Quotes with self-expression

Quotes 241 till 260 of 808.

  • Assata Shakur I believe in self-defense and self-determination for Africans and other oppressed people in America.
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • David Herbert Lawrence I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur of life, of human life, troubling his hitherto unconscious self.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.
    Ayaan Hirsi Ali
    Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist and author (1969 - )
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  • Aristotle I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Anthony Trollope I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the sentiment of love between a man and a woman, than there is between two thrushes. They whistle and call to each other, guided by instinct rather than by reason.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Busy Philipps I do think moms should be given a break, all across the board. And I think that the most important thing is that you're healthy. After I had my little girl, I wanted to be healthy for her and have a healthy body image so that she hopefully grows up to see that her self worth isn't defined by how thin she is.
    Busy Philipps
    American actress and writer (1979 - )
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  • Malcolm X I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Arsenio Hall I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.
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  • A. E. van Vogt I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.
    A. E. van Vogt
    Canadian-born science fiction author (1912 - 2000)
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  • Bruce Dickinson I enjoy making solo albums because over the years it's evolved into more of a genuine personal expression of story-telling and day dreams, and I work in a way that has more control.
    Bruce Dickinson
    English singer and songwriter (1958 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau I fear chiefly lest my expression may not be extravagant enough, may not wander far enough beyond the narrow limit of my daily experience, so as to be adequate to the truth of which I have been convinced. Extravagance! it depends on how you are yarded.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is so much aspiration in them, so much audacious hope and trembling fear, so much of the heart's history, that all errors and shortcomings are for a while lost sight of in the amiable self assertion of youth.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Anthony Doerr I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on.
    Anthony Doerr
    American author (1973 - )
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  • Henry Miller I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • E. F. Schumacher I have no doubt that it is possible to give a new direction to technological development, a direction that shall lead it back to the real needs of man, and that also means: to the actual size of man. Man is small, and, therefore, small is beautiful. To go for giantism is to go for self-destruction.
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  • Yves Saint-Laurent I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.
    Yves Saint-Laurent
    French fashion designer (1936 - 2008)
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  • Albert Einstein I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have brought me to my ideas.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Jane Austen I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Abbott Eliot Kittredge I suppose that every parent loves his child; but I know without any supposing, that in a large number of homes the love is hidden behind authority, or its expression is crowded out by daily duties and cares.
    Abbott Eliot Kittredge
    American minister (1834 - 1912)
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  • Bryan Batt I think in your home, you should only use colors that you look good in. It's a little self-serving but think if it as you're on a stage. Not with any pressure, but you want to showcase yourself.
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
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