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Quote of the Day November 11, 2026

“Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film.”

Jesse Ventura · Politics

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John Irving

And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.

Loneliness

Ashley Montagu

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

Loneliness

Tori Amos

If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone.

Loneliness

Shia LaBeouf

Comics, for me, is being able to sing alone in the shower. I find it freeing. You just pick up a pen and get to it.

Loneliness

David Cameron

I have no time for those who say there is no way Scotland could go it alone. I know first-hand the contribution Scotland and Scots make to Britain's success - so for me there's no question about whether Scotland could be an independent nation.

Loneliness

Johnny Cash

I'm very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television.

Loneliness

Jackie Kennedy

Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?

Loneliness

Slavoj Zizek

You could say, in a vulgar Freudian way, that I am the unhappy child who escapes into books. Even as a child, I was most happy being alone. This has not changed.

Loneliness