Samuel Johnson Quotes

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Samuel Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784

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ManMindFortnightKnowsHeHis

It seems that elections today are more popularity than they are substantial issues.

Jesse Ventura

TodayMorePopularityElectionsThan

I don't see, based on the evidence, economic and moral, that we can make it that much further.

Joel C. Rosenberg

MoralEvidenceSeeEconomicFurther

We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before, really, has come into its own.

John le Carre

LifePoliticalNeverYearsSpyOwn

About six weeks later, she called because she had found a dress. And then she said yes.

Maury Povich

DressSaidSheYesBecauseFound

It was amazing for me to play a character opposite Benedict Cumberbatch - he's someone who I've looked up to for years - and the idea that I would work with him and then become friends with him was an amazing experience.

Tom Holland

WorkCharacterExperienceAmazingMe

Cinema is not truth. Even when you make documentary films, you can choose to show this shot and not the other shot - this side and not the other side. In cinema, there's one truth - not 'the truth.' It's only 'my point of view.' Cinema is powerful because of that.

Rithy Panh

TruthViewYouChoosePowerfulSide

It doubles your perception, to write from the point of view of someone you're not.

Michael Ondaatje

PerceptionViewSomeoneYouWrite

You too must not count too much on your reality as you feel it today, since like yesterday, it may prove an illusion for you tomorrow.

Luigi Pirandello

TodayTomorrowRealityFeelYou

I want to win. I don't want to spend the rest of my career on a last-place team. That's not the kind of player I feel like I am.

Jose Reyes

I AmTeamWinRestFeelCareer

Logic itself affirms that a loving Heavenly Father would not abandon His children without providing a way for them to learn of Him.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

FatherChildrenLearnLogicLoving

Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does.

Jonathan Carroll

BeautifulMenWomanBeautiful Woman

My life is really quite conservative. I've been married nearly 50 years. I don't have hobbies or children. I don't much care to travel. I've never had a big social life. I really just stay home, except when I go to work.

Christopher Walken

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