#himself

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it. ↗

— Herodotus

#always #become #being #bit #fun

The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#ask #doctrine #false #himself #honest

I always go back to Harry Truman: Should we drop an atomic bomb to save 100,000 lives? That's a hell of a decision to make. Did he make that decision by himself? No, he had advisers. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#atomic #atomic bomb #back #bomb #decision

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. ↗

— Henry Adams

#amuses #applying #carries #everyone #himself

That's a wonderful change that's taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

#change #directly #enterprise #friends #himself

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels. ↗

— Paul Anka

#got #himself #man #naught #say

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#bored #contemptible #even #himself #lets

It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

#good #him #himself #how #know

I don't count that relationship with Ricky. It's just like a blip at this point. I had to fall in love with the devil himself to get this sweet angel, Jack. ↗

— Christie Brinkley

#count #devil #fall #get #had

The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words. ↗

— Alton Brown

#calls #chef #cook #eat #ever