Calvin Johnson Quotes
Quotes to Explore
- 
	
	Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'   
- 
	
	All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.   
- 
	
	I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.   
- 
	
	I felt pressure to follow in Madonna's footsteps, and I didn't want to base my career on sex. So I began to change how I saw myself.   
- 
	
	If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.   
- 
	
	I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.   
- 
	
	As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'   
- 
	
	I think that it's really incredible, growing up and being able to have all these people who really look up to the work that I do. It's really cool that I have such awesome fans, and I can't thank them enough. I get on my Twitter and Facebook every day, and I see such awesome things.   
- 
	
	Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.   
- 
	
	In many ways, anger is a misdirected plea for love.   
- 
	
	I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.   
- 
	
	You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.   
- 
	
	It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.   
- 
	
	I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara, Coppola, Neil Jordan.   
- 
	
	I had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play.   
- 
	
	We are now living in a fast paced technological era where every skill that we teach our children becomes obsolete in the 10 to 15 years due to exponentially growing technological advances.   
- 
	
	When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.   
- 
	
	I've been a war reporter and a human rights defender. A professor and a columnist. A diplomat and - by far most thrillingly - a mother. And what I've learned from all these experiences is that any change worth making is going to be hard. Period.   
- 
	
	I loved couriers. You had this transfer of physical information happening throughout the city and the world. Someone picking up the package, putting it in a bag, going somewhere, taking it out of the bag, giving it to someone else. I thought that was so cool. I wanted to map it, to see that flow on a big screen.   
- 
	
	A No. 1 record is hard to come by.   
- 
	
	Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.   
- 
	
	The planet has a fever. If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need to intervene here, you don't say, 'Well, I read a science fiction novel that told me it's not a problem.' If the crib's on fire, you don't speculate that the baby is flame retardant. You take action.   
- 
	
	My family never missed a visit in eight months, ever. I cried coming out. I didn't cry coming in. There's a big difference. I believe that God put me there for a reason, Incarceration is serious.   
- 
	
	I don't want to dog the NFL.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					