James Weldon Johnson Quotes

Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact that they spend lots of money there, for they spend just as much or more in London, and in the latter city they are merely tolerated because they do spend.

James Weldon Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Human love and desire is my bag.

Andrew Sean Greer

LoveBagDesireHumanHuman Love

Writing of that caliber spoils you for any other kind of writing for awhile. But that's probably good.

Mercedes Ruehl

GoodWritingYouKindSpoilsAwhile

I want a super-fight with a massive name, and I'd love it in a stadium.

Amir Khan

LoveNameWantStadiumMassive

I always love performing live, and that's what I was doing that started getting me acting parts, so I still find time do it.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

LoveLiveTimeMeDoingActing

We only ever write jokes that amuse us.

Jay Chandrasekhar

WriteJokesUsOnlyEverAmuse

When all is said and done, we exist only in relation to the world, and our senses evolved as scouts who bridge that divide and provide volumes of information, warnings and rewards.

Diane Ackerman

BridgeWorldInformationSaidDone

The best memories on tour are always of kids who tell me they are going to run back to their classrooms and start writing!

Doreen Cronin

MemoriesBestMeWritingStartBack

I'm of that subset of native New Yorkers who can't drive.

Colson Whitehead

DriveNewNew YorkersWhoNative

Stand-up is different from television. In stand-up, you've got to be in control.

Bob Newhart

ControlYouTelevisionGotDifferent

During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The Great Depression had a leveling effect, and all groups really experienced hard times: poor whites, poor blacks.

William Julius Wilson

GreatDepressionSocietyProblems

A lot of my YA novels are about family problems.

Susan Beth Pfeffer

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To kick off a merchant is to censor ideas and interfere with the free exchange of products at the core of commerce. When we kick off a merchant, we're asserting our own moral code as the superior one. But who gets to define that moral code?

Tobias Lutke

IdeasFreeMoralOwnProductsKick

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