James Weldon Johnson Quotes

Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town.

James Weldon Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 17, 1871 - June 26, 1938

Topics

GreatCityMindMeThoughtSurprise

Selfish, arrogant people drive me crazy.

Joanna Krupa

PeopleMeCrazyDriveSelfish

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal... God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

Joel Osteen

LifeGodMoneyBelieveThinkDoors

I thank God I'm myself and for the life I'm given to live and for friends and lovers and beloveds, and I thank God for knowing that all those people have already paid for me.

Maya Angelou

LifeLiveGodMyselfPeopleMe

When I was 12 years old, my father was killed. I lost a loved one to violence. The pain was because I lost my father. It didn't matter that he was an officer... It shaped my life. If anything, it made me a strong advocate for the victims of violence.

Robert P. McCulloch

LifeFatherPainMeStrongLoved

I think the implications for the rise of China are huge in terms of the political landscape, economic balance, de-velopment thinking, and the environment.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

BalanceThinkThinkingPolitical

For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did I fully realize it.

Smedley Butler

LifeGreatWarRealizeSoldierDid

My parents gave up things for me when I was growing up.

Roberto Firmino

ParentsMeGrowing UpGrowingUp

It would be very discouraging if somewhere down the line you could ask a computer if the Riemann hypothesis is correct and it said, 'Yes, it is true, but you won't be able to understand the proof.'

Ronald Graham

YouDownSaidTrueUnderstandLine

In bachata, you had these guys that used to wear suits and had a really traditional style. We looked different. Baggy jeans. We had the Spanglish going on, and I knew that was going to work to our advantage.

Romeo Santos

WorkStyleSuitsYouJeansGoing

Basically, I think some of the weight helped take some of the walls down in reality, so basically I got a little more confident. I'm definitely not super confident, but I am confident that I don't have to hide behind those layers of fat and that I can actually open up to people a little more.

Lisa Lampanelli

WallsI AmPeopleThinkRealityFat

As an actor, you get to sort of bounce back and forth in terms of the age range you play and the life experience that your characters have.

Jonathan Keltz

LifeAgeExperienceYouBackPlay

When I go on stage man I just want people to have fun, I don't want people to think about their problems, I want people to get energy and nutrition and food from that so they can go back into the real world and work on their problems.

Jon Fishman

WorkFoodManFunPeopleWorld

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