William Samuel Johnson Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
-
The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence, it has often been argued, were fueled by the most radical of all American political ideas.
-
There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
-
Everyone knows what a curve is, until he has studied enough mathematics to become confused through the countless number of possible exceptions.
-
Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
-
During my theatre days, I was more comfortable doing comedy. It's such an irony. I have always played a buffoon on stage, and yet I don't have any comic role to my credit.
-
You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
-
Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
-
When we cover a Chainsmokers song in our live show with ZBB, people are dancing and going crazy.
-
I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things like that in high school, while everyone else was having keg parties. I just felt destined to do it and really committed and driven; it was something that just felt right all my life.
-
We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue on the reform path.
-
Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him.
-
When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
-
I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one of these vices is odious in itself, as because each of them separately and all of them together are utterly abhorrent in men making profession of a life dedicated to God.
-
One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.
-
I feel that World Cup cricket should be played like football in which all the 160 countries take part. If only a handful of countries are going to keep on playing in the World Cup without making the game popular, I will be a sad man.
-
Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
-
One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.
-
Elementary considerations led me to the conclusion that a medium, composed of layers of different dielectric constants, must behave as a uniaxial crystal if it is assumed that the layer thicknesses are only a fraction of a wave-length.
-
A sculptor is supposed to be a dull dog anyway, so why should he not break out in colour sometimes, and in my case I'd as soon be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
-
There is no such thing as failure. Mistakes happen in your life to bring into focus more clearly who you really are.
-
On a given day, you can have market fluctuations where prices fluctuate far more than the underlying economic value of the unit.
-
Business fits me best. The only reason I went into modeling originally was to help out my family, because I knew that money gave you freedom. I tried acting and all of the arts, I even put out a record album, but what I like the most is business, which is where I am now.
-
It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity.
