Quotes About Themselves

Facts, according to my ideas, are merely the elements of truths, and not the truths themselves; of all matters there are none so utterly useless by themselves as your mere matters of fact.

America is nation of people striving to make life better for themselves and for their families.

They call themselves SeaWings," Willow whispered. "And they come from the Distant Kingdoms.

How strange. Humans always seem so much in control. Is it just a grand act, to fool both others and themselves?

Give to a gracious message a host of tongues, but let ill tidings tell themselves when they be felt.

The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.

I just keep making the same mistake," she said. "I go to a party and I kiss some guy who I would never think of kissing at school. Guys I don't even really like. It's as though out here, in the woods, they're going to reveal some secret side of themselves. But they're always just the same.

It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and, before sifting them, one must be careful in the first place to eliminate from our inquiry the cases of that considerable class of persons who pinch themselves.

Maybe its time for politicians to fight back a little bit in terms of this notion that politicians are all in it for themselves, we're all the same, we're not driven by sincere motives. Because the fact of the matter is the vast majority are.

Venture capitalists certainly create value for themselves, but they also singularly create value for the rest of the world.

For a long time the gods had been in close contact with humanity. Then they became disgusted, or discouraged, and they removed themselves. But maybe they would come back again, approach the stray soul who was still curious.

my money guy Richard is going without a tie now, like a politician who wants to appeal to the suffering common man (or perhaps every morning his firm takes the ties and shoelaces away from the brokers and financial planners to keep them from offing themselves)

The evil that machinery is doing is not merely in the consequence of its work but in the fact that it makes men themselves machines also.

I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they all work really hard.

I think the people who've been the most overconfident in our business in the last decade have been the people that called themselves risk managers.

You have to trust the words. They do not create anything more than themselves.

I think you need people who can advise you; that is more important that an agent. They are important because they help players move, but I have some experience of agents working with players who have done things not to help the player but to help themselves.

Value innovation requires companies to orient the whole system toward achieving a leap in value for both buyers and themselves.

I think that's the unique thing about our league is each year is a new opportunity for anybody to step up and make something of themselves.

They waited for life to happen to them. They waited for someone to save them. Or heal them. They did nothing for themselves.

The battles rent the skies: the air itself burned, and gods clawed the flesh from each other's bones.

News consumers were equally fascinated and horrified, like watching a car wreck where the victims repeatedly tried to hurt themselves more instead of accepting medical help.

With this group. With the Equilibrium. Which is what they were calling themselves, anyway. I thought it was a stupid name. But they weren't giving me a vote. And if they did I would probably name it "The League of Assholes," so I don't think they would mind not having my input.

The dying are selfish, he thought; they want their moments to themselves, like children.