Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.
'The Guardian,' with its deep journalistic traditions, is careful about context and explanation. It sees itself as a gatekeeper, and it worries about consequences.
Even if consumer confidence hit rock bottom, that most likely would not be enough, by itself, to cause a depression.
History is the most patient of teachers. If Man doesn't get the lesson, it keeps repeating itself until he finally gets it.
The house itself is of minor importance. Its relation to the community is the thing that really counts.
Like sin itself, Satan appeals to the senses. He originated and perfected the art of disguising evil as good.
No country by itself and in an isolated manner would ever be able to effectively address the challenges it faces.
Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything is attributed to it, assigned to it from outside the thing itself, by people.
Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress.
By turning every Yahoo search box into a Bing box, Microsoft may have bought itself the exposure it needs to be the next Google.
The basic notion was the idea that the loudspeaker should have a voice which was unique and not just an instrument of reproduction, but an instrument unto itself.
It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other sciences.
The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself.
You don't have to wait for an inspiration to fulfil your dream because a dream is an inspiration itself.
The Goddamn human race deserves itself, and as far as I'm concerned it can have it.
Time itself is only as real as your own mental discrimination between the revelation and concealment of the one Light.
If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.
When you live by the sea, there are definite seasons when you can see the weather coming and going, which lends itself to photography.
Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
When the state itself is held to the same moral standards as everyone else, it dies. And that's a wonderful thing.
Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
