949 private quotes tagged alone

“We're all outsiders in a way. We're all alone and can become very lonely.” — Hugo Weaving

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“Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first.” — Steve Lacy

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“I delight in my family obligations, but they leave little time for breaks let alone quick trips across the country.” — Carre Otis

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“So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.” — Pamela Stephenson

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“The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level.” — Vladimir Kramnik

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“Luckily, my husband is my business partner as well as my life partner, so I never had to do the heavy lifting alone, literally or figuratively.” — Josie Maran

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“Look, the center right coalition in American politics today is best understood as a coalition of groups and individuals that on the issue that brings them to politics what they want from the government is to be left alone.” — Grover Norquist

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“Other nations use 'force' we Britons alone use 'Might'.” — Evelyn Waugh

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“The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.” — Leland Stanford

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“You know golf is very lonely. When I'm in the States, I feel like if I just think about Taiwan, my friends, my fans, I won't feel like I'm alone.” — Yani Tseng

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“I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before.” — Michael Collins

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“When I was in my early 20s, I had my hair permed. Bad idea! It turned into total frizz. My advice to women is, if you have nice hair already, don't get a perm, leave your hair alone!” — Mariska Hargitay

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“It depends on the situation. I mean, on one hand there's the argument that people should be left alone on the other hand, there's the argument to wade in a stop slaughters in places like Bosnia and Kosovo and what we probably should have done in Rwanda.” — Jello Biafra

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“Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minutes before the rest of the other peasants arrived.” — Walter Annenberg

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“I like my life alone.” — Sarah Silverman

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“Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.” — Hilaire Belloc

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“For me the Anita series is built like a mystery series, which means that as much as possible each book stands alone, so you have a mystery to solve from the beginning to the end of the book.” — Laurell K. Hamilton

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“With 'Twilight,' you have these massive tomes that you have to condense. With 'Penoza,' we had an eight episode Dutch series that, just for the pilot alone, I condensed three episodes. So, there's a lot of filling in and a ton of invention that has to happen to fill out eight episodes.” — Melissa Rosenberg

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“It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.” — Dirk Benedict

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“My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.” — Dirk Benedict

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“The question of whether or to what extent human activities are causing global warming is not a matter of ideology, let alone of belief. The issue is simply one of risk management.” — Malcolm Turnbull

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“Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you're hurt, you're really on your own. You're alone, and there's no one to help you.” — Octavia Butler

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“The only people who like to live alone more than comics are priests.” — Colin Quinn

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“All my fans tell me what a glamorous life I have, but I tell them how hard I work and how many nights I spend alone with my dogs, eating chicken pot pie in my bedroom.” — Shannen Doherty

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“By 2050, the Australian population is expected to grow from 22 million to 36 million. That increase alone will put huge pressure on our towns and our cities. We will need more homes, more roads, more rail lines, more hospitals, more schools, just to accommodate so many Australians.” — Kevin Rudd

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