The first album I started out, I just did everything completely alone. I think it has to do with confidence. The more confidence you develop in your own sound, the more you can open up and alchemize that with other people, just set it free, and not feel challenged by that.
— Bat for Lashes
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
— Baruch Spinoza
I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, tied up.
— Barney Ross
We're not a fragile people. We're not a frightful people. Our power doesn't come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don't look to be ruled.
— Barack Obama
Personally, I do not know whether humankind is alone in this vast universe. But I do know that we should cherish our existence on this precious speck of matter... the greatest gift that could be bestowed upon us. For all practical purposes, there is only one planet Earth.
— Ban Ki-moon
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
— Baltasar Gracian
Nothing is so envied as genius, nothing so hopeless of attainment by labor alone. Though labor always accompanies the greatest genius, without the intellectual gift labor alone will do little.
— B. R. Hayden
Jiu jitsu is a great art for self-defense. But jiu jitsu alone won't get you to a world championship in the UFC or even a winning record sometimes.
— B. J. Penn
I'm an only child. My mother was raising me alone. We couldn't afford child care; child care hours didn't work according to her schedule.
— Ayanna Pressley
People do not connect with what happened last week, let alone what happened 20 years ago.
— Avery Brooks
One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.
— Audrey Hepburn
Night-time is when I brainstorm; last thing, when the family's asleep and I'm alone, I think about the next day's writing and plan a strategy for my assault on the blank page.
— Athol Fugard
On a serious note, comedy should be something that you can enjoy with your family and not snigger when alone or with friends.
— Asrani
The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.
— Ashley Montagu
When I was working on Eye of the Beholder, I played a character who is so aloof that my whole lifestyle became very aloof. If someone knocked on my door, there was a part of me that went into a rage, because I wanted to be isolated and alone.
— Ashley Judd
I lost my parents. I was totally alone and I had to manage everything all alone. It did put me in depression.
— Asha Parekh
Even when I was training alone, just me and one of United's fitness coaches, I loved going onto the field, doing sprints, being at the training ground.
— Bastian Schweinsteiger
Marches alone won't bring integration when human respect is disintegratin'
— Barry McGuire
I'm not saying that there's anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I'm saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we haven't quite given ourselves permission to recognize that.
— Barbara Feldon
Bappi Lahiri has a voice that alone is loud and musical enough to sway people.
— Bappi Lahiri
The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
Some men say that they should be satisfied with the abolition of untouchability only, leaving the caste system alone. The aim of abolition of untouchability alone without trying to abolish the inequalities inherent in the caste system is a rather low aim.
— B. R. Ambedkar
I think a large part of being human centers on the state of being alone, and we try to mitigate that in so many ways.
— Ayobami Adebayo
Unlike the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth, the umma, or Muslim community, has no symbolic leader, let alone a formal one.
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
I love to be alone, and I did as a child as well, especially if I was outside.
— Aurora
The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.
— Augusten Burroughs
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
These are fountains of salvation that they who thirst may be satisfied with the living words they contain. In these alone is proclaimed the doctrine of godliness. Let no man add to these, neither let him take out from these.
— Athanasius
Writing is a intensely personal activity. I can pen down my best thoughts when I'm alone. But when one is elevated into the stature of an author, you have to think about your books in terms of their business angle.
— Ashwin Sanghi
Both my husband and I give a lot of ourselves in what we do because that is our public lives; but in my private life, I have an intrinsic right to be left alone.
Americans are so direct. They'd ask me, 'What's your five-year plan? Do you have a five-year plan?' I don't know what I'm having for my tea tonight let alone a five-year plan.
— Ashley Jensen
Most of my colleagues have been insulated in Indian music alone - they did not think of the world beyond what they knew - but I always did and still do.
— Asha Bhosle
Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.
A month alone would make me so happy. Not good for my dating prospects.
— Barry Jenkins
Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable.
— Barbara Boxer
A lot of times, people are ashamed of feeling weak and being rejected - so it's liberating to be able to sing about those things. And it's amazing when other people don't feel alone because they hear it.
— Banks
Grave security concerns can arise as a result of demographic trends, chronic poverty, economic inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic diseases, organized crime, repressive governance and other developments no state can control alone. Arms can't address such concerns.
I have always said and maintained that I think being an RJ is the most difficult job in the media business. To have that energy and animation in your voice alone, to capture your audiences through your show, is entertainment in the true sense.
— Badshah
Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.
Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
— Ayn Rand
I legitimately wanted to know if Mayor Bloomberg was going to ban large margaritas that I cry over while on a date alone at Dallas BBQ as a part of his controversial soda ban.
— Awkwafina
I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.
I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too?
— Audre Lorde
I would like that no citizen of the state feels alone and helpless. The entire nation is with them.
— Atal Bihari Vajpayee
I have always been a bit of an introvert. In fact, my dad used to force me to meet people so that my interpersonal skills improve. As an individual, I was happiest when left alone.
I have a responsibility to nurture and shepherd my talent and when I'm living the parts of my life not related to that I feel I have the right to be left alone.
As a former F.B.I. special agent who conducted counterintelligence investigations, I can attest that foreign intelligence services do not operate on the basis of explicit agreements or even actions that, standing alone, constitute criminal activity.
— Asha Rangappa
