William James Quotes
I am tired of the position of the dried-up critic and doubter. The believer is the true full man. (from a biography of James by Robert D. Richardson)William James
Quotes to Explore
-
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
Mahatma Gandhi -
You have to be yourself.
Young Thug -
But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
Walter Salles -
Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
C. S. Lewis -
The mean pattern of educational and economic achievement within multi-racial countries such as Canada and the United States has increasingly been found to prove valid internationally.
J. Philippe Rushton -
I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
Salman Rushdie
-
An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
Francesca Annis -
The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
Salman Rushdie -
Working with Sturges was like working with a guy who wanted to have a party all the time. He was very serious about his work, but in between shots, he was fun and we would play games.
Eddie Bracken -
At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
V. S. Naipaul -
It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
Mandy Moore -
I'm a vulnerable, sensitive person. I overthink everything.
Sam Smith
-
I know this is rather trivial - I will not be very deep about this - but it's great when you call the hottest restaurant in town and ask for a table for five at 8:00 P.M., and they say, 'Okay,' instead of, 'You have to wait two months.'
Caprice Bourret -
When the movie starts playing on TV and DVD, that's when you really see what the movie is.
Adam McKay -
One thing is for sure: a World Cup without me is nothing to watch.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic -
I savored my time on top of the podium by watching the American flag rise up out of the crowd as the anthem played, thinking about how every single second of training I've done was for this minute and how many people played a role in my achievement.
Hannah Kearney -
My politics are private, but many of my feminist politics cross over into my professional life.
Frances McDormand -
Fundamentally, I'm profoundly influenced by hip-hop, so whatever I do is going to bear that seal.
Adam Mansbach
-
Even though I'm an actor, I've gone to productions where there has been someone whose work is known in film, and you can't take your eyes off them. It unbalances the production. Whether they're good or not, it doesn't matter.
Frances McDormand -
My standup is observational, but it's self-observational, and it's self-deprecating, definitely.
Chelsea Handler -
Luckily, I was raised by a kind of gypsy family, which is why I always get along better with people who worked in circuses than with kids of other actors. My mom was so carefree with us in a beautiful way. We were used to sleeping anywhere.
Lou Doillon -
I've felt that if you dwell too much on your errors, you're dealing in the negativity of things. I don't like that. I'd rather work on the positive reinforcement, the things I did well.
Hale Irwin -
Physical intimacy is easy. Emotional intimacy is hard.
Hannah Simone -
I am tired of the position of the dried-up critic and doubter. The believer is the true full man. (from a biography of James by Robert D. Richardson)
William James