Alone Quotes (1816 quotes)

Picture of quotation author Markus Zusak
„I think to be writer you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always drawn to characters in books and films who were at the fringes.“
― Markus Zusak ―
Picture of quotation author John Zorn
„I don't ascribe to the idea of the ivory tower composer who sits alone in a room composing his masterpieces and then comes down from Mount Sinai with the tablets. It doesn't work like that. The job of a composer is putting something down on a piece of paper that will inspire the person who's playing.“
― John Zorn ―
Picture of quotation author Slavoj Zizek
„You could say, in a vulgar Freudian way, that I am the unhappy child who escapes into books. Even as a child, I was most happy being alone. This has not changed.“
― Slavoj Zizek ―
Picture of quotation author Philip Zimbardo
„My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone go to college.“
― Philip Zimbardo ―
Picture of quotation author Philip Zimbardo
„What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part by so many people spending huge amounts of time alone, isolated on e-mail, in chat rooms, which reduces their face-to-face contact with other people.“
― Philip Zimbardo ―
Picture of quotation author Stephanie Zimbalist
„I enjoy my time alone.“
Picture of quotation author Zig Ziglar
„It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.“
― Zig Ziglar ―
Picture of quotation author Robert Zemeckis
„We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.“
― Robert Zemeckis ―
Picture of quotation author Mao Zedong
„The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.“
― Mao Zedong ―
Picture of quotation author Emil Zatopek
„The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.“
― Emil Zatopek ―
Picture of quotation author Michael Zaslow
„People with fertility problems are not alone. It is a very very common problem for couples today. I've seen statistics that are just staggering.“
― Michael Zaslow ―
Picture of quotation author Pia Zadora
„But there's not enough time in life to go sit at a party, have a drink, and make idle conversation. There's too many important things to do. Just being together with my husband, spending time alone, which I have very little of.“
― Pia Zadora ―
Picture of quotation author Ravi Zacharias
„Only through repentance and faith in Christ can anyone be saved. No religious activity will be sufficient, only true faith in Jesus Christ alone.“
― Ravi Zacharias ―
Picture of quotation author Edward Young
„Virtue alone has majesty in death.“
― Edward Young ―
Picture of quotation author Edward Young
„By all means use some time to be alone.“
― Edward Young ―
Picture of quotation author Kenko Yoshida
„To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations - such is a pleasure beyond compare.“
― Kenko Yoshida ―
Picture of quotation author Peter York
„When I hear about something allegedly happening in the world I always ask: 'Who is doing it?' Trends break out because they're based on real demographics, like there being fewer nuclear families or more people living alone. If 10 people in Shoreditch are doing it, it's a 10-minute fad.“
― Peter York ―
Picture of quotation author Paramahansa Yogananda
„The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.“
Picture of quotation author Janet Yellen
„In 1977, when I started my first job at the Federal Reserve Board as a staff economist in the Division of International Finance, it was an article of faith in central banking that secrecy about monetary policy decisions was the best policy: Central banks, as a rule, did not discuss these decisions, let alone their future policy intentions.“
― Janet Yellen ―
Picture of quotation author William Butler Yeats
„The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.“

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