Philosophy Quote by William James

Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously.

— Bertrand Russell

Those who attempt nothing themselves think every thing easily performed, and consider the unsuccessful always as criminal.

— Samuel Johnson

I think of myself as a journeyman actress. I will attempt almost anything that I think that I can bring off. It could be…

— Angela Lansbury

To do better we have to change our normal thought processes, and attempt to think in more positive and productive terms.

— Anonymous

“Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease-spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we keep unaltered…

— William James

I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.

— Sonia Sotomayor

“Stubbornness is a weapon. People tend to draw it out when a sensitive part of their identity is threatened—be it dignity, honor, pride, desires,…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

I'm not afraid of having an agenda. I do have an agenda. It's a positive agenda.

— Rush Limbaugh

I'm basically stubborn. If anyone disapproved of my being influenced by comics, I simply ignored them.

— Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero

“I was too stubborn to really take on what she was saying. But we're all guilty sometimes of only listening to what we want…

— Lesley Pearse

At first, I was stubborn about not wanting to become a city boy.

— Matt Cain

The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people; they disliked…

— Paul Theroux