William James Quotes

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

William James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 11, 1842 - August 26, 1910

Topics

AgeCharacterWorldThirtyNeverUs

There are lots of great actresses who are great because they'll do anything.

Andie MacDowell

GreatAnythingBecauseWhoLots

We knew when we started we wouldn't be accepted overnight, that it was going to be a long haul.

Angus Young

LongStartedGoingOvernightKnew

I'm just not happy with Hollywood.

Amy Heckerling

HappyHollywoodJust

I'm not a big Hollywood guy. I don't know how the machine works. I leave that to people better than myself.

Trevor Noah

MyselfPeopleBetterKnowHollywood

In 'The World Set Free,' the world's major superpowers attack each other simultaneously.

Tom Reiss

WorldFreeAttackSetSuperpowers

Montanans elected me to the Senate to do away with shady backroom deals and to make government work better.

Jon Tester

WorkGovernmentMeBetterShady

I was rapping as a hobby. It was something I did for my friends and just played around on ideas and stuff like that.

Brandy Norwood

IdeasFriendsHobbySomethingStuff

The march to our duty here, not merely to ourselves, but to our surroundings, must proceed. God wills it.

William H. O'Connell

GodMarchDutySurroundingsHere

To be appreciated by a whole 'nother generation of fans, all of a sudden discovering you, it's kind of what I did with the classic bands I love - the ones that influenced me.

Scott Weiland

LoveMeGenerationYouKindClassic

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.

Montesquieu

DemocracyTyrannyDangerousCitizen

An actor's job is about putting across the author's intention; I don't think of myself on the same level as a creator.

Jane Asher

MyselfJobThinkIntentionActor

In his 30 years of broadcasting and publishing fiction, Garrison Keillor has set the laugh bar pretty high.

Jane Smiley

LaughBarYearsHighFictionPretty

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