Famous Samuel Johnson Quotes

#1. At the bottom of the poster was the famous Samuel Johnson quote I've now heard repeated, mangled, and paraphrased many times: When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Craig Taylor

#2. At the bottom of the poster was the famous Samuel Johnson quote I've now heard repeated, mangled, and paraphrased many times: When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Craig Taylor

#3. Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.

Mercedes Lackey

#4. The time is 'now' to do something - don't drag your feet.

Les Brown

#5. Difficult do you call it, Sir? I wish it were impossible. [on hearing a famous violinist]

Samuel Johnson

#6. By the way," Aiden said casting me a long look that had me totally forgetting the seriousness of our mission. "You look damn good in a Sentinel uniform."
A hot flush that had nothing to do with embarrassment spread over me. "So do you."
"I know.

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#7. I do find London exciting. Much as I hate to agree with that tedious old git Samuel Johnson, and despite the pompous imbecility of his famous remark about when a man is tired of London he is tired of life ... I can't dispute it.

Bill Bryson

#8. She gave me money to buy condoms, and instead I bought a book of baby names. That's life. That's love. That's fiscally irresponsible.

Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#9. Analysis paralysis is an epidemic that cripples countless dreams and great ideas. Be swift, decisive, and always move forward!

Matthew Loop

#10. Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend?

Abraham Lincoln

#11. When I began making art, I just thought I liked it. As a woman who was placed in spaces with various conditions, conventions, and restrictions on self-expression, turning to art - whether visual art, writing novels, or writing articles - was to gain freedom from the space around me.

Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook

#12. Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar.

Bradley Miller

#13. It's crap when people say you shouldn't try to change someone. The whole nature of a relationship is compromise, and compromise is change. It can be scary as hell changing what you know to fit with someone else, so I think you're entitled to drag your feet a bit.

L.A. Fiore

#14. Do not wish for luck; work for it.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#15. People need to know, before I'm associated with any party, I am an American, and that's what I want to drive home at the RNC.

BeBe Winans

#16. You have lost your smile.

Sasha Summers

#17. I don't look ahead. I'm right here with you. It's a good way to be.

Danny DeVito

#18. It is interesting to note that the overwhelming majority of all human beings who have ever lived were or currently are Pagans.

Mary Faulkner

#19. In any event, it's done, said Papa-which are the words of a coward to the power of ten.

Muriel Barbery