William James Quotes
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
Quotes to Explore
-
Detroit is saying that the hydrogen vehicle is the vehicle of the future. But it's 15 years from now.
-
There are so many different criteria for my collecting, and I have to confess that the goalposts do shift. But obviously, with my background, I am particularly drawn to things that have been documented in contemporary magazines.
-
I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
-
When I'm actually writing by hand, I get more of a sense of the rhythm of sentences, of syntax. The switch to the computer is when I actually start thinking about lines. That's the workhorse part. At that point, I'm being more mathematical about putting the poem on the page and less intuitive about the rhythm of the syntax.
-
I had really bad obsessive-compulsive disorder. At its worst, I was compelled to leave my house at three o'clock in the morning and go out in the alley because I just knew that the paper-towel roll I threw in the recycling bin was uncomfortable, like it was lying the wrong way, and I would be down in the garbage.
-
We always saw ourselves in careers as entrepreneurs or angels.
-
When I give notes on a script, I say, 'Guys, I may drift, but it's part of the process.' So I'm aware that I'm drifting, but I'm grabbing a lot of stuff.
-
Contrary to what many Westerners believe, Islam has a rich tradition of secular painting in spite of its ban on images. It is only in religious rituals that the use of pictorial representation is totally prohibited.
-
Art historians agree that Da Vinci's paintings contain hidden levels of meaning that go well beneath the surface of the paint. Many scholars believe his work intentionally provides clues to a powerful secret... a secret that remains protected to this day by a clandestine brotherhood of which Da Vinci was a member.
-
The only sexual act that is sinful is the one that uses or abuses.
-
I was an intern on a film called 'The Long Walk Home.'
-
I wanted to write a food book, but I'm not a chef or an expert on culinary matters, to put it mildly.
-
After coming to India, I have felt the loneliest I have ever been in my life. I don't have a support system here.
-
About 20 percent of the genetic information in your nose doesn't match anything that we've ever seen before.
-
Fortunately, I'm known as the hardest-working woman in showbiz, not to compete with James Brown. I've always been a multi-tasker.
-
'Green' is likely to be a big issue in the 2008 U.S. presidential election - largely in response to George Bush's suicidal refusal to engage with environmental issues.
-
With any project I work on - not just 'True Detective' - I don't feel the need just to play a strong woman. I don't want the audience to say, 'Oh, she was so strong.' I want to play characters that are flawed and interesting.
-
That's why, when Alias came along, I knew I'd be OK if the show was on for five or six years because the writing was so good and the creative team was so strong.
-
I've always really loved the '20s and the whole Art Deco time. I just think it was just the most amazing era for style and design.
-
Those who are troubled by our existing programs are not interested in a repeat of 9/11, and those who defend these programs are not dismissive of civil liberties. The challenge is getting the details right, and that's not simple.
-
What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
-
Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.
-
I have two younger brothers, and we're very close in age.
-
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
