quasimodo

We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.

William Drummond

Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own; Though solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love.

Jose Mujica

Between madness and sanity, there is a shifting boundary. It is impossible to explain. Time slows down and you have to try to fill it. You don't have anything but solitude.

James Anthony Froude

There is always a part of our being into which those who are dearer to us far than our own lives are yet unable to enter.

James Richardson

Solitude takes time. One becomes alone, like a towel drying.

Kenny Rogers

It's not all wet towels and naked women. I was so disappointed to learn that.

Joel Osteen

You know, there is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don't know if I ever wanted to throw in the towel.

David Sedaris

Neighbors would pass, and when they honked I'd remember that I was in my Speedo. Then I'd wrap my towel like a skirt around my waist and remind my sisters that this was not girlish but Egyptian, thank you very much.

Wiz Khalifa

I don't take time off.

Agnes Repplier

Friendship takes time.

Evita Peron

To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time.

James Dyson

There's nothing wrong with things taking time.