William James Quotes
An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
William James
Quotes to Explore
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Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
Karel Capek
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And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.
Malala Yousafzai
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I'm on 'Dancing with the Stars' because I want to prove my sister wrong. My sister literally told the world that I could not dance, so I have to redeem myself.
Calvin Johnson
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Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain.
Malcolm Lowry
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The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
Karen Kain
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I write my songs and just play them, so there are not a whole lot of fireworks. As long as the music comes first, it's OK to have some fireworks. But not the other way around.
Kacey Musgraves
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It seems to me that all of the evil in life comes from idleness, boredom, and psychic emptiness, but all of that is inevitable when you become accustomed to living at others’ expense.
Anton Chekhov
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I grew up in communist Russia where we didn't have anything, so I'm not worried that I can't buy an extra pair of shoes.
Margarita Levieva
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Some guys lock up when they hear the crowd. I feel the energy and take it with me into the fight. I've been in front of huge crowds and know to use that energy.
Bobby Lashley
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Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common man.
William Allen White
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Contrary to what most people believe, trust is not some soft, illusive quality that you either have or you don't; rather, trust is a pragmatic, tangible, actionable asset that you can create.
Stephen Covey
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An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
William James