Samuel Johnson Quotes

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.

Samuel Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DoingNothingOvercomeEverything

I just like being a regular person.

Jhene Aiko

PersonBeingJustLikeRegular

My father is an economist who specialized in foreign food policy, and my mother worked for AID, a branch of the State Department, so food in regards to world affairs was talked about a lot.

Jennifer Gilmore

FatherMotherFoodWorldPolicyAid

The first time I heard 'Sharknado,' I thought it was a late-night infomercial for a new vacuum cleaner. Could have swore I ordered one once. Then I found out what it was and remembered that I grew up reading the 'Sharknado' novels.

Ann Coulter

TimeReadingThoughtNewFirst Time

I don't believe that when you are 25 you are over the hill. Fifty is the new 30.

Michael Flatley

BelieveYouNewHillOverFifty

One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.

John Ruskin

LiveDieKnowWhoHowDoes

I realized that social media can be powerful force for good in the world and that acts of kindness can be scaled globally.

Amy Jo Martin

KindnessGoodSocial MediaWorld

Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined I'd be acting in movies.

Mathieu Amalric

MeActingMoviesActorNever

It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command.

Mike Jackson

ArmyPhilosophyResponsibleWithin

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.

Jonathan Swift

HeartMoneyWisePersonHeadShould

I've devoted my life to football.

Jordan Rodgers

LifeFootballMy LifeDevoted

I didn't finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldn't work and I didn't have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more.

Denis Johnson

WorkMoneyThreeMoreFinishFour

Time and distance from the first and second world wars doesn't seem to lessen their horrors.

Doris Lessing

TimeWorldDistanceFirstSeemWars

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