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Age Quotes by William James
- In all this process of acquiring conceptions, a certain instinctive order is followed. There is a native tendency to assimilate certain kinds of conception at…
- ...These healers...my intellect has been unable to assimilate their theories....But their facts are patent and startling; and anything that interferes with the multiplication of such…
- It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never…
- Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it may begin, is sure to end in sadness. . .…
More Age Quotes
- It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
- We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
- Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
- I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when… — Margaret Atwood
- Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and… — Francis Bacon
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I didn't know a time when there wasn't a war because I spent all my time from the age of two or… — David Bailey
- Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves… — Bernard Baruch