Samuel Johnson Quotes

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.

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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YearTrueProveMoreTwoFalse

I think actors go along a continuum from Simon Callow down to kind of Ross Kemp, and I like to think of myself as the Ross Kemp of comedy. He's very good in 'East Enders' because he plays a version of himself. I think I can play a version of myself - that's about all I can do.

Jo Brand

GoodMyselfThinkComedyDownPlay

I never did anything original my whole childhood. I was invisible.

Jennifer Egan

ChildhoodNeverInvisibleAnything

I want to push technology boundaries to be more efficient.

Robert Rodriguez

TechnologyPushWantMoreBoundaries

I hardly need to abstract things, for each object is unreal enough already, so unreal that I can only make it real by means of painting.

Max Beckmann

PaintingEnoughI CanNeedReal

Because sorry to say, women run the house. They run the family. They hold things up. I mean, it's like you don't ever see your mom get sick because she handles everything. And it's kind of amazing I think to show people just how strong women are.

Sophia Bush

FamilyWomenPeopleAmazingMomYou

Complete and total perfection will come about only when we feel that our perfection is no perfections as long as the rest of humanity remains imperfect.

Sri Chinmoy

PerfectionRestFeelLongHumanity

I don't think I necessarily try to help women; I just try to help people.

Stormy Daniels

WomenPeopleThinkHelpTryJust

Whereas for me, touring tends to be a very strange and isolating experience.

Moby

ExperienceMeStrangeTouringVery

Life is not perfect.

Javier Bardem

LifeNot PerfectPerfect

I've always loved movies, art and clothes.

Colleen Atwood

ArtLovedClothesMoviesAlways

I consider myself a writer who writes about American expatriates. And if I have any overt cause as a writer besides writing the best prose I can, it's to try to make Americans have a more visceral feeling about how America impacts everybody in the world.

Bob Shacochis

MyselfBestWritingWorldAmerican

I kind of knew. I said, 'Yeah, I'm not going to be able to play in the NBA. That's just not going to happen. Let that dream go.'

Austin Seferian-Jenkins

DreamPlayGoSaidKindHappen

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