Own Quotes

When I grew up in the '60s, we were actually dominated by this, you know, sort of conforming '50s culture, even though we were like trying to express our own culture, like, the dominant culture was the thing that was forming us. And I think that that's true today.

From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

Let us agree here today to adopt among ourselves a simple and unwritten rule. We will not rise to criticize someone else's idea unless we are prepared to offer an alternative idea of our own.

What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.

The days when a car aficionado could repair his or her own car are long past, due primarily to the high software content.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

I like to control my own personal life.

The artists I look up to are the ones who push their own limits.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.

There's the psychotic ambitious side of myself that wants a fashion line and my own network and be like a combination of Oprah and Gwen Stefani. And have a perfume. Definitely a perfume.

Marriage is a reflection of your life in general: how you treat people, how you argue, how secure you are in your own thoughts. How vehemently do you argue your point of view? With what disdain do you view the other's point of view?

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

Islam is about finding your own space.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.

Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members.

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.

A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

When it comes to the economy, my highest priority as President will be worrying about your job, not saving my own.

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.