„I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.“

„Everyone thinks their own situation most tragic. I am no exception.“

—  Jeanette Winterson, книга Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Источник: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

„Always think of yourself as everyone's servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.“

—  Teresa of Ávila Roman Catholic saint 1515 - 1582

Maxim 25, p. 257
Maxims for Her Nuns (1963)

„How to lie to yourself and thereby to everyone else,
How to keep smiling when you're thinking of killing yourself.“

—  Alanis Morissette Canadian-American singer-songwriter 1974

Eight Easy Steps"
So-Called Chaos (2004)

„You nominate yourself to be the one who will courageously do what you think ought to be done, even if everyone is pressing you to do something else.“

—  Eric Maisel American writer 1947

Источник: The Atheist’s Way (2009), p. 65

„You think you kill me. I think you kill yourself.“

—  Antonio Porchia Italian Argentinian poet 1885 - 1968

Tú crees que me matas. Yo creo que te suicidas.
Voces (1943)

„whatever you think that you will be.
if you think yourself weak, weak you will be;
if you think yourself strong, you will be“

—  Swami Vivekananda Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher 1863 - 1902

„That’s life for you. All the happiness you gather to yourself, it will sweep away like it’s nothing. If you ask me I don’t think there are any such things as curses. I think there is only life. That’s enough.“

—  Junot Díaz, книга The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Источник: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

„You fish, swim, eat, laze around, and everyone's so friendly. It's such simple stuff, but… If i could stop the world and restart life, put the clock back, i think I'd restart it like this. For everyone.“

—  Alex Garland, книга The Beach

Источник: The Beach

„Think for yourself
'Cause I won't be there with you.“

—  George Harrison British musician, former member of the Beatles 1943 - 2001

Think for Yourself (1965)
Lyrics
Контексте: Do what you want to do,
And go where you're going to.
Think for yourself
'Cause I won't be there with you.

„I think fame itself is not a rewarding thing. The most you can say is that it gets you a seat in restaurants.“

—  David Bowie British musician, actor, record producer and arranger 1947 - 2016

Interviewed in Q magazine (April 1990)

„Someone might object, "But you do not express yourself like Cicero". What of it? I am not Cicero. But I think I express my own self.“

—  Poliziano Italian writer 1454 - 1494

Epistolae 8, 16. Quoted in Literary Imitation in the Italian Renaissance (1995) by Martin L. McLaughlin, p. 203.
Добавить примечание: (la) Non exprimis, aliquis inquit, Ciceronem. Quid tum? Non enim sum Cicero; me tamen, ut opinor, exprimo.

„In class society, everyone lives as a member of a particular class, and every kind of thinking, without exception, is stamped with the brand of a class.“

—  Mao Zedong Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China 1893 - 1976

On Practice (1937)

„Love is like liquor, the drunker and more impotent you are, the stronger and smarter you think yourself and the surer you are of your rights.“

—  Louis-ferdinand Céline, книга Путешествие на край ночи

Источник: Journey to the End of the Night

„But Americans are different from everyone else in the world - except the Canadians, and Americans are more different from the Canadians than they often think.“

—  William Pfaff American journalist 1928 - 2015

Источник: Barbarian Sentiments - How The American Century Ends (1989), Chapter 2, The Challenge of Europe, p. 52.

„If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.“

—  Haruki Murakami, книга Norwegian Wood

Источник: Norwegian Wood (1987)

„When everyone clapped and told me they were impressed, I thought: 'I like this - I think I'll keep doing this“

—  Joseph McManners British singer, actor 1992

EXCLUSIVE: RISE AND RISE OF THE SMALL BOY WITH THE BIG VOICE http://www.mirror.co.uk/archive/tm_method=full%26objectid=16521117%26siteid=89520-name_page.html at www.mirror.co.uk (accessed July 8, 2007)
After singing at his family reunion:

„I think hope is the worst thing in the world. I really do. It makes a fool of you while it lasts. And then when it's gone, it's like there's nothing left of you at all… except what you can't be rid of.“

—  Marilynne Robinson, Home

Источник: Home

„I think there's too much emphasis on beauty. I find it so limiting. I think just be yourself. Be who you are.“

—  Molly Shannon American actress 1964

Interview on Cranky Critic http://www.crankycritic.com/qa/mollyshannon.html

„I think being a woman is like being Irish… Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.“

—  Iris Murdoch, книга The Red and the Green

The Red and the Green (1965), ch. 2, p. 30.