It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.

In the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or perceived.

But though cognition is not an element of mental action, nor even in any real sense of the word an aspect of it, the distinction of cognition and conation has if properly defined a definite value.

Psychology is the science of the act of experiencing, and deals with the whole system of such acts as they make up mental life.

The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness.

Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.

But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation.

An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me.

Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.

We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.

The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.

I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say they will endure longer than the McCarran Act.

For an actor, there is no greater loss than the loss of his audience.

Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.

There are no facts, only stories.

You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution.

It's a good feeling, that you can put your heart out there, no matter how black it is, and people can understand it.

Happiness in life is not a given, it must be seized.

For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck.

The purpose of establishing different houses of legislation is to introduce the influence of different interests or different principles.