Himself Quotes

The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history.

Back in 1995, Bill Gates himself didn't understand that the internet was the direction computing was going.

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.

Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values... God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.

The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants.

There is always one person on the set who has a lot of anxiety, an actor who is really intense and has to stay in character and holds himself away from the rest of us.

When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a bargain.

Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.

The truth is, the secular world isn't too enamored with Jesus. And they're not too enamored with someone who is leading people to Jesus. So if you're out there talking about people's sins, and you're talking about righteousness, you will get pushback. Jesus Himself did. The apostles did. I mean, there's persecution all up and down the line.

Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understanding that man has of himself in relation to the foundation and the limit of his existence.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Conversely, beware the man who does nothing but ask you questions about yourself and offers no information about himself. Not only is he keeping you at bay, he is probably not listening to your answers.

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.

This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors but that of the patronage, there is really no government vested in them at all.

The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.

Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.

I am an old sinner; and if God had designed mercy for me, he would have called me home to himself before now.

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.

My other brother-in-law died. He was a karate expert, then joined the army. The first time he saluted, he killed himself.

Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.

The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes.

I've always said I'm not the kind of designer who likes to lock himself away in a studio and let the rest of the company deal with it. I work very closely with everyone on the team.

Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits him.

It's true that Blake was emotionally disturbed - always has been - but he doesn't have murder in his heart. If he was going to do any damage to anything or anyone, it would be to himself.

He who knows himself is enlightened.

The worst situation you can have in a thriller is a lead who looks like he can handle himself.

Woody Allen is really the ultimate. I love that he believed in himself enough to do what he did. And I have that same feeling - that there's nobody that looks like me in movies, nobody would cast me as a romantic lead, but I want to do it and I feel confident that I can.

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about.

The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.