It's very hard to write a song alone. It's only by jamming that you can get a song together. Maurice Gibb hardjamsong Change image and share on social
My mum wouldn't let me go outside. Coming back from school, the gang men sometimes would say things, but I would walk by, never answer, and my mum would go tell them leave me alone. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce answerbackcome Change image and share on social
Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement; and when once born it must be reinforced by inhibiting the growth of other modes of knowledge. Muhammad Iqbal achievementbearenvironment Change image and share on social
We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will. Henry David Thoreau abroadchamberlonely Change image and share on social
If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account. V. S. Naipaul accountnarrativesit Change image and share on social
I love the solitude of being on a plane and finally getting to read an entire book and being left alone. Christina Ricci bookentirefinally Change image and share on social
A short, glorious life in service of a greater good - say, the life of the Spartans at Thermopylae, or the pilots in the Battle of Britain, of whom Winston Churchill said 'Never have so many owed so much to so few,' - that is worth praising. But for glory alone? I think not. Tim O'Reilly battlebritainchurchill share on social
Not to make him blush, but any story illustrated by Mike Mignola does things that prose alone can't accomplish. The illustrations create mood and atmosphere, drawing the reader more deeply into the story than words could do on their own. Christopher Golden accomplishatmosphereblush share on social
Creativity is not the property of artists alone. It's a basic element of the human character, no matter what culture you're in, no matter where you are on Earth or in history. Bill Viola artistbasiccharacter Change image and share on social
