The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
Gore Vidal

I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on the plate, and having myself refreshed in a toaster oven for 23 minutes once every month.
Dean Koontz

If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored.
Dean Koontz

You ask me if I will not be glad when the last battle is fought, so far as the country is concerned I, of course, must wish for peace, and will be glad when the war is ended, but if I answer for myself alone, I must say that I shall regret to see the war end.
George Armstrong Custer

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Carl Rogers

I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.
Calvin Klein

I look at myself as an audience member. I still love movies, and I still go and sit in the back of the big dark room with everybody else, and I want the same thrill.
Samuel L. Jackson

I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.
Hank Aaron

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.
Brian Clough

I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
Jack Kevorkian

I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It's not possible.
Roald Dahl

I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers.
Roald Dahl

I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
Sitting Bull

I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country.
Princess Diana

I think like any marriage, especially when you've had divorced parents like myself; you want to try even harder to make it work.
Princess Diana

I still consider myself a little, fat kid from Hawaii.
Robert Kiyosaki

I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.
Tyra Banks

I look at myself and pick out the things I don't like. No matter how much I work out, I never get muscle tone in my butt and hip area.
Tyra Banks

I had had an extroverted personality with a lot of friends, but when I lost the weight and grew so tall, I withdrew within myself.
Tyra Banks

I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.
Tyra Banks