Samuel Johnson Quotes

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

Samuel Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LiveRichBetterDieThan

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies - I was Armed with Insight.

Jim Mattis

FightLongInsightNeverEnemies

I get bored watching action movies.

Jeremy Sisto

ActionMoviesWatchingBoredGet

But unfortunately, when you have a kid, you sometimes eat everything they leave behind. So far today I've had some of her leftover pancakes with peanut butter.

Joely Fisher

TodayYouSometimesKidEatLeave

The only woman I have played in my career was my wife and I beat her easily! But she wasn't much good.

John Higgins

GoodWifeWomanCareerSheBeat

Make no mistake: I will work with both Democrats and Republicans to cut wasteful spending and reduce our debt in a balanced, responsible way.

Ann McLane Kuster

WorkMistakeDebtWillWayCut

During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the military conducted only a handful of drone missions.

Michael Hastings

MilitaryOnlyHandfulInvasionIraq

A lot of acting, and I believe this, is either you can do it or you can't.

Tom Sizemore

You Can Do ItBelieveYouActingLot

Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Everyone who's connected with it, the studio's gone, the musicians are gone, and the only thing that's left is this recording which was only about a three-minute period maybe 70 years ago.

Tom Waits

TimeTravelForwardMusiciansBubble

I find I clash sometimes with people who like to plan things and book you in for lunch. I'd rather someone call me up, say: 'Are you free tonight and d'you wanna go to the roller-disco? Or play pool?'

Rosamund Pike

PeopleMeLunchBookFreePlan

Reality TV is set up to make people entertaining. A good person with values and principles is not good television.

Ronda Rousey

GoodPeopleRealityGood PersonUp

Something about John Cleese was always very unsettled, I felt. There was always something else he wanted to do. He seemed constantly driven by this sense that there was a nirvana somewhere; some unique place where mind, body and soul would be utterly satisfied.

Michael Palin

SoulMindBodyUniquePlaceAlways

As a child I read all kinds of stuff, whether it was 'Asterix and Obelix' and 'Tin Tin' comic books, or 'Lord of the Rings,' or Frank Herbert's sci-fi. Or 'The Wind in the Willows.' Or 'Charlotte's Web.'

Mohsin Hamid

ChildWindLordRingsWebStuff

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