Themselves Quotes

Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.

I'm a Scorpio, and Scorpios eat themselves out and burn themselves up like me.

As the mother teaches her children how to express themselves in their language, so one Gypsy musician teaches the other. They have never shown any need for notation.

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.

Actually, I don't think there's anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves.

Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.

Little girls are taught to be dependent, incapable of valuing themselves in many aspects of their daily lives.

Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work.

An audience is going to be able to find a little bit of Dorothy in themselves and relate to this woman.: roles like Dorothy Day are so rare in Hollywood.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.

I'm just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

You all know that each title in the Chronicles has a chess theme; that's partly because of the overall design of the Chronicles themselves - the game of chess as an analogue of the game of life.

In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselves.

With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an entirely different track - one which sees them move into fulfilling and sustainable work. In doing so, they will pull themselves out of poverty.

Politicians talk themselves red, white, and blue in the face.

The shock of the way I mix patterns and fabrics can be disconcerting, but what I am trying to do is provoke new ideas about how pieces can be put together in different ways. I think this is a more modern way to wear clothes that in themselves are fairly classic.

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.

But we have created a society that does not allow opportunities for those people to take care of themselves because we have denied them those opportunities.

I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost. I don't really need to do that, and I thought if I could do something for sport in Scotland, that would be really fulfilling.

I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

I feel that the majority of people should decide for themselves what kind of government they want.

I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they define themselves out of the business after a decade or so.

They are more human and more brotherly towards one another, it seems to me, than we are. But perhaps that is merely because they feel themselves to be more unfortunate than us.

One of the matters that must be addressed is that Rwanda and Uganda have to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We're also supporting processes to ensure that the political dialogue among the Congolese themselves takes place so that the people there can decide their future.

With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.

Yeah, I do like scary movies, especially the ones that don't take themselves too seriously.