Henry James Quotes

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations of the earth are in a conspiracy to under value them.

Henry James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 15, 1843 - February 28, 1916

Topics

ValuePeopleWorldThinkEarthFact

If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide.

Meg Greenfield

MotherPoliticsWillFirstGone

My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night.

John Philpot Curran

I AmDoctorNightYouSayBeen

Sometimes I am moody or bubbly, and then at other times, I just want to disconnect. I am an extreme person.

Amruta Khanvilkar

I AmPersonSometimesWantMoody

Memory is revisionist, you know. 'The Houston Kid' was based on true things that happened. But I know - from writing a memoir that I've been working on for awhile - that reconstructing memory is revisionism.

Rodney Crowell

MemoryWritingYouKnowTrueKid

I've always wanted to learn how to hook rugs. A wonderful artist named Leslie Giuliani taught me how. The nice thing is you can change it as you go along.

Roz Chast

ChangeMeLearnYouArtistNice

There's no reason to be ashamed of feeling good.

Martine Syms

GoodFeeling GoodFeelingReason

I think therapy interferes with the creative process. It takes off the edge.

Michael O'Donoghue

CreativeThinkProcessEdgeTherapy

I push myself in a lot of aspects when I write a song. I write a piece and where most people would stop and say, 'Oh, that's the hook right there,' I'll move that to the first four bars of the verse and do a new hook.

Drake

MyselfPeopleSongPushStopNew

My favorite thing about motherhood is the outpouring of love that is non-judgmental and beautiful. My daughter just makes me happy, and she motivates me to be a kid again.

Christina Milian

LoveDaughterBeautifulHappyMe

In order to have a meaningful impact, companies should value diversity and inclusion from Day One.

Christine Tsai

DayDiversityValueImpactInclusion

Of the sayings of Christ in the Synoptic Gospels that can be compared to those in the fourth Gospel, there are one or two which I venture to think can only have been recorded on the authority of St. John.

Alfred Noyes

ThinkAuthorityTwoVentureBeen

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

William Hazlitt

PainGraceEverythingHesitation

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