James Weldon Johnson Quotes

Whose starward eyeSaw chariot 'swing low'? And who was heThat breathed that comforting, melodic sigh,'Nobody knows de trouble I see'?

James Weldon Johnson

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• What makes maftoul worth celebrating is that it's so easy and forgiving to cook.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Easy
  • Worth
  • Forgiving

• I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.

  

  Ed Koch
  • Good
  • Never
  • Mayor

• You learn that different people are made differently, and they have different ways to reach to their goals. Some people reach their limits of what they can produce and create, and that doesn't necessarily make them bad. It is just that they may not be right for that role in that instance.

  

  Ram Shriram
  • People
  • Different
  • May

• To wake up when the sun comes up and enjoy that and then, when the sun goes down, to have a nice property or house where I could watch it on my porch when I'm older. It would be peaceful.

  

  Zack Greinke
  • Up
  • House
  • Nice

• Though I battle blind,Love is a fate resignedMemories mar my mind,Love is a fate resignedOver futile odds,And laughed at by the godsAnd now the final frame,Love is a losing game.

  

  Amy Winehouse
  • Mind
  • Game
  • Fate

• In 1995, I made a website, and half the web came to see it, and I thought, 'Man, that's it, that's what I want to do.'

  

  Jeffrey Zeldman

• As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament.

  

  Cyril Ramaphosa

• The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender; because this kiss already has within it that surrender.

  

  Emil Ludwig
  • People
  • Time
  • Relationship

• You know, if nobody knows who you are, nobody's going to buy your record.

  

  Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails

• I had some experience in dealing with people who have mental illness and depression, but I didn't see the signs in myself. I couldn't ask for help because I didn't know I needed help.

  

  Clara Hughes
  • People
  • Experience
  • Help

• Mascara is my daily essential. I pile it on top and bottom lashes during the day. If I'm going out, I'll add the individual Eylure lashes at the outer corners for more drama.

  

  Ashley Madekwe
  • Drama
  • Daily

• One of my brothers is a body builder, and the other is an accountant. Both of them live in Australia, so I rarely get to see them. My sister lives in the U.S.

  Jacqueline Fernandez
  • Live
  • Sister

• I think I was a born scientist.

  

  Ken Wilber

• I've made mistakes in my life for sure.

  

  Kim Kardashian
  • Life

• Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.

  

  Francis of Assisi
  • World
  • Men
  • Pride

• My worldview, my philosophy, my attitudes, my relationships, my parenting, my marriage - everything has been transformed by my relationship with Christ.

  

  Lee Strobel
  • Relationship
  • Marriage

• I wish I had millions in the bank; I'd never go broke. Let's get that belt and get millions in the bank.

  

  Donald Cerrone
  • Wish

• People say, 'Well, whose career do you follow? Where do you see your career going? What movie do you want to do next?' And I can't tell you what type of movie I would go and do next. I would have to read the script and feel for a character. And if I feel in my gut for a character, I know that that's somebody I have to play.

  

  Blake Lively
  • People
  • Character
  • Movie

• But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so many of the freshly bereaved end up feeling even more alone.

  

  Meghan O'Rourke
  • People
  • Up
  • Feeling

• The first two Prime Ministers whom I served, Ted Heath and Margaret Thatcher drew strikingly different lessons from the Second World War.

  

  Douglas Hurd
  • World
  • Different
  • War

• Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.

  

  Ann Landers
  • Life
  • Words
  • Comforting

• I think Jughead is a pretty trustworthy character - not only a narrator. I think he might be selfish, but he's obviously selfish, and that is comforting to me. I also think he has a really strong moral fiber and a propensity for good, and he tries to cultivate that in other people.

  

  Cole Sprouse
  • People
  • Good
  • Character

• My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad.

  

  Olive Schreiner
  • Life
  • Feeling
  • Sad

• Whose starward eyeSaw chariot 'swing low'? And who was heThat breathed that comforting, melodic sigh,'Nobody knows de trouble I see'?

  

  James Weldon Johnson
  • Comforting