Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone. Chuck Palahniuk
Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring. William Alexander
I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only time of the day when I'm alone and don't have to be performing. Jim Carrey
Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter. Jane Austen
To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few. Emily Dickinson
Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have. James Dean
As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us. Billy Joel
Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty. Honore de Balzac
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future. Oliver Goldsmith
One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. W. E. B. Du Bois
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. James Russell Lowell
Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems. Elie Wiesel
A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people. James Madison
Success comes when people act together failure tends to happen alone. Deepak Chopra
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. Joseph Conrad
I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18. Ingrid Bergman
Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities. Charles Bukowski
I was sleeping the other night, alone, thanks to the exterminator. Emo Philips