Quotes about self
self law arbitrary
Heydrich, Eichmann, and company therefore invoke the usual trick of argument for breaking a true continuum that lacks a compelling point for separation: choose an arbitrary dividing line and then treat it as a self-evident law of nature. Stephen Jay Gould
self vision stones
Before Kuhn , most scientists followed the place-a-stone-in-the-bright-temple-of-knowledge tradition, and would have told you that they hoped, above all, to lay many of the bricks, perhaps even the keystone, of truth's temple. Now most scientists of vision hope to foment revolution. We are, therefore, awash in revolutions, most self-proclaimed.
selfish kids inspire
When your kid is being selfish or greedy and you want to help them not be that way, you have to find a way to articulate it and inspire them. Louis C. K.
self helping shows
I've always got the road. Stand-up makes you so autonomous and self-sufficient that it really helps with that part of show business.
self-esteem
To me, self-esteem is not self-love. It is self-acknowledgment, as in recognizing and accepting who you are. Amity Gaige
self-esteem joy self-love
You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing. Ram Dass
self-esteem esteem shortcomings
You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing.
self track people
My fear is that many institutions will eventually alter how they treat people who refuse to self-track. There are all sorts of political and moral implications here, and I'm not sure that we have grappled with any of them. Evgeny Morozov
self fool interfere
What a fool I would have been to let self-respect interfere with my happiness! Kurt Vonnegut
selfish stories remember
A story has to be a good date, because the reader can stop at any time. Remember, readers are selfish and have no compulsion to be decent about anything.
self ideas use
Gandhi’s idea of swadeshi—that local societies should put their own resources and capacities to use to meet their needs as a basic element of freedom—is becoming increasingly relevant. We cannot afford to forget that we need self-rule, especially in this world of globalization. Vandana Shiva
self example denied
If thou dost seek to have what thou dost hide, By self-example mayst thou be denied. William Shakespeare
self-knowledge
You have to know what's important and what's unimportant, for you.
self two rights
No! on Human Rights and Freedom, on a subject that is as self-evident as that two and two make four, there is no need of any written authority. Ernestine Rose
self-esteem guy champion
I was just starting out, trying to become a screenwriter, and I became the Austin slam champion three times. For a nerdy, kind of a socially awkward guy, that did wonders for my self esteem. Ernest Cline
self rumor sincerity
And yet because of my attempt at sincerity I have been condemned, hooted at, reviled; filthy rumors have been circulated about me, not about my characterizations but about me personally, my private self. Erich von Stroheim
self-esteem men ego
You know men. We have delicate egos. Cassandra Clare
self capable
We are ever capable of change and ever capable of being our better selves
self one-true-love remains
Unfortunatley, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains my self.
self faces said
she was glad she had been scarred. She said that whoever loved her now would love her true self, and not her pretty face.
self-esteem creative quirky
Prior to being bullied, I was a very footloose sixth-grader. You know, I was quirky, I was creative - I really felt good in my own body. And when I was bullied in seventh grade, my self-esteem tanked. Carolyn Mackler
self-esteem underestimate never-underestimate
Never underestimate yourself
self solitude pace
I've always been drawn to solitude, felt a kind of luxurious relief in its self-generated pace and rhythms. Caroline Knapp
self order events
By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to make herself known, has to allow her own self-awareness to inform the events she describes.
self-esteem risk needs
Mastery over the body - its impulses, its needs, its size - is paramount; to lose control is to risk beauty, and to risk beauty is to risk desirability, and to risk desirability is to risk entitlement to sexuality and love and self-esteem.
self cottages substance
Cottage cheese is one of our culture's most visible symbols of self-denial; marketed honestly, it would appear in dairy cases with warning labels: this substance is self-punitive; ingest with caution.
self political guessing
I'm guessing that musicals didn't make sense anymore because of the changes in the political environment that began in the late Sixties, an era of self-awareness and social revolutions. Carmen Ejogo
selfish player people
I know I'm not a selfish player. People around me know I'm not a selfish player. I do everything I can to make people around me understand I'm not a selfish player. Carmelo Anthony
selfish mean ambitious
To talk only about national security, national defense, means to be selfish, ambitious. It is discrimination, isolation. "It is just me. What do I care about others?" Evo Morales
self ideas desire
It is extremely natural for us to desire to see such our thoughts put into the dress of words, without which indeed we can scarce have a clear and distinct idea of them our selves. Eustace Budgell
self forget-everything shy
I was very, very nervous about the naked scenes. I'm very shy and reserved. But it was Bertolucci and I have seen Last Tango. It's not pornographic. He's a master of eroticism. I stopped being self-conscious. You have to forget everything. Eva Green
self class roots
In Bolivia, the middle class, intellectuals and the self-employed are proud of their Indian roots. Unfortunately, some oligarchic groups continue to treat us as being inferior.
self special important
I'd rather call myself a mischief-maker, an imp, rather than a satirist. Satirist sounds so self important. Plus no one is calling himself an imp right now. It makes me feel special. Mo Rocca