William James Quotes

We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.

William James

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• With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.

  

  Iain Glen
  • Woman
  • Look
  • Modesty

• I'm over the word 'like' in conversation, and 'you know' seems to be the placeholder of choice, but when I'm writing dialogue, I tend to use those phrases because that's how people talk.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • People
  • Writing
  • Choice

• I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.

  

  Dan Fogler
  • Up
  • Period
  • Movies

• I'm just there to do interviews and stuff, because we have about 40 media people there, so it's a very, very busy week. But that's the only time. I did marry, I think on one show, about 25 couples in Acapulco Bay once, but that was all just for kicks.

  

  Gavin MacLeod
  • People
  • Time
  • Busy

• I am at a stage where I want to be known as a versatile actor.

  

  Kajal Aggarwal
  • Actor
  • Stage
  • Versatile

• Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.

  

  Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
  • Future
  • Religion
  • Philosophy

• We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in what we say on records. But I think that comes with age. I think that comes with artists growing up and becoming assured of who they are as people.

  

  Ja Rule
  • People
  • Up
  • Believe

• I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.

  

  Oscar Pistorius
  • Work
  • Talent
  • Hard Work

• I don't talk in ifs.

  

  Abdurrahman Wahid
  • Ifs
  • Talk

• And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.

  

  Rachel Hunter
  • Great
  • Pretty
  • Fear

• It's all about sound. It's that simple.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Simple
  • Sound
  • About

• You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.

  

  Jack Kevorkian
  • Care
  • Honor
  • Contempt

• I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the 'Pink Panther' theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now my music has to have some rock.

  

  Jack Black
  • Good
  • Music
  • Rock

• Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online.

  

  Daniel Clowes
  • Book
  • Rather
  • Million

• Grace can and does have a history.

  

  Karl Rahner
  • History
  • Grace
  • Does

• Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there.

  

  Carlos Santana Santana
  • Child
  • Wind
  • Ocean

• There's always a special feeling I have while writing any song.

  

  Carly Rae Jepsen
  • Writing
  • Song
  • Feeling

• Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.

  

  Irwin Shaw
  • Different
  • Purpose
  • Often

• But too many people now climb onto the cross merely to be seen from a greater distance, even if they have to trample somewhat on the one who has been there so long.

  

  Albert Camus
  • Distance
  • Climb
  • Trample

• The way I see it, anyone who's proud of their country is either a thug or just hasn't read enough history yet.

  

  Richard K. Morgan
  • Country
  • Proud
  • Enough

• I think all jocks have a sensitive side. It's just, will they show it to anybody? Will they let their guard down and stop being tough and the cool jock guy around their friends, or just relax? I don't know if it's best to say opening up, but just relax and really say what you're actually thinking, and not what you think people want to hear.

  

  Channing Tatum
  • People
  • Up
  • Thinking

• I'm over the word 'like' in conversation, and 'you know' seems to be the placeholder of choice, but when I'm writing dialogue, I tend to use those phrases because that's how people talk.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • People
  • Writing
  • Choice

• Most salespeople would like to think of themselves as being rock stars, but they don't display the talent to match their definition.

  

  Jeffrey Gitomer
  • Rock

• We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.

  

  William James
  • Proud
  • Humans
  • Example