John H. Johnson Quotes
Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don't do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals.
Quotes to Explore
-
I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
-
I love to cook. But I have some food allergies, so I have to contend with those.
-
I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
-
I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now.
-
While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
-
He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
-
A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
-
Midi is my hobby.
-
I go on a good many adventure-type trips. Whenever I go on one, it's always potentially going to be the setting for one of my books. I pay more attention to certain aspects than some other people might. Sometimes I use them, sometimes I don't. Most of the books I write are based on experiences I've had to some extent.
-
Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
-
My dad said, 'Cam, you can make this situation a dream or you can make this situation a nightmare.' That struck a fire under me. That was my drive.
-
I don't think limits.
-
There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
-
When my family did shy away from Indian food, we'd eat a lot of Chinese. We'd use the wok a lot. I never had a problem with Brussels sprouts or broccoli growing up. I always grew up with the mentality of finishing your plate.
-
I feel very much satisfied to play in Baltimore.
-
You can tell a lot about a person from his underwear.
-
I am not allowing myself to get carried away.
-
The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy.
-
I'm confident with my ability.
-
We are either going to go down the socialist road and become like Western Europe and create, I guess really a godless society, an atheist society. Or we're going to continue down the other pathway, where we believe in freedom of speech, individual liberties, and that we remain a Christian nation.
-
Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
-
I've never turned to anybody for advice and counsel. Even when I was a very small child, I had to stand on my feet because of the circumstances of those times, and somehow, the circumstances have remained more or less the same. I have to take my own decisions.
-
Britain is a very small country with a very large press.
-
Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don't do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals.
