- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing is more bothersome to me than retiring. Weird things happen when you disengage; first you get negative, then you start telling people about your latest surgeries, and eventually you lose touch. I want to stay in touch.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far back as I can remember, my mother would have me down by the bed at night with her, praying. I can still hear her voice calling my name to God and telling him that she wanted me to follow him in whatever he called me to do.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I wake up before dawn, and I love sitting up in the middle of the bed with all the lights off, pitch-black dark, and talking to the Father, with no interruptions and nothing that reminds me that there's anything in life but me and Him.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being in a room full of my art makes me incredibly nervous because the work always gets damaged when it's shown, and I hate my openings.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had fantasies in the past of walking across America or some great distance, but it's such a commitment of time that it's stopped me.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do a lot of thinking about my work while I'm walking. More in the early morning when I'm trekking in the mountains. When I'm walking in the city, I think more about people around me - my brothers, my wife, some business situation, commitments.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
If, like me, you have many reasons to be less than secure and self-assured, and like me, you are far from stable even on your best days, don't for a moment imagine a psychotherapist will be of more help than a physiotherapist.
- Hidden
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are no hidden depths to me.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
While the word 'bisexual' was technically correct, I would only slowly come to use it to refer to myself in part because of the derisive connotations. But, in addition, it would seem to me woefully inadequate and impressionistically inaccurate.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write a lot about disadvantaged people, particularly vulnerable children, because I feel that that's who I was. That is familiar terrain for me. And I try to write about things that are very close to me because I want people to feel the passion that I have for the subject.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020