Were there no contrariety of interests, nothing would be more simple and easy than to form and preserve free institutions. The right of suffrage alone would be a sufficient guarantee. It is the conflict of opposing interests which renders it the most difficult work of man. John C. Calhoun Alone
Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone. A. R. Ammons Alone
I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone. Richard Avedon Alone
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. Baltasar Gracian Alone
We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly - spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order. Susan L. Taylor Alone
When I first started writing, it was me alone with a computer in my apartment. I hated the time away from other people, and my writing sucked. Now I have a laptop; I can do the most tedious part of my job in a public place. Chuck Palahniuk Alone
In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. This is the tyranny of the minority. Peter Fenn Alone
For example, for me, my brother helped me get a manager, which I don't take for granted. It's tough getting a manager, let alone one that actually cares about you and is smart. But from there, no one's going to cast me just because I'm James Franco's little brother. Dave Franco Alone
In football, I don't have a lot of friends. The people who I really trust, there are not many... Most of the time, I'm alone. Cristiano Ronaldo Alone
I know to win a championship, you're not going to do it alone. You're going to have to have a great supporting cast. Klay Thompson Alone
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 Alone
I think my comparison with Shane would be a loner. I always got the impression that she wasn't scared to be alone. She enjoys it. I can relate to that. Katherine Moennig Alone
In a household tragedy, you are very much aware of being alone. It is something that is possible to grasp, and that is why it hurts so much. Because you are alone. I know a little about this. Per Petterson Alone
The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone. Michelangelo Alone
Judaism is much more communal, and partly as a consequence of my religious switch, I am increasingly more suspicous of my previous view that what people do in the privacy of their own home is their business alone. Luke Ford Alone