Sam Walter Foss Quotes

I want to be around people, not crickets.

I love people. I hate to be by myself.

A man by himself is in bad company.

Here is the infallible test. Imagine yourself in a situation where you are alone, wholly alone on earth, and you are offered one of the two, books or men. I often hear men prizing their solitude but that is only because there are still men somewhere on earth even though in the far distance. I knew nothing of books when I came forth from the womb of my mother, and I shall die without books, with another human hand in my own. I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human being looking at me.

Not only is there no question of solitude, but in the long run we may not choose our company.

You can be with other people, which is ideal, or you can be alone.

To wish to escape from solitude is cowardice. Friendship is not to be sought, not to be dreamed, not to be desired; it is to be exercised (it is a virtue).

Each way means loneliness -- and communion.

I don't doubt that a man can live perfectly well on his own, but I'm convinced that he begins to die as soon as he closes the door of his house behind him.

To a heart formed for friendship and affection the charms of solitude are very short-lived.

As for men, they will hardly fail one anywhere. I had more visitors while I lived in the woods than at any other period of my life; I mean that I had some.

I like being alone and I think this movie, as much as it is an investigation of connection and people bonding, I also think it's just as much about loneliness.

I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human face looking at me.

If you're living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you.

Women and men in the crowd meet and mingle, Yet with itself every soul standeth single.

I can go days without meaningful human interaction.

Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

I'd always lived with people - my family, or had people living with me, because I'd never liked being on my own.

How different a creature is man in society and man in solitude!

One can't live in solitude. To survive as a single family unit is not possible.

We behave as if being alone were a problem.

Writing can be really lonely, and I find that bit difficult. I'd rather be around my people, getting ideas.

I've always been someone who needs someone with them to poke and annoy. I'm useless at being by myself.

When people are with me, who can say I am alone.

A life without a lonely place, that is, a life without a quiet center, easily becomes destructive. When we cling to the results of our actions as our only way of self-identifiction, then we become possessive and defensive and tend to look at our fellow human beings more as enemies to be kept at a distance than as friends with whom we share the gifts of life.