- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Myself Quotes
Quotes on knowing yourself.
These quotes turn inward, questioning long-held traditions and how one sees oneself - one recalls identifying strongly as a mathematician rather than a technologist, while another admits, with some humor, to relying on charm rather than looks. Related reading includes I Am Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Looking Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
Looking back over all the sporting spectacles of 2016, I still pinch myself at the things I was fortunate to witness in person.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never really seen myself as a role model, but if others see me as that then it's something of which I'd be very proud.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't see myself only as a member of the New Orleans community. I see myself as a part of the human community. I see myself as a part of the community that's trying to put things in the world that add value to people's lives.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's that kind of thing that readers have. I have it as a reader myself: that expectation that the writer will be that person. Then I meet other writers and realize that they're not.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I left school at 16, I became an apprentice television and radio technician, and was paid £17 a week, which was decent money in 1976. But the job turned sour when I gave myself an electric shock while repairing a television set.
- Call
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- Nov 07, 2020
I call myself a literary agent simply to distinguish myself from actors' agents.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always challenged myself and the people who work with me to take new approaches to traditional business challenges, to push the envelope and constantly ask whether our sacred cows are still producing great milk.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually, I wanted to become a journalist, but no matter who I imagined myself to be in the future, somehow I was sure: I would leave my hometown. I felt it was my destiny.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My daughter was born when I was nowhere near where I am now, and she took me to another level. I said, 'I have to become a better person in this life if I want to serve as an example. If I want to set a positive example for her, I need to get better myself.'
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020