William James Quotes

A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.

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• I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.

  

  Adam Goldberg
  • Me
  • Known
  • Sure

• No matter how much money I make, no matter how many hit songs. I still perform like a street performer.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Money
  • Matter
  • Street

• There is this sense of David Cameron leading a Government that's badly out of touch with ordinary people's lives. I'd absolutely welcome the opportunity to show all political leaders what life is like for most people.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • People
  • Life
  • Political

• People just don't sit down and watch shows live anymore. They DVR it. They stream it; they watch it on Netflix or iTunes.

  

  Madchen Amick
  • People
  • Live
  • Down

• 'Mama's Family' was kind of like everyone's guilty pleasure.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Family
  • Kind
  • Guilty

• I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Family
  • Proud
  • Being

• It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Good
  • Beautiful
  • Better

• As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • Want
  • Voice
  • Tools

• For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.

  

  Cao Yu
  • Life
  • Best
  • Short

• My father went to work every day, and it's my job to go to work, too. Some days will be good, some won't be so good, but I have to go to work.

  

  Ted Danson
  • Good
  • Work
  • Job

• I enjoy my life.

  

  Marat Safin
  • Life
  • Enjoy
  • My Life

• You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.

  

  Karlie Kloss
  • Control
  • Learn
  • Face

• 'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.

  

  Taylor Hicks
  • Life
  • Time
  • Thankful

• I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.

  

  T-Pain
  • Money
  • Think
  • Parents

• Western man is schizophrenic.

  

  J. B. Priestley
  • Man
  • Western
  • Schizophrenic

• The Rio Earth Summit in 1992 changed my life completely, turning me into an activist. From the air, you see things you can't see from the ground - you really understand the impact of man, even in a place you know well. My work is meant to convince people we can no longer live like this.

  

  Yann Arthus-Bertrand
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Feel
  • Find
  • Act

• I would never say somebody had to vote for anybody. That would be terrible. I haven't said that.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • Said
  • Say
  • Vote

• I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.

  

  Lewis Carroll
  • Morning
  • Changed
  • I Think

• I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.

  

  Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• When I found out I got this job, I cried, of course - I'm a girly-girl - and then I called my dad, and he cried, too. On so many levels, this is a thrill for me.

  

  Lisa Guerrero
  • Job
  • Girl
  • Dad

• He saw wan Woman toil with famished eyes; He saw her bound, and strove to sing her free. He saw her fall'n; and wrote "The Bridge of Sighs"; And on it crossed to immortality.

  

  William Watson
  • Eye
  • Poet
  • Immortality

• I don't like to do too much psychological research because it might turn a character into a patchwork.

  

  Sara Zarr
  • Character
  • Research
  • Might

• A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.

  

  William James
  • Men
  • Motivational
  • Meaningful