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William James Quotes

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.

William James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Good Character Opportunity Better

Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have to cajole people to register and to vote.

Jesse Jackson

People Me Win End Lost Vote

Time is not an absolute reality but an aspect of our consciousness.

Robert Lanza

Time Reality Consciousness Our

Over the next decade, cities and states across America will be compelled to tighten their belts as the really big bills - the pension bills they cannot afford - come due. They'll have to go after existing contracts with current workers.

John Podhoretz

America Go Will Over Contracts Big

Listening is active. At its most basic level, it's about focus, paying attention.

Simon Sinek

Focus Listening Attention Active

My roles aren't huge, but it's a start.

Rory McCann

Start Roles Huge

Someday I want to have my own clothing line, perfume and makeup line.

Jordan Pruitt

Makeup Perfume Want My Own Line Own

There is some sampling on my records and a lot of what I call replays, where I'd have musicians come in the studio and replay the sample from the original record. But mainly, we'd come up with our own music.

Dr. Dre

Music Musicians Up Own Original

I've been on the road for fifteen years and I had no intent to stop.

Bon Scott

Road Stop Years Intent Been Fifteen

That's been a huge recurring thing in growing up - allowing two things to exist in the same space even though, instinctively, they might not be designated to.

Arca

Space Growing Up Growing Same Up

With each new appropriations bill Congress considers, I have to ask myself, 'Is this a good way to spend taxpayer dollars?'

Phil Gingrey

Good Myself Congress New Way Ask

When text messaging first came out, you could only text within your network, whatever operator you had. It seems silly now, but once those walls came down, all sorts of applications and services were built on top of that. It ended up being good for everybody.

Peggy Johnson

Good Walls Silly You Down Now

I think it's really important that the anti-bullying messages get into schools and become a staple in every school.

Sherri Saum

School Think Important Become Get