We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur. – Nicholas D. Kristof
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves? – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: ‘It’s OK – we can just do instrumentals.’ – Phil Collins
We let ourselves be molded and transformed by Christ and continually pass from the side of one who destroys to that of the one who saves. – Pope Benedict XVI
There were five children in my family, and arguing was how we used to entertain ourselves. – Jack Straw
Having committed ourselves to Iraq, we must prevail, and to prevail, we must fund all of the requirements for our military. We must do it adequately and promptly, and the administration is doing neither. – Jack Reed
We’ve always decided ourselves what we wanted to put out as our singles and that sort of things. – John Deacon