William James Quotes

'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.

William James

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• I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.

  

  Padma Lakshmi
  • People
  • Food
  • Universe

• Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.

  

  Dan Webster
  • Deserve
  • Congress
  • Table

• I watched so many movies when I was a kid, and I'd watch them over and over.

  

  Aaron Tveit
  • Movies
  • Watch
  • Over

• When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.

  

  Natalia Vodianova
  • Life
  • Remember
  • Dark

• Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.

  

  Dag Hammarskjold
  • Life
  • Giving
  • Living

• I love horror, sci-fi and action, or I wouldn't make these kinds of movies, but those designations are Trojan horses to make these personal comedies.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Love
  • Action
  • Movies

• I have good spacial awareness, and I'm pretty comfortable with a sword.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Good
  • Pretty
  • Awareness

• I will only miss school for an engagement if it is going to bring real change.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Real
  • School
  • Change

• I went to the opening of 'Sister Act,' and I had such a great time. I had no idea what it was about, and I had never seen the movies. But I heard the show went through some major last-minute craziness in previews, and man, opening night was really fun and really entertaining.

  

  Aaron Lazar
  • Time
  • Great
  • Fun

• Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.

  

  Beatrix Potter
  • Time

• As image and apprehension are in an organic unity, so, for a Christian, are human body and human soul.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Soul
  • Christian
  • Unity

• Here's a sigh to those who love me,And a smile to those who hate:And, whatever sky's above me,Here's a heart for every fate.

  

  Lord Byron
  • Heart
  • Hate
  • Smile

• Our entire family is replete with sentiments of patriotism. Uncle Swarna Singh left for his heavenly abode in jail in 1910, two or three years after my birth. Uncle Ajit Singh is leading the life of an exile in foreign countries.

  

  Bhagat Singh
  • Life
  • Family
  • Uncle

• Part of my work is dedicated to artisanship and can only be done by very few people because it requires a specific technique. Being an artist is being at the service of yourself; I am at the service of other people.

  

  Christian Louboutin
  • People
  • Work
  • Done

• I've always found boxing to be an incredibly pure sport. The level of character of most fighters I find very high. And it's just the best workout you can get.

  

  Peter Berg
  • Character
  • High
  • Boxing

• I take some pains to learn the material beforehand. I have a bunch of tricks I use to try and hit the ground running. I write everything out. I take the text and I very methodically go through, and that tends to put it into my head a little bit more solidly than if I just glanced at it and hoped for the best.

  

  Colm Feore
  • Running
  • Text

• I embarked on my life - I didn't do anything. I don't have an explanation.

  

  Don DeLillo
  • Life

• The most disappointing thing to me after 'Tusk' was the politics in the band. They said, 'We're not going to do that again.' I felt dead in the water from that. On 'Mirage,' I was treading water, saying, 'Okay, whatever,' and taking a passive role.

  

  Lindsey Buckingham
  • Water
  • Band

• A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same -- scandal.

  

  Katharine Hepburn
  • World
  • Girl
  • Boy

• The choices that women make have huge impact on families, on communities and on nations. Being able to provide an enabling environment for them to exercise their rights and make choices in their lives is crucial. It is at the heart of human development!

  

  Babatunde Osotimehin
  • Women
  • Heart
  • Environment

• The Times was rushing to assure its readers that 'prominent Islamic scholars and theologians in the West say unequivocally that nothing in Islam countenances the Sept. 11 actions.' (That's if you set aside Muhammad's many specific instructions to kill nonbelievers whenever possible).

  

  Ann Coulter
  • Islamic

• Let every creature have your love. Love, with its fruits of meekness, patience, and humility, is all that we can wish for ourselves and our fellow creatures. For this is to live in God, united with him, both for time and eternity. To desire to communicate good to everyone, in the degree that we can and to which each person is capable of receiving from us, is a divine temper, for thus God stands unchangeably disposed towards the whole creation.

  

  William Law
  • God
  • Love
  • Patience

• 'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.

  

  William James
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