The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives. – William James
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause. – William James
It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again. – William James
This is the pain pacemaker. Ive got a battery under my skin. From that battery are two electrodes that go into the spine where they cut bone away to accommodate it. Now I put on the power here. If I have the pain, the stimulator starts. Its tingling, like when your foot falls asleep, you know? – Jerry Lewis