Themselves Quotes

There's really no such thing as the agony of dying. I'm quite sure that pain is shut off at the moment of death. You see, something happens when the body knows it's about to go. Peptide hormones are released by cells in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. Endorphins. They attach themselves to the cells responsible for feeling pain.

We continue to have nuclear weapons relied on as a weapon of choice. If that policy were to continue, we continue to have countries who are in a security bind, if you like, or perceive themselves to be in security bind to look for acquisition of nuclear weapons.

Political reporters no longer get to decide what's news. The days when a minister gave briefings to a dozen lobby correspondents, and thereby dictated the next day's headlines, are over. Now, a thousand bloggers decide for themselves what is interesting. If enough of them are tickled then, bingo, you're news.

And I definitely gravitate toward people who use laughter to pull themselves out of the abyss.

If the most liberal man that's ever been in office can get elected when 20 percent of the population identifies as liberal then I think we can elect a conservative when 40 percent of the population identifies themselves as conservative.

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves.

Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change.

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.

In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

It's a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three of which I gave birth to. If I was thrown for a loop every time I was distracted I could never get anything done.

The Syrians are trying to say that the Lebanese are not capable of ruling themselves.

Some people are so afraid of getting to know themselves that they live and define their lives through the dreams and goals of others.

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.

There is an epidemic right now of girls dumbing themselves down... in middle school because they think it makes them attractive.

Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love.

Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires.

My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it.

As the Republicans run to the crazy Tea Party right, they leave behind the huge mass of genuinely moderate and independent Americans that make up the majority of voters. The ones that used to consider themselves now-extinct moderate Republicans. They're up for grabs. And the Democrats have to grab them!

If you had an alien race that looked like insects, then they would build robots to look like themselves, not to look like people.

Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.

Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.

When it comes to size, most people don't want to see themselves looking bigger than what they are.

One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.

The idea seems to be to use the next treaty talks to strike a grand bargain: Britain will be helpful to those states wishing to establish a fiscal union among themselves if, in exchange, we can amicably derogate from the aspects of the EU which we dislike.

Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change.

None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.