James Weldon Johnson Quotes
Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will liberally assist in his elevation.
Quotes to Explore
-
Coaching is the great passion of my life, and the job to me has always been an opportunity to work with our student athletes and help them discover what they want.
-
During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me.
-
I've never been one to run from a challenge.
-
We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
-
I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
-
I don't find anything upsetting or gross or degrading about fighting with a mental illness: Bipolar or Schizophrenia.
-
You want your coach's blessing.
-
I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
-
I love books.
-
The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
-
The media is an ally when it comes to showing the truth about terrorist groups. Attacking the media will not produce a more compliant citizenry. It will produce a more alienated, suspicious and disenfranchised public, one more likely to chafe under a government's attempts at control, all to the benefit of terrorist groups.
-
I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
-
The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
-
I dreamed about this as a kid, that I would write - and people would read - a whole series of books. I feel accomplished, giddy, and tired. Mostly, though, I feel thankful. A trilogy is a huge investment on the part of author, publisher, and reader, and I'm grateful that so many people were willing to invest along with me.
-
At the end, it's your movie and your performance that stands out. So if I am a good actor, and if am being part of good entertaining engaging films, audiences will like me.
-
When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
-
In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
-
I thought if my son was now eighteen years old and he was tempted to join the fight and take the burden of protecting his family - because it's always tempting especially for young men - what would I do as a mother to stop him?
-
When I get on stage, I try to win my pay: to please and that people leave satisfied... being seductive has given me good results.
-
My notion's to think of the human beings first and let the abstract ideas take care of themselves.
-
The war on Iraq was a disaster, clearly carried out under false pretences.
-
I distinguish between maniacs and crazy people; a maniac will beat nine people to death with a steel dildo. A crazy person will beat nine people to death with a steel dildo, but he'll be wearing a Bugs Bunny suit at the time.
-
It's not the part of being a celebrity that's so attractive to me. It's being recognized for your accomplishments and what you've done... becoming closer to what you want to achieve in life.
-
Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will liberally assist in his elevation.
