"Time itself comes in drops." — William James

Time itself comes in drops. - William James

"Time itself comes in drops."

— William James

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484 Quotes by William James

William James has 484 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I take it that no man is educated who has never dallied with the thought of suicide.
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
To know psychology, therefore, is absolutely no guarantee that we shall be good teacher.
There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or whatever you please to call them), of…
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting…
No reception without reaction, no impression without correlative expression, -this is the great maxim which the teacher ought never to…
Habit is second nature, or rather . . . ten times nature.
We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully…
It is astonishing how many mental operations we can explain when we have once grasped the principles of association
The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of…
Any object not interesting in itself may become interesting through becoming associated with an object in which an interest already…
An idea will infect another with its own emotional interest when they have become both associated together into any sort…

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Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. — Hosea Ballou
A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it… — Johnny Bench
We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops. — Simon Le Bon
Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops. — Maya Angelou
Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man-yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the… — Marcus Aurelius
One of these days I'm going to write a book on drops. That ought to sell. The shot's become more… — Jimmy Demaret
The other sad truth about golf spectatorship is that for today's pros it all comes down to the putting, and… — John Updike
In the spring rain, the pond and the river become one. Into every life some rain must fall. Usually when… — Langston Hughes
Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth. — Eric Hoffer
My fear of flying starts as soon as I buckle myself in and then the guy up front mumbles a… — Dennis Miller
Life is fragile, like the dew hanging delicately on the grass, crystal drops that will be carried away on the… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

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