James Weldon Johnson Quotes

And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books.

James Weldon Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeMusicSchoolMy LifeDivided

My first season with Pittsburgh was 1969. We were still in the old NFL. My second year, we moved to the AFC when the leagues merged. I went to the Pro Bowl that season, and there must have been nine Raiders and nine Chiefs. I got to know all those guys.

Joe Greene

YearKnowOldFirstNFLBeen

Being a writer usually entails a fairly quiet life. However much travel one might do, however many tours and appearances, the job entails solitude: long hours in libraries, long hours at a desk.

Jill Paton Walsh

LifeJobTravelSolitudeLongQuiet

A sad fact of life lately at the Museum of Modern Art is that when it comes to group shows of contemporary painting from the collection, the bar has been set pretty low.

Jerry Saltz

LifeSadArtPaintingMuseumGroup

In 'Twilight,' you're setting up the world. You're introducing the world, and I was also writing in a vacuum because I didn't know who the actors were going to be. Now you're going to 'New Moon' and 'Eclipse,' and I could write specifically to them in my mind. So it becomes a more comfortable world.

Melissa Rosenberg

MindMoonWritingWorldYouKnow

I think the thing that our government lacks - just about more than anything else - is technological competence. We have some of the greatest white-hat hackers in the world here in the U.S., but the government seems to be technologically illiterate.

John McAfee

GovernmentWorldThinkMoreAnything

I love songs, and I love to tell stories, and so a lot of times, if you really want a good story, you got to flip the radio dial over to country.

Andy Grammer

LoveGoodStoryYouCountryWant

I see people with laptops as being enslaved to something they can't live without.

Stephen Rea

LivePeopleSeeWithoutI SeeBeing

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.

Sophocles

GoodTruthGood NewsNewsGeneral

There are a few 'Raw Shark Texts' tattoos floating around the Internet now, so I'm gathering them up to post on my forum. It's a strange thought, knowing that readers are tattooing themselves with something I've created, but it feels wonderful to have added something that people care about to the world.

Steven Hall

PeopleWorldThoughtCareInternet

Congress should pass a law repealing birthright citizenship for children of foreign citizens, with the sole exception being children of legal permanent residents. Children born to business travelers, foreign students, tourists, and illegal aliens would not be automatically citizens of the United States.

Tom Tancredo

BusinessChildrenLawLegalBorn

I'm lucky that I have whatever I had that makes me have a successful career, if you will.

Robert De Niro

MeYouCareerWillLuckyWhatever

Each marriage has to be judged separately, and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage.

Mary Wesley

MarriagePersonKnowNeverGoing

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