Samuel Johnson Quotes

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.

Samuel Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ManWineSayOthersMoreHim

A Christian high school is just like any other high school in the sense of the politics and all of these levels of who's cool and what to wear.

Jena Malone

PoliticsSchoolCoolHigh School

I always tell up-and-coming DJs you have to really love what you do and find that interest to drive you. It requires so much attention to detail, and it takes up a lot of your time. You hear a song, and there are so many little pieces that make that song work. It requires a lot of patience, diligence and resilience.

Steve Aoki

WorkLovePatienceTimeDetailSong

With 'Clinton Cash,' we never really broke a story.

Steve Bannon

StoryNeverCashBrokeReally

By a twist of fate rather than anything approaching journalistic enterprise, I did the last major interview with Johnny Carson.

Tom Shales

FateInterviewAnythingTwistLast

That's my takeaway from 'Scream' - I know I can fit in dog doors. You have to jimmy your body in a certain position and really hope you're not wearing something super fancy.

Rose McGowan

DogHopeDoorsYouBodyI Can

I'm just a guy. If you hit me, I hurt, and if you cut me, I bleed.

Ron Dellums

MeHurtYouCutGuyBleed

Of course I will submit if I have a chance, but I always prefer to finish a fight in a stand-up position.

Mirko Cro Cop

FightChanceWillAlwaysFinish

I wanted to be a landscape architect, but I trained as a teacher; I worked in publishing; I was a waitress.

Deborah Moggach

TeacherLandscapeWantedPublishing

If it's a role like this one, an actual live person, a legend, there's lots of material laid out.

David Strathairn

LiveLegendPersonOutRoleLike

I loved Michael Jackson and Madonna. I styled my hair like Whitney Houston.

Concha Buika

HairLovedHoustonLikeMadonna

Self-pity is never useful. It tends to distort like a fun-house mirror.

Anne Roiphe

MirrorNeverSelf-PityUsefulLike

For centuries, Cuba's greatest resource has been its people.

Pico Iyer

PeopleCubaGreatestResourceBeen

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