John Dewey Quotes

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

I don't need friends.

Radical individualism can be very sad.

Alone I'm nothing.

Solitude is un-American.

I'm a big fan of community, and I think independence is over-rated.

I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.

We're all in this alone.

Some people do better on their own. I don't.

I think I learned pretty early that in the end, it's only you. To an extent, you're all alone.

Many people, especially young people, would like to be more independent and on their own. But it is very difficult and they suffer from feelings of isolation. I think that is one reason why young readers support my work.

I'm so accustomed to being alone.

I must study alone, as I am condemned to do every thing alone, I believe, in this life.

I don't belong to anyone.

I've lived so deep under masks, my interior was built to satisfy me alone - I have lived almost 60 years alone, mentally, and quite content to have it so.

I don't care about a social life.

I'm learning to deal with my loneliness because then nobody can muck me around any more.

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

Cats and their owners are on a private, exclusive loop of affection. Thus cats have become symbolic of a community eschewed and a hyper-engagement with oneself. They represent the profound danger of growing so independent in New York that it's not merely that you don't need anyone - it's that you don't know how to need anyone.

True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.

We're all alone in this world.

I got no entourage in real life. Solo. I go solo. No entourage.

I always thought, 'I'm on my own, and that's the way it should be.'

We behave as if being alone were a problem.

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