Samuel Johnson Quotes

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.

Samuel Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ManCarePovertyHidePoorIdle

I used to jump out of airplanes. I was a member of the 101st Airborne Division. When parachuting, you never look down at the ground. You feel for it with your legs. Your knees are your shock absorbers - you cannot tighten them. Same as skiing.

Jesse White

SkiingFeelYouLookDownJump

The worst thing you can do to a Juggalo is not know about their weird subculture.

Anders Holm

WeirdYouKnowWorstWorst Thing

One of the greatest gifts we can give people is the hope that their death is nothing to fear - you know, not that it has no fear in it, but the promise of scripture is that God will lead us through the valley of the shadow of death.

Max Lucado

FearGodHopeDeathShadowPeople

If you must invest in paper, learn to be an options trader. Then you will know how to make money whether the markets are going up or down.

Robert Kiyosaki

MoneyLearnYouDownKnowWill

If you're in a situation where someone's mistreating you, I think it's your duty to speak out.

Anjelica Huston

SpeakThinkSomeoneYouSituation

There are so many dogs out there that need homes, and so many awesome dogs who are stuck in shelters.

Stella Maxwell

NeedDogsAwesomeOutStuckWho

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

Socrates

TimeMenYourselfYouOthersHard

In France, they call the people who come to the theatre 'les spectateurs'; in Britain and Ireland, they are the audience, the people who listen. This does not mean the French are not interested in language. On the contrary. It actually says more about the undeveloped visual sense over here.

Simon McBurney

PeopleTheatreLanguageListenMean

The lyrics are what I work on the hardest, but I'm not trying to make a perfectly clear message or anything like that. In fact, I'm usually trying to avoid saying something too directly, because usually that rings false anyway.

Matt Berninger

WorkSayingTryingAnythingRings

I think of animals more as spirits that come and go. They enter our lives at a particular time and they leave at a particular time. The whole glorious history of animals with people is about joy and connection. It's about loving this creature and letting this creature love you.

Jon Katz

LoveHistoryTimeJoyPeopleThink

I always say, 'If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.' I couldn't be happier with where I ended up and how it worked out.

Brett Young

GodLaughYouSayWantPlans

We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.

Arthur Erickson

GuiltyUsLikeHowForeignThem

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