William James Quotes

Every time a resolve or a fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing practical fruit is worse than a chance lost; it works so as positively to hinder future resolutions and emotions from taking the normal path of discharge.

William James

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• There is a big divergence between views on a variety of policy issues from fiscal stimulus to financial regulation. It's my hope and my ambition for the economics profession that as we advance our knowledge, that those discussions will narrow in their focus, and that it will help to have more prudent policy-making down the road.

  

  Lars Peter Hansen
  • Help
  • Hope
  • Knowledge

• Fixity is always momentary. But how can it always be so? If it were, it would not be momentary - or would not be fixity.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • Always
  • Would
  • Were

• I wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death.

  

  Edith Piaf
  • Mind
  • Death
  • Earth

• Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won. So I think on that one I trump you.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Trump

• Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Great
  • Man
  • Nowadays

• All ordinary expression may be explained causally, but creative expression which is the absolute contrary of ordinary expression, will be forever hidden from human knowledge.

  

  Carl Jung
  • May
  • Knowledge
  • Forever

• Maybe it's all in my head. feel like leaving but I don't really want toBut I feel so misled, a kiss through the phone just won't do, no'Cause from my point of view, I gotta saySomething 'bout you, so tell me, babySomewhere down the road I think you lost it allNow it's all in my head

  

  Backstreet Boys
  • Lost
  • Road
  • Leaving

• A people that began to think as citizens rather than subjects might transcend underdevelopment on their own. Inalienable human right is unique in that it needs no superhuman guarantee; no 'fount' except itself. Only servility requires the realm (suggestive word) of illusion. Illusions, of course, cannot be abolished. But they can and must be outgrown.

  

  Christopher Hitchens
  • People
  • Unique

• The American incarceration of Sheikh Rahman was a hot-button issue for al Qaeda for many years.

  

  Peter Bergen
  • American

• I am not interested in churning out a certain number of films every year. For me, it's about the quality of work. I think it's about following your instincts and doing a film for the right reason.

  

  Deepika Padukone
  • Work
  • Quality

• As I reflect on the legacy of my father, the greatest aspect is his legacy of peace.

  

  Bernice King
  • Father
  • Peace
  • Legacy

• There is no such thing as a person that nothing has happened to, and each persons story is as different as his fingertips.

  

  Elsa Lanchester
  • Different

• No one is going to understand your brand better than you.

  

  Alexander Wang

• I was afraid of the dark until I was, like, 15 and slept with a nightlight.

  

  Chrissie Fit
  • Dark

• I feel like it's my responsibility not to leave the listener in a pool of dread.

  

  Jens Lekman
  • Responsibility
  • Pool

• Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self.

  

  Priscilla Presley
  • Important

• I remember hearing other models talk about going to castings for Givenchy, and I was like, 'What are they saying?' And then I realized and was like, 'Oh, the Give-in-chee one.' I had been calling it Give-in-chee the whole time. I was shocked.

  

  Jacquelyn Jablonski
  • Time
  • Remember

• Obviously, after 'The Matrix,' it was a case of, 'OK, I did that. What's next?' I mean, it's always like that, but more so this time. How do I change it up? How do I keep it interesting for myself?

  

  Laurence Fishburne
  • Up
  • Time
  • Interesting

• I wanted to tell a story that interested me as much in the telling as in the watching.

  

  Neil LaBute

• But the people of the Baltic nations also knew that freedom needs a foundation of security.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Freedom

• Lipstick is for lips only.

  

  Danielle Fishel
  • Lipstick

• Every time a resolve or a fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing practical fruit is worse than a chance lost; it works so as positively to hinder future resolutions and emotions from taking the normal path of discharge.

  

  William James