William James Quotes

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.

William James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ManYearHolidayMonthForceLike

When I first went to prison, I was even questioning where, God, where are you?

Jim Bakker

GodPrisonYouFirstQuestioning

My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how I identify.

Jessica Hagedorn

ImaginationIdentityYouGrandmother

I'm somewhat old-fashioned, and I still talk about playing a part. I don't talk about my work - 'I've seen some of your work' - there's not much work in it, is there?

John Hurt

WorkTalkPlayingSeenOld-Fashioned

I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.

John Steinbeck

LongYouOldPencilToolFingers

When you lower the cost of access to space, a boom of innovation follows, just as low-cost fiber optics paved the way for the Internet and the cloud services that followed.

Steve Jurvetson

InnovationSpaceInternetCloudYou

A wet spot on the floor kind of put a scare in myself, so you never know inside those lines what might happen.

Stephen Curry

MyselfYouKnowKindNeverInside

When I was 22, I wasn't too proud to do anything. I was taking out trash, buying stinky vintage clothes, and pulling gross Kleenex out of the pockets.

Sophia Amoruso

VintageProudClothesTrashAnything

It turns out that every person alive today can trace his or her ancestry back to Africa. Everyone's DNA tells a story of a journey from an African homeland to wherever you live.

Spencer Wells

LiveJourneyTodayStoryYouBack

The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.

Stonewall Jackson

PatriotismFightingCountryEarth

'Endgame' resists narrative and even thematic explanation. How you play it has to reflect this. If you decide something too much in advance, you forget the element that gives the play life - the audience.

Simon McBurney

LifeYouToo MuchPlayForget

We built the iPod in weeks. It had to be what I thought it was going to be because there wasn't time for endless refinements.

Tony Fadell

TimeThoughtGoingBecauseBuilt

I think, in a lot of ways, hip-hop is interesting to me because it's like the modern-day folk music.

Mat Kearney

MusicMeThinkInterestingHip-Hop

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