I began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and that if the cancer was not removed the president himself would... →
John Dean
It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't... →
Mos Def
Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual's contribution far more than the individual himself.
W. Edwards Deming
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
Democritus
No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
Demosthenes
If we do not want to be pained by anybody we must not pain anybody; and how can man consider himself humane if he wants to live at the cost of others.
Morarji Desai
When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.
Charles Dickens
To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order... →
Denis Diderot
A person in my position has to restrain himself.
Vin Diesel
The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the paint. The self is... →
Annie Dillard