William James Quotes
To know an object is to lead to it through a context which the world provides
William James
Quotes to Explore
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I do a lot of speaking about energy and environment. But that's more a second job than a hobby. Hobby-wise, I love the outdoors - hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, scuba diving. Because I spend almost all of my life in front of a screen, time in nature is especially important, I think.
Ramez Naam
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All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
Nancy Gibbs
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
Callie Thorne
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It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books.
E. L. Doctorow
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If something is mine, then I want to keep it.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
Samuel Goldwyn
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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.
Hamish Bowles
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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.
Ed Miliband
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Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights of all nations.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
Randy Newman
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By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
Paris Hilton
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Some day, I'd like to be known as the queen of containerboards.
Zhang Yin