English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Henry James Quotes

Henry James quote: "I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of..."

I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.

Henry James

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

I'll never forget Hurricane Katrina - the mix of a natural and a man-made catastrophe that resulted in the death of over 1,500 of our neighbors. Millions of folks were marked by the tragedy. Cedric Richmond
Samuel Johnson quote: "If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not..."
If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle. Samuel Johnson
Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person. John Cleese
...it was his misfortune that most of the men he knew preferred immaculate linen and their clubs to nakedness and the jungle. It was, of course, difficult to understand, yet it was very evident that they did. Edgar Rice Burroughs
The years... when I pursued the inner images were the most important time of my life. Everything else is to be derived from this. It began at that time, and the later details hardly matter anymore. My entire life consisted in elaborating what had burst forth from the unconscious and flooded me like an enigmatic stream and threatened to break me. That was the stuff and material for more than only one life. Everything later was merely the outer classification, the scientific elaboration, and... Carl Jung
By then running had entered the realm of the metaphysical. First there came the action of running, and accompanying it there was this entity known as me. I run; therefore I am. Haruki Murakami
Let me ask you outright, gentle reader, if there have not been hours, indeed whole days and weeks of your life, during which all your usual activities were painfully repugnant, and everything you believed in and valued seemed foolish and worthless? E. T. A. Hoffmann
Then it’s just Venia, whose skin is so pale her tattoos appear to be leaping off it. Almost rigid with determination, she does my hair and nails and makeup, fingers flying swiftly to compensate for her absent teammates. The whole time, she avoids my gaze. It’s only when Cinna shows up to approve me and dismiss her that she takes my hands, looks me straight in the eye, and says, “We would all like you to know what a…privilege it has been to make you look your best.” Then she hastens from the... Suzanne Collins
Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it. Lyndon B. Johnson
Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion. Deepak Chopra
Richard J. Daley quote: "I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new..."
I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders. Richard J. Daley
Cory Lidle quote: "On the days I'm pitching, it's almost a coin flip as to know..."
On the days I'm pitching, it's almost a coin flip as to know if the guys behind me are going to be there to play 100%. Cory Lidle
Jesse Jackson quote: "Don't look down on somebody unless you are helping them up."
Don't look down on somebody unless you are helping them up. Jesse Jackson
Abraham Lincoln quote: "People who have no vices, have very few virtues."
People who have no vices, have very few virtues. Abraham Lincoln
The sound of distant breakers made her heart ache with melancholy. She was in the mood when the sea has a saddening effect upon the nerves. It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave or gay. When they are gay, the waves echo their gaiety; but when they are sad, then every breaker, as it rolls, seems to bring... Baroness Orczy