“I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.”
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.
“The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.”
“I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.”
“Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control these three alone lead one to sovereign power.”
“All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.”
“The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin.”
“I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
“Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.”
“The only way to get gay issues off the front pages of Canadian newspapers is to grant gay and lesbian people our full civil equality and leave it alone.”
“He travels the fastest who travels alone.”
“Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately when lawful, they do not excite desire.”
“Even though I love solar and love wind, like most people do, I like the renewable sources, they alone are not going to get America energy independent.”
“Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.”
“The majority does not rule in America, but the minority shouldn't hijack it. And it's because we're afraid. They have isolated us and made us feel as though we're alone. We're not.”
“Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.”
“As strong as the United States is, we can't deal with terrorism alone.”
“Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone.”