Samuel Johnson Quotes

There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.

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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Every comedian is furious. Age makes me angry. I'm unhappy at not being able to open packages anymore. I'm angry that libraries have gone. I hate children on planes. I'm very shallow, so they tend to be little things. To be honest, I think I was probably angry the day I was born, you know, about diapers or something.

Joan Rivers

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Since I've become a mom, I'm more about comfort and simplicity. I'm essentially a jeans girl, and I dress them up or down with accessories.

Jessalyn Gilsig

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Surely it is time for Jews, worried over the huge growth of Arabs in Israel, to consider finishing the exchange of populations that began 35 years ago.

Meir Kahane

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We will decide who comes to our country.

John Howard

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It seems like people are more likely to tell you you've gotten too thin than to tell you you've gotten too fat.

John Schneider

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Any small business that's predicated on technological innovation and is differentiated and superior can expand globally very effectively using the Internet as a vehicle for promotion.

John Quelch

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My family kept its history to itself. On the plus side, I didn't have to hear nightmarish stories about the Holocaust, the pogroms, terrible illnesses, painful deaths. My elderly parents never even spoke about their ailments.

Amy Bloom

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Words have not only a definition... but also the felt quality of their own kind of sound.

Mary Oliver

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I keep the tantrums to a minimum because people don't want to see that.

Lou Barlow

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I can't watch 'Glee' because I get so jealous that I'm not there with them doing it that I can't even watch.

Janina Gavankar

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Not once in six years did I make it to the office by 9 on the dot.

Joseph Barbera

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We spend a lot of time training and retraining. It's heartbreaking because our education system has failed all of us. And again you go to China, even Mexico, Brazil the education systems are valued - ours are not in this country at K-12 level. It's amazing how that change has transpired in my lifetime.

Douglas R. Oberhelman

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