Famous quotes containing the words james and/or gordon:
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“I wonder if his appetite was good?
Or, if it were, if also his digestion?
Methinks at meals some odd thoughts might intrude,
And conscience ask a curious sort of question,
About the right divine how far we should
Sell flesh and blood.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)