Let us now celebrate the literary allusion. Let us now celebrate the trope and willful enjambment. Let us now celebrate the assonance and alliteration of all of it. Let us now celebrate the sound of our own voices.

Quote by Sherman Alexie

Topics: Self Importance Quotes

If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.

If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.

My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.

My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.

The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.

The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.

All I owe the world is my art.

All I owe the world is my art.

There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all...

There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all...

All art is exploitation.

All art is exploitation.

Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves.

Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves.

There's one thing that everybody wants to feel: to be loved, without seemingly begging for...

There's one thing that everybody wants to feel: to be loved, without seemingly begging for...

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't...

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't...

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else...

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

All self-importance is a form of self-pity in disguise.

All self-importance is a form of self-pity in disguise.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

I know who you are, and I am not impressed.

I know who you are, and I am not impressed.

Do what you know is right & importance, it is the highroad to pride, self-esteem,...

Do what you know is right & importance, it is the highroad to pride, self-esteem,...

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended...

Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended...