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:

William James Quotes

William James quote: "Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find..."

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

William James

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Julian Barnes quote: "History isn't what happened, history is just what historians..."
History isn't what happened, history is just what historians tell us. Julian Barnes
Ali Hoseini-Khamenei quote: "The idea of human rights as a fundamental principle can be..."
The idea of human rights as a fundamental principle can be seen to underlie throughout Islamic teachings. Ali Hoseini-Khamenei
You know, at 35 or at 38 or 40 you really start to see what your body could look like if you just don't do anything all winter long. So that's another motivating factor, our vanity. Stone Gossard
When you're playing a character in a book, there's already a lot of pressure because all of the millions of people who have read the series have been able to envision and become very attached to the characters. Nikki Reed
Frederick William Faber quote: "The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives..."
The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder. Frederick William Faber
The search for myself is ended. I am buried in the world, I knew I would find my place there one day, the old world cloisters me, victorious. I am happy, I knew I would be happy one day. But I am not wise. For the wise thing now would be to let go, at this instant of happiness. And what do I do? I go back again to the light, to the fields I so longed to love, to the sky all astir with little white clouds as white and light as snowflakes, to the life I could never manage, through my own fault... Samuel Beckett
Sara Gilbert quote: "I think I really see myself doing TV more than ever."
I think I really see myself doing TV more than ever. Sara Gilbert
Nothing is more misleading to the youth of a nation than to state the outcome immediately after the beginning as if nothing could have taken place in between. Gustav Stresemann
The challenge is not to replace Obama but with who. It's not enough to just change up the uniform, if we don't change the team and the game plan, we won't save our country. Sarah Palin
Arnold Palmer quote: "Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated."
Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated. Arnold Palmer
James Lovelock quote: "I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a..."
I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. James Lovelock
Adam Smith quote: "Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your..."
Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself. Adam Smith
Joan Chen quote: "If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it."
If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it. Joan Chen
Yancy Butler quote: "I never worked less than 16-hour days on South Beach."
I never worked less than 16-hour days on South Beach. Yancy Butler
Melissa Etheridge quote: "I've sold my soul for freedom. It's lonely but it's sweet."
I've sold my soul for freedom. It's lonely but it's sweet. Melissa Etheridge