Shawntia Johnson Quotes

#1. You're gonna notice me when I come in. I'm gonna make a statement without opening my mouth, and when I leave, you're gonna remember that.

Busta Rhymes

#2. The poet is the man made to solve the riddle of the universe who brings the whole soul of man into activity.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#3. Sometimes I think that ideas float through the atmosphere like huge squishy pumpkins, waiting for heads to drop on.

Neil Gaiman

#4. Her freckles were delectable. Most fellows didn't care for freckles as a rule, thinking they were tough-looking. But Betty's were appealing. Like cake batter you could wipe off with your thumb, buttery and sweet.

Katherine Howe

#5. Intellectuals should never marry; they won't enjoy it; and besides, they should not reproduce themselves.

Don Herold

#6. Ironically, Henry James' biography comforts me & I long to make known to him his posthumous reputation he wrote, in pain, gave all his life (which is more than I could think of doing I have Ted, will have children but few friends) & the critics insulted & mocked him, readers didn't read him.

Sylvia Plath

#7. I try to support groups that are about educating people about different races, different religions, different cultures and different situations so that we can break down the barriers of prejudice and bigotry.

Loretta Sanchez

#8. I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect.

Roberto Cavalli

#9. Modern western man has some basic misconceptions about the nature of happiness. The origin of the word is instructive: happiness stems from the root verb to happen, which implies that our happiness is what happens.

Robert A. Johnson

#10. We've been in business together ever since we were children, so back in the day, there were so many references to 'your dad.' Rather than wanting to sound totally hickified and go, 'Well, my daddy said,' we would refer to him as 'Phil.'

Willie Robertson

#11. There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

Leo Tolstoy

#12. You look amazing."
"Thank you. You look pretty good." Understatement.
"Oh this old thing? Shucks," he said.
"Dork."
"Goddess.

Chelsea M. Cameron

#13. Eugene Peterson's language makes the Bible exciting and strong, sweet, sharp, persuasive, painful, personal, contemporary, kind, and dramatic - and available to every reader of this age.

Walter Wangerin

#14. I think there have been some periods when the writing almost became a bit of a burden.

Leo Ornstein

#15. I will fall in love with any golf course that you have to drive the ball straight. You understand what I'm saying? That's my advantage. My advantage wasn't putting. In fact, I wasn't even a great putter or a good putter.

Lee Trevino