Samuel Johnson Quotes

The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.

Samuel Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

VanitySecretBeingChiefMotives

When you have a book out, it's like a period of protracted or concentrated megalomania, and it's really not normal or good for you or any of that.

Meg Wolitzer

GoodBookYouOutNormalLike

We all have to stand by our life's work as the true test of what we have done for the world.

Matthew Lesko

LifeWorkWorldStandDoneTrue

With the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs, American taxpayers shouldn't be footing the bill for medicine going to waste.

Amy Klobuchar

MedicineAmericanGoingWasteCosts

Creating a vertically oriented regional ecosystem is a pretty amazing accomplishment for any country or industry.

Steve Blank

AmazingAccomplishmentCountryPretty

There have been many socially conscious concept albums. I wanted to make a 'social consciousness' concept album disguised as a country record.

Sturgill Simpson

CountryConsciousnessSocialBeen

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.

Steve Martin

ArtBelieveIdiotYouBecomeOut

Some people choose their style at the age of 14, but I changed mine all the time.

Louis Garrel

AgeTimeStylePeopleChooseMine

I never tire of the heroes that I knew growing up.

Joss Whedon

Growing UpGrowingNeverHeroesUp

Brave browsers block everything: initial signaling/analytics scripts that start the programmatic advertising 'dirty pipe', impression-tracking pixels, and ad-click confirmation signals.

Brendan Eich

BraveAdvertisingStartDirtyPipe

In Modernism, reality used to validate media. In Postmodernism, the media validate reality. If you don't believe this, just think how many times you've described some real event as being 'just like a movie.'

Brad Holland

BelieveThinkRealityMediaYou

The worst thing you can have as an actor is too big an ego. It just kills creativity.

Ari Graynor

CreativityEgoYouActorWorstBig

I liked sculpting better than painting. You have more freedom in sculpting.

Anthony Quinn

FreedomPaintingBetterYouMore

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