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My experience as a human being, not to mention my experience as a scholar, tells me that I cannot ever possibly imagine thinking that I have enough information. At no time in my life have I ever had enough time to get all the information I need, and I am wearily used to making compromises in pursuit of adequacy. That quality has nothing to do with the abundance of what is out there, and has everything to do with intellectual character and discipline. What is perceived as infoglut is mainly infoguilt -- a sense that I should be seeking more.-- James J. O'Donnell ("Avatars of the Word")
Be one of those upon whom nothing is lost.-- Henry James
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.-- James Dean
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.-- William James
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.-- James Thurber
So where are all the lust-crazed engineering groupies that my college recruiter talked about ?-- James Knowles
"Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one."-- James Madison
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.-- William James
A age is called dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.-- James Michener ("Space")
Do just once what others say you can't do,
and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.-- James R. Cook
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.-- James Branch Cabell