William James Quotes

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.

William James

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• Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Soul
  • Language
  • Thoughts

• I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.

  

  Walter Huston
  • Simple
  • Better
  • Voice

• There's no way to escape the fact that we've grown up in a violent culture, we just can't get away from it, it's part of our heritage. I think part of it is that we've always felt somewhat helpless in the face of this vast continent. Helplessness is answered in many ways, but one of them is violence.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Up
  • Think
  • Culture

• Before discovering theater, I was sloughing off and didn't have any passion for school. Then I couldn't get enough. All of a sudden, I was getting good parts in all of these plays. I just loved it. I started getting A's in acting, directing and technical theater. I found something that clicked.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Good
  • School
  • Passion

• I want to be the best version of myself - intellectually, emotionally, and physically. So I like to wear clothes that I feel comfortable in, that reflect that.

  

  Gabrielle Anwar
  • Myself
  • Best
  • Clothes

• You wouldn't recognize me from one project to the next.

  

  Rachael Leigh Cook
  • Me
  • Next
  • Project

• Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Good
  • Seriously
  • Reflect

• Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • People
  • Great
  • Amazing

• We all go to the theater and cinema to be inspired and moved on an emotional level, sometimes to laughter, sometimes to tears. Once I discovered that acting could have such an effect, I was sold. It has been one of the most rewarding discoveries I have ever made.

  

  Ian Anthony Dale
  • Emotional
  • Acting
  • Inspired

• When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Think
  • Light
  • Wise

• I'm a fan of creating the mood and vibe with flowers, candles, and music. I love making my guests feel like it's not formal and they can relax in my home.

  

  Karen Elson
  • Music
  • Feel
  • Mood

• Pain is never permanent.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • Pain
  • Never
  • Permanent

• Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.

  

  Vida Blue
  • Good
  • Game
  • Sometimes

• Dude, I turn into a six-year-old when I come to Disneyland. It's amazing. My eyes glass over and my blood pressure goes down. I'm just like everybody else. I turn into a big kid when I come here. It's the happiest place on earth, right?

  

  Warren Spector
  • Earth
  • Eyes
  • Amazing

• I think we have some serious problems now, but, if you look back over the last thirty or forty years that my book deals with, I think we are in better shape now than we would have been if all of those cases had not come down.

  

  Floyd Abrams
  • Book
  • Serious
  • Better

• We enjoy change and freshness, and disco was only one area we've delved into.

  

  Barry Gibb Bee Gees
  • Change
  • Enjoy
  • Disco

• I always thought that you breathe, you eat, you go to sleep, and you draw.

  

  Paloma Picasso
  • Sleep
  • Thought
  • Breathe

• Often the last thing I want to do is stand up in front of 50 cameras on the red carpet. I'd rather have a cup of hot milk and an early night.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Up
  • Night
  • Red

• Being a mom to my son has taken precedence over everything in my life, and I think that's the order it should be... It's a great challenge that I don't think's ever gonna stop.

  

  Ciara
  • Life
  • Great
  • Stop

• I can get where some scientists would say comedians are crazy. What you have to understand: A lot of comedians are dealing with a dark passion. A lot of these are guys coming from a tumultuous life, including myself. Some people need outlets, a way to express yourself.

  

  Kevin Hart
  • People
  • Life
  • Passion

• At this point, we are living one of the greatest experiments in humankind - to create something that has, throughout history, been considered a contradiction in terms - a passionate marriage. Passion has always existed, but it took place somewhere else. Everything that we wanted from a traditional marriage - companionship, family, children, economic support, a best friend, a passionate lover, a trusted confidante, an intellectual equal - we are asking from one person what an entire village once provided. And couples are crumbling under the weight of so much expectation.

  

  Esther Perel
  • Children
  • Support
  • Passion

• Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is alright, as long your values don't change.

  

  Jane Goodall
  • Long

• Crushes start out as that teenage phenomenon, life-affirming and cute, but as you wander into adulthood, they seem to end up more painful, harrowing, and uncertain, especially if you have just come out of the relationship you thought would finally, maybe, maybe be the one that stuck.

  

  Lauren Mayberry Chvrches
  • Life
  • Up
  • Relationship

• The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.

  

  William James
  • Passion
  • Poet
  • Math