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: "Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear."

Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.

William James

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

I did not like leaving them when they were little or big. You have to have priorities regarding what you will allow to take you away from your kid. Kate Hudson
Harrison Ford quote: "Parenting is an impossible job at any age."
Parenting is an impossible job at any age. Harrison Ford
Francis Parker Yockey quote: "Politics is activity in relation to power."
Politics is activity in relation to power. Francis Parker Yockey
Think as I think," said a man, "or you are abominably wicked; you are a toad." And after I thought of it, I said, "I will, then, be a toad. Stephen Crane
It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope. Paul Goodman
Dominator culture teaches all of us that the core of our identity is defined by the will to dominate and control others. We are taught that this will to dominate is more biologically hardwired in males than in females. In actuality, dominator culture teaches us that we are all natural-born killers but that males are more able to realize the predator role. In the dominator model the pursuit of external power, the ability to manipulate and control others, is what matters most. When culture is... Bell Hooks
Jay Alan Sekulow quote: "If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality,..."
If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality. Jay Alan Sekulow
Under current law, there is no additional penalty for someone who enters the United States illegally and then commits either a crime of violence or a drug trafficking offense. They simply come under the same penalty as we have in current law. John Shadegg
I think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused them to collapse - and that was Ronald Reagan. Pat Boone
Emily Giffin quote: "Change can be good but its always tough to let go of the past"
Change can be good but its always tough to let go of the past Emily Giffin
One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won. Bryant H. McGill
Young people are moving away from feeling guilty about sleeping with somebody to feeling guilty if they are *not* sleeping with someone. Margaret Mead
He regards boredom, I observe, as the One and Mighty Enemy of his soul. And will succeed in conquering it, I am sure—if he survives the experience. Dorothy Dunnett
Renee Fleming quote: "For years, I had no time for exploratory travel."
For years, I had no time for exploratory travel. Renee Fleming
John Keats quote: "It keeps eternal whisperings around desolate shores"
It keeps eternal whisperings around desolate shores John Keats