#alone

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. ↗

— John Burroughs

#alone #fast #go #guide #hold

The population forecast for the United States in 1970 is 170 million. The population forecast for Russia alone in 1970 is 251 million. The implications are clear. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#clear #forecast #implications #million #population

A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode. ↗

— Chanakya

#alone #bad #born #consequences #dies

What does it mean to not be alone? I've approached that question through music, technology, writing and other means. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#approached #does #i #mean #means

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

#benevolence #craving #gift #himself #implies

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

#could #leave #life #people #wonderful

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone. ↗

— John Cheever

#i #kiss #like #precisely #reader

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#alone #learn #life #minuses #plusses

I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans. ↗

— Michael Chertoff

#go #huge #i #i think #idea

The more alone I am, the more focused I can get. I've written things with people, some of which I liked and others I think are total travesties. Collaborating is trying to make a piece of music and get someone else to come up with the ideas. What's the fun of that? ↗

— Alex Chilton

#am #collaborating #come #else #focused