"We can disagree and still love each other, unless...
"We can disagree and still love each other, unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist." - James Baldwin
"Companies don't own us. Work doesn't own us. It is important as free-thinking...
"Companies don't own us. Work doesn't own us. It is important as free-thinking beings that we don't feel constantly trapped and indebted to work all the time, particularly when it is work we aren't fond of." - Alfred James, Pocket Mindfulness
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their ha...
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." - James Baldwin
"I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want on...
"I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed." — James Thurber
"As the new year approaches, I'll caution you to abstain from the use of phrase...
"As the new year approaches, I'll caution you to abstain from the use of phrases like "I dont care" or "its not my problem" to use phrases like these tighten a noose around the neck of humanity, for us to survive we must care." -James Edwards.
"We make mistakes, we have our faults, and God knows some ...
"We make mistakes, we have our faults, and God knows some of us have more than our share, but when danger threatens and duty calls, we go smiling to our own funeral." -James Larkin
Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because...
Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies ~William James
"World domination is such an ugly phrase, I prefer ...
"World domination is such an ugly phrase, I prefer to call it world optimization" - Harry James Potter Evans Verres (Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality)
On Barbara Cartland: “Twin miracles of mascara, her e...
On Barbara Cartland: “Twin miracles of mascara, her eyes looked like the corpses of two small crows that had crashed into a chalk cliff.” – the late Clive James (MIC)
“Just remember: if ever you feel weighed down by the bure...
“Just remember: if ever you feel weighed down by the bureaucracy and often mundanity of modern life, don't fight the frustration. Let it be the catalyst for whimsy.” —James Veitch
"I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five ho...
"I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness." — James Thurber
"I felt her absence. It was like waking up one day...
"I felt her absence. It was like waking up one day with no teeth in your mouth. You wouldn't need to run to the mirror to know they were gone." -James Dashner
"Whenever two people meet, there are really six people prese...
"Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is." — William James
"PowerPoint is the scourge of critical thinking. It...
"PowerPoint is the scourge of critical thinking. It encourages fragmented logic by the briefer and passivity in the listener." ~James Mattis, "Call Sign Chaos"
"Any astronomer can predict with absolute accuracy just where e...
"Any astronomer can predict with absolute accuracy just where every star in the universe will be at 11.30 tonight. He can make no such prediction about his teenage daughter." - James Truslow Adams
“We may be in the universe as dogs and cats are in our l...
“We may be in the universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all.” William James
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their ha...
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” ― James Baldwin
"I have often thought that if war should cease over all th...
"I have often thought that if war should cease over all the face of the earth, for a thousand years, its reality would not be believed at such a distance of time..." --James Boswell