“I never knew I'd be in a musical, let alone win an award for one.”
Solitude is not the same as loneliness, though they often get confused. This collection explores both — the ache of isolation and the quiet power of being comfortable in your own company. Some of these quotes will make you want to reach out to someone; others will make you want to sit with yourself a while longer.
“Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.”
“I never knew I'd be in a musical, let alone win an award for one.”
“What I'm trying to do is get this message out about self-empowerment, entrepreneurial spirit and true Americanism - the way we were when we changed the world, when Edison was alone, failing his 2,000th time on the lightbulb.”
“It is very easy to love alone.”
“I was always such a people-watcher. I would sit on street corners alone and watch people and make up stories about them in my head. Then, all of a sudden, I was the one being watched.”
“Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.”
“I like video games, but they are very violent. I want to create a video game in which you have to help all the characters who have died in the other games. 'Hey, man, what are you playing?' 'Super Busy Hospital. Could you leave me alone? I'm performing surgery! This guy got shot in the head, like, 27 times!'”
“The radiation left over from the Big Bang is the same as that in your microwave oven but very much less powerful. It would heat your pizza only to minus 271.3*C - not much good for defrosting the pizza, let alone cooking it.”
“I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely.”
“In Turkey, you're not allowed to be left alone in the hospital. The nurse teaches the family how to do things, and somebody is always there with the patient.”
“Making checklists of things you're looking for in a person is the numero uno thing you can do to guarantee you'll be alone forever.”
“I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key.”
“Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.”
“We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.”
“A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.”
“I get a friend to travel with me... I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It's hard to be alone.”