Top 18 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. 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
#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. Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar.
Bradley Miller
#12. 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. 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. I don't look ahead. I'm right here with you. It's a good way to be.
Danny DeVito
#17. It is interesting to note that the overwhelming majority of all human beings who have ever lived were or currently are Pagans.
Mary Faulkner
#18. In any event, it's done, said Papa-which are the words of a coward to the power of ten.
Muriel Barbery
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