To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings. Human benevolence is mingled with ...
JAMES BOSWELL Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
JAMES BOSWELL Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
JAMES BOSWELL For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a go...
JAMES BOSWELL I find I journalize too tediously. Let me try to abbreviate.
JAMES BOSWELL I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice form...
JAMES BOSWELL I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens...
JAMES BOSWELL Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
JAMES BOSWELL Quoting Samuel Johnson: "Men know that ...
JAMES BOSWELL We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, th...
JAMES BOSWELL I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
JAMES BOSWELL It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.
JAMES BOSWELL I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnso...
JAMES BOSWELL I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnso...
JAMES BOSWELL He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
JAMES BOSWELL I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am
JAMES BOSWELL A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable p...
JAMES BOSWELL There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.
JAMES BOSWELL A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himse...
JAMES BOSWELL He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it
JAMES BOSWELL I am, I flatter myself, completely a citizen of the world. In my travels through Holland, Germany, S...
JAMES BOSWELL After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingeni...
JAMES BOSWELL Being asked by a young nobleman, what was become of the gallantry and military spirit of the old Eng...
JAMES BOSWELL A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.
JAMES BOSWELL We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, th...
JAMES BOSWELL A Sceptick therefore, who because he finds that Truths are not universally received, doubts of their...
JAMES BOSWELL The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.
NELSON BOSWELL The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.
NELSON BOSWELL Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.
NELSON BOSWELL The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake...
NELSON BOSWELL What we must try to be, of course, is ourselves and wholeheartedly. We must find out what we really ...
NELSON BOSWELL Our success in this matter is important to all Americans. Whether you are in the forest land busines...
LEONARD BOSWELL As the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks draws near we must ensure our nation is prepa...
LEONARD BOSWELL The American Dream is one of success, home ownership, college education for one's children, and ...
LEONARD BOSWELL The 9/11 Commission strongly recommends that the National Intelligence Director be fully in control ...
LEONARD BOSWELL The 9/11 Commission recently released their report, citing important changes which need to be made t...
LEONARD BOSWELL For the good of our environment, the good of the economy, and the good of the Nation, I strongly urg...
LEONARD BOSWELL The March on Washington was a culmination of years of hard work and dedication of many individuals.
LEONARD BOSWELL I've never played against Ching in the run of play. I've practiced with him on the national team, bu...
BOBBY BOSWELL Every day is an opportunity to improve as a player. I try and do something new after practice, wheth...
BOBBY BOSWELL Our goal is to shut teams out and not give up soft goals. But we also want to win games. Last year w...
BOBBY BOSWELL As a team, I think we're coming around now, and that's the important thing. I didn't expect to score...
BOBBY BOSWELL Through all of this, I have just tried to keep the big picture in mind -- that we're trying to win a...
BOBBY BOSWELL If I'm sitting in the stands, I'm not a happy fan right now, ... You don't see a lot of effort, not ...
BOBBY BOSWELL I saw a huge gap and normally I wouldn't have made that run, but I just wanted to give [Gomez] anoth...
BOBBY BOSWELL Early in the season we weren't getting the results we deserved. Now it's starting to go the other wa...
BOBBY BOSWELL With the formation we play, the style we play, people move around a lot. But the intentions are to h...
BOBBY BOSWELL It can always get better. I think we're starting to communicate a lot better, especially this year a...
BOBBY BOSWELL I write a ridiculous number of drafts. The characters change and grow through the drafting, and my u...
ROBERT BOSWELL Our nation's military and law enforcement personal work hard to protect us. We must thank them f...
LEONARD BOSWELL As the world's sole remaining super power and economic powerhouses, our nation's ability to ...
LEONARD BOSWELL We played a great ball game the whole game with just that one mental bust. Other than that I was ver...
JUDD BOSWELL I am committed to ensure that our intelligence community, law enforcement, medical professionals, an...
LEONARD BOSWELL Iowa is home to teachers, farmers, lawyers, factory workers, and many others who work hard every day...
LEONARD BOSWELL I guess if life were fair, people who led decent lives would be rewarded, and people who led indecen...
ROBERT BOSWELL Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself for he shall never cease to be entertained.
JOHN BOSWELL Barge traffic on the Mississippi River represents the most efficient, most cost-effective, most envi...
LEONARD BOSWELL The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That m...
LEONARD BOSWELL There is no indication that any church official suggested or supported the emperor's action against ...
JOHN BOSWELL When you fall in love with golf, you seldom fall easy. It's obsession at first sight.
THOMAS BOSWELL Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
LEONARD BOSWELL I just don't think they ought to have a monopoly on the casino licenses,
DAVID BOSWELL The legislature has to recognize that options to significantly increase state revenue are very few,
DAVID BOSWELL We've studied this issue enough, ... It's past time. Our state budget has a $1 billion shortfall.
DAVID BOSWELL I think it's not fair to impose additional taxes on just one industry,
DAVID BOSWELL I felt comfortable that ruling would come down, ... ... I was pretty uneasy taking that money out i...
DAVID BOSWELL We have to be guarded to keep a right-to-work law from passing, ... That will be one of our top prio...
DAVID BOSWELL The pride people take in their work transcends to their homes, their education, families and communi...
LEONARD BOSWELL It is clear we can make reforms to better ensure we are giving law enforcement all of the tools they...
LEONARD BOSWELL We've got the two best big men in the state. They can't play us.
MARCKUS BOSWELL If they had offered earlier, I probably would have signed with South Carolina. It was like I was las...
MARCKUS BOSWELL We don't get into who scored the most. We just play as a team. That's all we're gonna do. I just wan...
MARCKUS BOSWELL We must send a strong message both to those who currently serve and to all veterans, including those...
LEONARD BOSWELL I've been very instrumental in pushing for the reform in our intelligence system, to have a national...
LEONARD BOSWELL We're still making a lot of mental mistakes. That's two weeks in a row when we should have had a shu...
JUDD BOSWELL They're a scrappy bunch and can really get after it. They're going to be well coached and have some ...
JUDD BOSWELL He had a pinched nerve and some muscle spasms, but he's doing fine. We expect to have him back in tw...
JUDD BOSWELL It looks like they're back. They look really good. It's going to be tough, especially down there. It...
JUDD BOSWELL I'm getting older every week. It's not going to be an easy hill to climb, but I can assure you these...
JUDD BOSWELL I was impressed. They stepped up big in the second half. We called them out and they responded.
JUDD BOSWELL Ronnie Patrick really stepped up Friday night. He is full speed no matter where you put him. He's re...
JUDD BOSWELL I think it helped us that no one expected anything at the beginning of the season. But now we're a m...
MATT BOSWELL Everybody just continued to believe in themselves. It was a struggle at first, but we kept getting b...
MATT BOSWELL It is the city's goal to get as many people as we can interested and involved in setting and impleme...
MAYOR KENNETH BOSWELL Richie Rich, Keoki, Amanda LaPore are really successful. They've joined the culture at large.
JAMES ST. JAMES I came to NYU to study experimental theater. Shortly thereafter, I was featured in a 'Newsweek&#...
JAMES ST. JAMES The true nature of evil is that it is so very casual.
JAMES ST. JAMES Why, oh why, must we always go through pigs to get our truffles?
JAMES ST. JAMES I would go to the all-night grocery store and pretend that I was at Studio 54 because it was the onl...
JAMES ST. JAMES We danced on the lip of the volcano, so to speak. We were young, too. And New York was still a big, ...
JAMES ST. JAMES I'll always be a party monster. I'll always love getting dressed up.
JAMES ST. JAMES As for my identity within the context of New York nightlife? I left in the '90s, so I'm not ...
JAMES ST. JAMES I was definitely the oddball freak show in school.
JAMES ST. JAMES When my trust fund ran out, I panicked. I have a lot of admiration for the kids who come to the big ...
JAMES ST. JAMES I think that when you are a teenager, it's the smartest you will ever be in your life. Teenagers...
JAMES ST. JAMES Watch out for the average--they're usually hiding something big.
JAMES ST. JAMES There are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free...
JAMES ST. JAMES War is devastating, and it leaves its scars for generations.
JAMES BLUNT National honor is the national property of the highest value.
JAMES MONROE Every person is created in the image of God and has value. Every person. Every person is to be treat...
JAMES LANKFORD People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I m...
JAMES MCBRIDE From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started openi...
KEVIN JAMES My favorite movie of all time is 'Rocky.'
KEVIN JAMES Every time I do a movie where it gets physical, I say never again.
KEVIN JAMES I really wasn't a class clown.
KEVIN JAMES I've always had something in my heart where I root for guys who struggle with women.
KEVIN JAMES Back in '93 I saw my first UFC fight and just became enamored by it then.
KEVIN JAMES Once a year my back will go out and it'll be... it's like a sciatic thing and it's the s...
KEVIN JAMES I try to connect with the everyday, every guy.
KEVIN JAMES You think school ends when it ends, but it doesn't.
KEVIN JAMES It's always cool to meet people who can do things that you have no capacity to do.
KEVIN JAMES I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfo...
KEVIN JAMES I don't want to be known as this goody-two-shoes who can only do comedies where puppies are lick...
KEVIN JAMES Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.
KEVIN JAMES I've always been the guy who doesn't necessarily get it with women. A woman would have to sa...
KEVIN JAMES Now I'm starting to jog. But every time I do jog I have 9-1 pressed into my phone, with the next...
KEVIN JAMES I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.
KEVIN JAMES I never played a musical instrument growing up but I knew kids who did and took it very seriously.
KEVIN JAMES A song can take you to a special time in your life.
KEVIN JAMES If I do a movie where I have to have a son and it's a chubby kid, my mother is always like, '...
KEVIN JAMES I could never be James Bond.
KEVIN JAMES I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.
KEVIN JAMES You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it&...
JAMES DASHNER It's pretty scary to know how quickly time flies.
JAMES WAN Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common ha...
WILLIAM JAMES Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.
JAMES THOMSON 'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.
JAMES THOMSON For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by...
JAMES THOMSON The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no ...
JAMES THOMSON More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.
JAMES THOMSON But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?
JAMES THOMSON Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand.
JAMES THOMSON When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feeling...
ETTA JAMES Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a...
JAMES ROUSE Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you...
JAMES GALWAY A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.
JAMES CALLAGHAN A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
JAMES KELLER I sometimes have an over-confidence that can be viewed as arrogance.
JAMES CORDEN You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing,...
LEBRON JAMES In regards to your love life, you're just entering into a whole of pain if you talk about it. If...
LILY JAMES If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or v...
LENNIE JAMES My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.
JAMES BROWN The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply ...
JAMES NAISMITH But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner.
LEBRON JAMES Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
WILLIAM JAMES See, the thing that bothers me with young actors, young actors of color specifically, is that they s...
JAMES AVERY I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with othe...
JAMES TAYLOR I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated.
JAMES FRANCO I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is ...
JAMES HILLMAN The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world,...
JAMES HILLMAN Life is a mountain of solvable problems, and I enjoy that.
JAMES DYSON Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
WILLIAM JAMES To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and ...
JAMES BUCHANAN A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, ...
JAMES ALLEN The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID t...
JAMES WOLCOTT It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that t...
JAMES MONROE We're in a world where masculinity, especially with these big spectacle movies, is often pushed ...
THEO JAMES In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, c...
JAMES BELUSHI An actor should be judged by his performance only.
JAMES DEAN I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the ki...
JAMES DEAN When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's followi...
JAMES DEAN To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this grea...
JAMES DEAN To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to ...
JAMES DEAN Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
JAMES DEAN The only greatness for man is immortality.
JAMES DEAN An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences li...
JAMES DEAN I used to fly around quite a bit, you know? I took a lot of unnecessary chances on the highways. And...
JAMES DEAN I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
JAMES DEAN Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things ...
JAMES DEAN I don't want anything seventy-thirty. Fifty-fifty's always good enough for me. I don't w...
JAMES DEAN I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is end...
JAMES DEAN The only way to make a scene realistic is to do it the way you know it would really happen.
JAMES DEAN Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and im...
JAMES DEAN There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
JAMES DEAN The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
JAMES DEAN You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you'...
JAMES DEAN Racing is the only time I feel whole.
JAMES DEAN Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life...
JAMES DEAN I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how ...
JAMES DEAN Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.
KEVIN JAMES The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why...
JAMES WOODS I've done a lot of work in the gym preparing myself for what is certain to be pretty strenuous p...
JAMES HIBBERD Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic current...
WILLIAM JAMES Words played an important part in my growing up. Not only the written word... but words that flew th...
JAMES HOWE The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perce...
WILLIAM JAMES Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration,...
JAMES LANKFORD I'm a big cardigan sweater guy.
JAMES FRANCO No one forgets their first love. You're experiencing all those endorphins and all that dopamine ...
JAMES MARSDEN I loved all the princess films, and I grew up with them, and I think it's really cool how they&#...
LILY JAMES You can't fuel real economic growth with indiscriminate credit. You can only fuel it with well-a...
JAMES SUROWIECKI Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the sho...
JAMES HECKMAN Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
WILLIAM JAMES No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of respondin...
JAMES ALLEN A man is literally what he thinks.
JAMES ALLEN The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a ...
JAMES ALLEN The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and y...
JAMES ALLEN I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.
LEBRON JAMES There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I p...
LEBRON JAMES I'm confident with my ability.
LEBRON JAMES Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and l...
LEBRON JAMES