#himself

An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose. ↗

— A. P. Herbert

#enjoys #except #himself #never #noble

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death. ↗

— Gilbert Highet

#drunk #eaten #ever #himself #many

The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of. ↗

— Fred Hoyle

#always #beware #everything #flashy #himself

But after he was pleased to reveal himself to me I did presently, like Abraham, run to Hagar. And after that he did let me see the atheism of my own heart, for which I begged of the Lord that it might not remain in my heart. ↗

— Anne Hutchinson

#after #atheism #begged #did #heart

Think of all the really successful men and women you know. Do you know a single one who didn't learn very young the trick of calling attention to himself in the right quarters? ↗

— Storm Jameson

#calling #do you know #himself #know #learn

If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself. ↗

— Kris Kristofferson

#better #god #himself #i #i think

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper. ↗

— Stanley Kubrick

#buys #filmmaker #freedom #himself #novelist

Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life. ↗

— Jose Marti

#avails #even #gives #glory #great

Nobody taught Picasso how to paint - he learned for himself. And nobody can teach you to be a producer. You can learn the mechanics, but you can't learn what's right about a script or a director or an actor. That comes from instinct and intuition. It comes from inside you. ↗

— Dino De Laurentiis

#actor #comes #director #himself #how

But there were women in the world, and from them each of our heroes had taken to himself a wife. The good ladies were no strangers to the prowess of their husbands. and, strange as it may seem, they presumed a little upon it. ↗

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

#good #had #heroes #himself #husbands