Quotes of: Himself Keyword

Mitt Romney has outdone himself in choosing Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate.

David Limbaugh

Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

David Mallet

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

He burst into the house and ate Grandma, an entirely valid course of action for a carnivore such as himself.

James Finn Garner

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.

John Locke

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

[to Rita about Phil] Larry: Did he actually call himself "the talent"?

Groundhog Day

Dave Lizewski: [introducing himself] Dave. Dave Lizewski. Hit Girl: [laughs] I know that, dumbass!

Kick-Ass

Scamp with squirt gun: You wet yourself! You wet yourself! Mr.McDunnough wet himself, Daddy!

Raising Arizona

Ruth: So this is the ship they say is unsinkable. Cal Hockley: It is unsinkable. God himself could not sink this ship.

Titanic

Verbal: A man can convince anyone he's somebody else, but never himself.

The Usual Suspects

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader.

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him.

H. G. Wells

The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself.

Leon Trotsky

For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the position left to him.

Gustav Stresemann

The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion.

Emily Carr

He who negates present society, and seeks social conditions based on the sharing of property, is a revolutionary whether he calls himself an anarchist or a communist.

Johann Most

No partner in a love relationship... should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.

May Sarton

When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music.

Lars von Trier