Troy Deeney Quotes

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

As I walk'd by myself, I talk'd to myself, And myself replied to me; And the questions myself then put to myself, With their answers I give to thee.

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

We're not always the most insightful about ourselves.

Solitude helps you reflect.

When you're at your best, you're analyzing yourself and becoming increasingly isolated from a broader narrative.

I have never dissected my personal life. What sense would it make?

I am not very introspective.

When people don't have any curiosity about themselves, that is always a bad sign.

I work because I have issues and questions and feelings and thoughts that I want to have a look at. I'm not in need of, or wanting, particularly, to know what other folk are up to.

I am really puzzled to understand myself.

A journal of the 'subjective' kind I have always thought foolish, as nurturing a morbid self -consciousness in the writer; and yet, alone so much as I am, it is well to have some sort of a ventilator from the interior.

Reflection is not something you have a lot of time for.

I'm an introspective dude.

To question your own process is a necessity. If you don't question yourself, it's impossible to improve.

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'

Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life.

I think it's important for one to take a certain distance from oneself.

I happen to be pretty productive when I am in jail. When you are in jail, you have to spend more time with yourself.

I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.

So I observe life a little bit, rather than participating in it.

The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.

Everyone needs solitude, especially a person who is used to thinking about what she experiences. Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation.

The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.

The only time a man thinks is when he's alone.