Samuel Johnson Quotes

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.

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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ConfidenceManAngryI AmMeBelief

I actually don't like westerns much. I like good westerns, but it isn't my preferred genre. There are all kinds of westerns: acid westerns, '70s westerns, Nicholas Ray's neurotic westerns. The ones I tend to like are nutso westerns.

Andrew Dominik

GoodKindsAcidLikeRayMuch

I don't get nervous when I'm interviewing someone on film - it can be cut, and we can do it again. It is quite nerve-racking doing things live.

Melvyn Bragg

LiveSomeoneDoingNervousCutFilm

I went to Dave Eggers with this idea of doing a movie about a guy going through some sort of Frank Capra-esque journey.

John Krasinski

JourneyDoingThroughGuyGoing

Our mobile phones have become the greatest spy on the planet.

John McAfee

BecomePhonesSpyPlanetGreatest

I'm a rationalist. And I can see no evidence for a benevolent and interventionist creator.

Robert J. Sawyer

I CanEvidenceSeeCreator

Thinking so hard on her soft eyes and memories of the signs that it's over. It's over.

Jeff Buckley

MemoriesEyesThinkingHardSigns

I come from a working-class background in Queens, New York.

Amy Ryan

New YorkNewBackgroundComeQueens

I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed.

Robert Frost

ConfusedWellJustMixed

We can get carried away with our heads in books, and although there's so much to be learned from that, I think sitting in a cafe and speaking with someone - whatever it is, their mannerisms, their choices, are just as valuable as any class you can go to.

Rose McIver

ChoicesThinkSomeoneYouSitting

We've flown the president since Eisenhower, and we're going to continue to fly the president for generations to come. This is something we're very proud of.

Louis R. Chenevert

FlyProudPresidentSomethingGoing

It's never easy at the Olympic level. Russia, Romania and China always are contenders.

Jaycie Phelps

EasyNeverAlwaysRussiaChina

I don't think you ever know in yourself whether you have gone mad.

Chris Lowe

YourselfThinkYouMadKnowGone

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