William James Quotes

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.

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• I'm not looking to shock anyone.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Looking
  • Anyone
  • Shock

• Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.

  

  Gail Simmons
  • Balance
  • Sweet
  • Cooking

• Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Up
  • Violence
  • Enemy

• Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Party
  • Become
  • Democrats

• When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • God
  • Man
  • Strong

• We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.

  

  Wendell Willkie
  • Great
  • Relationship
  • Face

• Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • People
  • Career
  • Wish

• One thing any DJ needs in his crate, especially at a barbecue, is a selection of 15-minute-plus jams.

  

  Adam Mansbach
  • Needs
  • Barbecue
  • DJ

• I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • Real
  • Want
  • Funny

• If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
  • Music
  • Today
  • Moving

• Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.

  

  Vidya Balan
  • Film
  • Confidence
  • Commitment

• Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.

  

  Zoe Saldana
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Growing Up

• Starting at 11, I was a movie-theater popcorn girl, a babysitter, a sales clerk - in the Midwest, they start them early!

  

  Kate Spade
  • Movie
  • Girl
  • Start

• I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.

  

  Dan Futterman
  • Pretty
  • Explore
  • Loved

• When I got my first guitar, I played along with everything I heard that had guitar in it, like the Ramones, Nirvana and Sublime, as well as whatever hip-hop and R&B stuff was on the radio.

  

  Gary Clark Jr.
  • Guitar
  • Radio
  • Hip Hop

• I'll admit that I do quite like drinks that come in coconut shells. So there's always that.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Always
  • Admit
  • Coconut

• I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • Time
  • Love
  • Success

• If I grew up in 'da hood,' it would make my story so much more interesting - if I had something to escape from. I had a pretty good life. My parents weren't rich; they weren't poor. I wasn't trying to escape from anything. It was always just the pursuit of something cooler.

  

  Palmer Luckey
  • Life
  • Up
  • Good

• When has there ever been a government in German history that came to the people and revealed its detailed plans for the coming years? That could not happen before, since German governments planned war and conquest.

  

  Walter Ulbricht
  • People
  • War
  • History

• Throughout the time in which I am working on a canvas I can feel how I am beginning to love it, with that love which is born of slow comprehension.

  

  Joan Miro
  • Time
  • Beginning
  • Canvas

• We're living in hard times.

  

  Antonio Banderas

• Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • People
  • World
  • Real

• There is no one who is more conflicted in the Marvel Universe, in my opinion, than Matthew Murdock. Is he his father's son, or is he the son of his father? Is he someone who is going to solve the world's problems in a court room, or is he someone who is going to solve the world's problems with his fist?

  

  Jeph Loeb
  • World
  • Father
  • Universe

• The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.

  

  William James
  • World
  • Long
  • Devil