Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed. Alfred North Whitehead
My contribution I hope is to get people to eat full-flavored food. If I could come away with that alone, that would be a fantastic accomplishment. I'm also very proud of being a very American chef. Bobby Flay
But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement. Ibrahim Babangida
Solitude is strength to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines. Paul Brunton
He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this single force four times multiplied, with which he did not doubt, as with the lever for which Archimedes sought, they should succeed in moving the world, when some one tapped gently at his door. Alexandre Dumas
When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Whitney Houston
And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone. Mos Def
Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it may become quite true: no one will feel the need tom read it because it is written for yourself alone and the public won't feel any impulse to gate crash such a private party. Dylan Thomas
Being alone is scarier than any boogey man and the reason why I don't choose to see Horror movies as a rule. Tom Sizemore
I have been alone since my husband died. I stay in my home. I don't date. It's hard to date when you're at home. Nobody knows you. Anna Nicole Smith
I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody. Spike Lee
Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster. Paracelsus
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. Henry Adams
I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone. Peter O'Toole
The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching. Jeffrey Eugenides
Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences. Anna Held
There are times when the only access I have to the truest person that I am is when I'm alone and trying to solve a sentence. It's exciting, even when it's frustrating, even when I can't do it right. Elizabeth Gilbert
Well, I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment, and I've learned quickly these last few days that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone. Sarah Palin
Successful crimes alone are justified. John Dryden
Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone. John Dryden