Abby Johnson Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		Not many people get that 'happily ever after' they want in life. There are disappointments every step of the way, no matter how hard one strives for the best.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abby Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
	Quotes to Explore 
		
	
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge or go on a vision quest with the help of a medicine man. The power of these ceremonies has an appeal, but I'm content with what little religion I already have. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian Frazier 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oprah Winfrey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People never notice anything. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. D. Salinger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I found people were telling stories to themselves without knowing it. It seemed to me that people were living a sort of small sermon that they believed in, but at the same time it was a fairy tale. Selfish desires, along with one or two highly suspect elevated thoughts. They secretly regard themselves as works of art, valuable in themselves. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				V. S. Pritchett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		May everyone live, And may everyone die. Hello, my love, And my love, Goodbye. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Leonard Cohen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alan Kay 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of affects or pleasure, but also the possibility of playing double or quits with the share you hold in the other's heart. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jean Baudrillard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the last books I read was 'Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime' by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. It gives a really good behind-the-scenes look at the campaigns. I didn't ask the president how accurate it was. I wouldn't ask him that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Locke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every year, jobs are on the line. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jason Pierre-Paul 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		Baseball is my job, and I love it, but it can't be the only thing I've got going on. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Matt Harvey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I can be much more sarcastic and, I think, sometimes withering in my assessments of things than I allow to show in my public life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Not many people get that 'happily ever after' they want in life. There are disappointments every step of the way, no matter how hard one strives for the best. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abby Johnson