Samuel Johnson Quotes

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.

Samuel Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeTimeHelpLongWillNever

A hacker is someone who uses a combination of high-tech cybertools and social engineering to gain illicit access to someone else's data.

John McAfee

EngineeringSomeoneDataHackerGain

It's not like the world No.1 spot is always in my mind.

Angelique Kerber

MindWorldAlwaysLikeSpot

With my academic achievement in high school, I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not comparable to that of my classmates. And that's been shown by statistics, there are reasons for that.

Sonia Sotomayor

AchievementSchoolHigh SchoolFast

No one wants to fail. So most of us don't even try. Sad. We don't even take that first step to improve our health or to deepen our working relationships or to realize a dream.

Robin S. Sharma

SadHealthStepFirst StepDream

Out of 3,500 students in my high school, I was the only openly professing Christian kid. Obviously there were challenges. 'Only old and stupid people believe.'

Miroslav Volf

SchoolPeopleChallengesStupidHigh

My first killer amp was a Sunn Beta Lead. It was solid-state, but that Sunn was incredibly loud. I used to say to my friends, 'Hey, check it out. It's only on two.'

Dimebag Darrell

FriendsSayFirstTwoLeadOut

They wanted Guy Middleton instead of Kenneth More, and even Kay Kendall wasn't their first choice!

Dinah Sheridan

ChoiceMoreFirstGuyEvenWanted

I'd met a woman and I got married, but the money ran out right away. I hadn't had a job for seven months, and it just came over me that I was never going to work again. It hit me.

Denis Johnson

WorkMoneyJobWomanMeNever

All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me - consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected.

Donald Trump

WomenMeExpectedApprentice

Some formulas are too complex and I don't want anything to do with them.

Bob Dylan

WantAnythingComplexSomeThemToo

My style is part of the music I like, the bands I see, the people I surround myself with, the places I go to.

Alice Dellal

MusicStyleMyselfPeopleGoPlaces

Meanwhile, the originator of a theory may have a very lonely time, especially if his colleagues find his views of nature unfamiliar, and difficult to appreciate.

Peter D. Mitchell

NatureTimeColleaguesAppreciate

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