Famous quotes containing the words james and/or england:
“Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes
Lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes;
Antiquity and birth are needless here;
‘Tis impudence and money makes a peer.”
—Daniel Defoe (1660–1731)