Famous quotes containing the words james, cagney, early and/or career:
“... the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“You dirty, double-crossing rat.”
—James Cagney (1899–1986)
“It is easy to see that, even in the freedom of early youth, an American girl never quite loses control of herself; she enjoys all permitted pleasures without losing her head about any of them, and her reason never lets the reins go, though it may often seem to let them flap.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)
“A black boxer’s career is the perfect metaphor for the career of a black male. Every day is like being in the gym, sparring with impersonal opponents as one faces the rudeness and hostility that a black male must confront in the United States, where he is the object of both fear and fascination.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)