James Weldon Johnson Quotes

I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely.

James Weldon Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeParisThingsConsiderationHad

I came to Los Angeles and did auditions for television. I made a terrible mess of most of them and I was quite intimidated. I felt very embarrassed and went back to London. I got British television jobs intermittently between the ages of 23 and 27, but it was very patchy.

Michael Fassbender

BackTelevisionLos AngelesLondon

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books were my salvation. Books saved me from being miserable.

Amy Tan

HopeMeBookThinkYouSaid

I learned that one can always start again.

Jose Mujica

StartAlwaysAgainLearned

Nobody sets out to be evil. They're insecure, and they make bad decisions.

Jonathan Krisel

EvilDecisionsBadNobodyOutMake

The problem is going to be finding the right words and implementing it in a way that is really dealing with people that are inciting and not preventing honest discussion of the underlying causes of this horrendous political situation the world is in now.

Clare Short

WordsPeopleWorldPoliticalProblem

That was the appealing thing about comics: There literally is no budget in comics. You're only limited by your imagination.

Brian K. Vaughan

ImaginationBudgetYouOnlyYour

We're so complex; we're mysteries to ourselves; we're difficult to each other. And then storytelling reminds us we're all the same.

Brad Pitt

StorytellingDifficultSameComplex

I would never exchange my life with anybody else's.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

LifeMy LifeNeverWouldExchange

Darwinism is not merely a support for naturalistic philosophy: it is a product of naturalistic philosophy.

Phillip E. Johnson

SupportPhilosophyProductDarwinism

I don't slam doors in people's faces, and I'm not a bigot.

Sherman Hemsley

PeopleDoorsFacesBigotSlam

I learned from Roger Rabbit that if you make people laugh, they'll do anything for you - which is almost true.

Tiffany Haddish

PeopleLaughYouTrueAnythingMake

Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.

Nina Simone

HomeCrazyWorldThinkGreedI Can

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