Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Quotes

Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 12, 1890 - September 10, 1976

Topics

DogOpportunityChooseHumanMay

I came into the advertising business in 1952, at the age of sixteen, as a delivery boy for a stuffy, old-line advertising agency named Ruthruff and Ryan, which could have served as the setting for the 'Mad Men' television series without moving a desk.

Jerry Della Femina

BusinessAgeMenMovingAdvertising

Writing was, is, and will always be my favorite job.

John Corey Whaley

JobWritingWillAlwaysFavorite

When I walk out there on court, I become a maniac... Something comes over me, man.

John McEnroe

WalkManMeBecomeOverOut

My body looks like 30 but my face looks like 50. But I cannot walk bare-chested in the streets. I like to do these movies to challenge myself physically.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

MyselfChallengeWalkFaceBody

I've never seen a surface that I think is more seductive in image making.

John Sexton

ThinkMoreNeverImageSeenSurface

By the time I was five, I was a little diva.

Stevie Nicks

TimeDivaLittleFiveBy The Time

You have a strange relationship with calamity when you're a writer: you write about it; as an artist, you objectify and fetishize it. You render life into material, and that's a creepy thing to do.

Tony Kushner

LifeRelationshipYouArtistStrange

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless with yours.

Mary Schmich

PeopleUpRecklessHeartsYoursWho

Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical conductors have figured it out... otherwise, you just get the back of someone's head playing music you could hear on a CD. It's not enough anymore.

Marvin Hamlisch

MusicSomeoneEnoughYouBackNow

In my adolescence, I think I felt very outcast; I felt lonely. I felt great loneliness, and sometimes I wouldn't partake in Christmas, and I would go off and wander in the streets of Melbourne.

Michael Leunig

GreatLonelinessThinkLonelyWander

I created a foundation for poor children called Sinfonia por el Peru, where they play in orchestras and choirs, learn values and get away from the bad life, become better citizens in every aspect.

Juan Diego Florez

LifeChildrenFoundationBetterBad

When you're younger, you're trying to understand and make sense of what your parents are trying to instill in you, which is ultimately life experience. I remember being 17 and my dad trying to teach me the importance of responsibility.

Jovan Adepo

LifeResponsibilityExperienceMe

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