Delano Johnson Quotes

We simply can't feel fulfilled by love we pay for. ~ Delano Johnson

Love was not pleased at first sight.
In fact, she only pointed at her shattered pieces
scattered upon the floor.
Inquiring, would I be willing to fight,
once for evermore! ~ Delano Johnson

Poetry is more than just art, it's like super glue to a broken heart. It can also be a light when your life seems a little dark. ~ Delano Johnson

I'm a man of integrity. My heart is locked and I have given you the only key. ~ Delano Johnson

I know love is real because her love is visible. ~ Delano Johnson

Poetry, when you saw me coming in your direction with a pen and my problems, why didn't you run and hide like the rest? ~ Delano Johnson

It's never too late to get down on your knees and pray. ~ Delano Johnson

When we were kids I begged cupid to come and shoot me. ~ Delano Johnson

Someone, somewhere, needs to hear what you have to say.
We all share this wondrous planet, called earth.
And inevitably, we all must journey through the darkness.
Many people don't survive, but you can help! ~ Delano Johnson

Poetry can take you places that were once only traveled by your imagination. ~ Delano Johnson

I wish that I could fly into the sky and touch the clouds with my hands. ~ Delano Johnson

You have to protect a woman. You don't damage her body, You don't damage her mind, and most of all, you don't damage her heart! ~ Delano Johnson

There are times I look around and it seems the world is so ugly, and I just can't seem to see the earth's natural beauty anymore, but when my eyes look up to the ethereal sky, I am reminded of the major contrast between Gods brilliant creations and human beings man-made imitations, and there is no comparison. ~ Delano Johnson

I think people should put more emphasis on love, family, and caring for other people. We focus so much on the negative and bad in life, we need to focus more on the positive and happy things. ~ Delano Johnson

I eat words for breakfast, almost savagely. Webster and Dictionary are mad at me. ~ Delano Johnson

Poetry, will you show me where your words find peace? ~ Delano Johnson

I think about and consider God's feelings before the people's or even my own. ~ Delano Johnson

If poetry escapes my mouth then it shall seek comfort in your heart. Will you keep it safe? ~ Delano Johnson

Can somebody please explain how humans can be so inhumane? ~ Delano Johnson

Poetry keeps my heart neat, even when incomplete, I find peace. ~ Delano Johnson

I love to just stare at my wife; she is the most beautiful woman I have ever laid my eyes on. After all of these years, her smile still does something special to my heart. ~ Delano Johnson

If I can't spend the rest of my life with you, I will live alone. ~ Delano Johnson

Be yourself. Trust me, you don't want to be anyone else because they are not you and you are special. ~ Delano Johnson

A rebel to what's cool, I don't follow trends, maybe that's why I don't have many friends, but I know my destination. ~ Delano Johnson

I make wishes, but she says never be afraid to take chances. ~ Delano Johnson

I cry looking at our reality, through slave eyes. I bet they would say our generation has crossed the line. ~ Delano Johnson

I don't like the way people cherish the ghetto, as if it's some royal palace, or kingdom. I also don't like the way people treat each other in the ghetto. It is really hard to find love, trust, and respect. You don't find too many people that want to do better for themselves in the ghetto because so many people seem to be satisfied with where they're at. ~ Delano Johnson

Impulsive passion please set me free. ~ Delano Johnson

Let your poetry be the light and see the true beauty of your words bloom into life, love, and inspiration. ~ Delano Johnson

It's only a book until someone loses their soul! ~ Delano Johnson

If you want to make true love to me, take this paper and fill up the white space in-between the blue lines. ~ Delano Johnson

Love lives within her smile, so we smile together, for love always gives us a reason. ~ Delano Johnson

If you see me alone with my pen don't get to close to me. I'm writing words that will someday set me free. ~ Delano Johnson

No matter who's looking at you, love, honesty, and kindness will always make you beautiful! ~ Delano Johnson

Poetry fights against the injustice of this world. Poetry's truths are ageless. ~ Delano Johnson

Loves Judge

A man once hunted;
saved by a woman;
summoned for past judgment,
could only say,
"For love, it was all worth it. ~ Delano Johnson

A good woman comes in all shapes and colors.
When you find her, adore her. ~ Delano Johnson

I do not pursue yesterday's wishes, for you are true. No illusions can illustrate your illustrious truth. My Queen, just look at you. ~ Delano Johnson

Forever, if she promises to never part the ocean where the river sings. ~ Delano Johnson

America is distorting the image of what a real family looks like;
and it has nothing to do with love. DON'T LET THEM ERASE US. ~ Delano Johnson

The beauty of words will forever be stronger than the silence of tears. ~ Delano Johnson

Honor a good woman because she is virtuous and honorable. ~ Delano Johnson

I have a kind heart, I'm in love. It gets deeper with every kiss and every hug. ~ Delano Johnson

Her beauty is a mastery of peace. ~ Delano Johnson

Poets should never stop writing, because their words could be a powerful inspiration to someone else, whether it be now or 100 years from today. ~ Delano Johnson

Joys circular fulfillment was so persistent, when I was weak it gave me strength. ~ Delano Johnson

A relationship is more likely to succeed if positive attributes are confidently set in place and adhered to. ~ Delano Johnson

My poetry gives you more, when my heart is demure. ~ Delano Johnson

If only I had wings, I would not hesitate to fly away from my mistakes. ~ Delano Johnson

Vertically, I climb your body's majestic rhyme. ~ Delano Johnson

I have always put love before money, that is the reason why I am a man that is rich with love, and my heart is content with that. ~ Delano Johnson

When you're following your dreams, you quickly learn who wants you to succeed and who desires to see you fail. Pay attention and stay focused on what's important. ~ Delano Johnson

You can run from the truth. You can run and hide from the truth.
You can deny and avoid the truth. But you cannot destroy the truth. Nor can you make the lie true. You must know that love will always uncover the truth. ~ Delano Johnson

I love my babies! Their happiness is mine! ~ Delano Johnson

In my heart, poetry screams, "I exist! ~ Delano Johnson

Stop the tape, cut the paper! I will just write another poem and grab a microphone and push record again! ~ Delano Johnson

Love is serious and tolerant. Magnificent and noble. ~ Delano Johnson

Somehow I evolved into a person who ceased to ask permission. ~ Sonia Johnson

Life is short. The sooner that a man begins to enjoy his wealth the better. ~ Samuel Johnson

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson

Action is my first love. When I first started writing, my favorite movies were 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and 'Aliens', and that sort of thing. ~ David Leslie Johnson

Old people who live too long come to resemble turtles. As though time turned in a curve, and down they go to the reptiles again. Not the little wet naked frog they were born. But the tortoise. Cold eyes, sagging circles of skin, the nose becomes beak. The shell of sleep. ~ Josephine Winslow Johnson

You know what you are?" she said. "You're a survivor who has nothing to live for. ~ Adam Johnson

Life is a refining process. Our response to it determines whether we'll be ground down or polished up. On a piano, one person sits down and plays sonatas, while another merely bangs away at "Chopsticks." The piano is not responsible. It's how you touch the keys that makes the difference. It's how you play what life gives you that determines your joy and shine. ~ Barbara Johnson

Concrete you can mold, you can press it into - after all, you haven't any straight lines in your body. Why should we have straight lines in our architecture? You'd be surprised when you go into a room that has no straight line - how marvelous it is that you can feel the walls talking back to you, as it were. ~ Philip Johnson

You should really, like, dump her and date me instead,' May heard herself saying, all confidence. 'I'm not as irritating. I mean, I'm irritating, but I'm not as bad as she is. And you know me better. Wouldn't that be funny? I mean, we've already hooked up, so we're good.'

We broke up,' Pete said quickly. His voice was so bright that May could hear the smile coming through. For a moment she was confused.

Who, you and me?'

No. Nell and i.'

Oh . . .'

The meter in her brain clicked once or twice, signaling May that she'd probably said enough.

I have to go,' she said suddenly. 'Okay? I think that's great. Cool. Okay. Gotta go now. Hey, Pete, I love you! ~ Maureen Johnson

The accent was warm and soft and undeniably Northern. When I turned around, I was staring into a pair of beautiful crystal-blue eyes. "Wow," I whispered. I scanned the paint swatches, wondering if such a shade of blue would look good on the exterior of my house. "Mr. Johnson said you might need help selecting paint." "It's impossible," I muttered. "I just wanted to buy some blue paint. Why is this so complicated?" The handsome man stepped closer to my side. "It isn't, really. Just pick what you like." I like crystal-blue. Luckily, I didn't say those words aloud. ~ Sydney Logan

Expectation improperly indulged in must end in disappointment. ~ Samuel Johnson

As Luke would have it, what ends with crucifixion does not merely reappear restored. Resurrection declares and presents the unrecognizably new, even as traces of the familiar remain. ~ Jay Emerson Johnson

Moynihan, when he was ambassador to the United Nations, produced the same effect when he attacked the Third World. These attacks aroused great admiration here; for example, when he denounced Idi Amin of Uganda as a "racist murderer." The question is not whether Idi Amin is a racist murderer. No doubt the appellation is correct. The question is, what does it mean for Moynihan to make this accusation and for others to applaud his honesty and courage in doing so? Who is Moynihan? He served in four administrations, those of Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford - that is to say, administrations that were guilty of racist murder on a scale undreamed of by Idi Amin. Imagine that some minor functionary of the Third Reich had correctly accused someone of being a racist murderer. ~ Noam Chomsky

Many men of science and poets have in their own manner, by various ways and means, and aided by others, sought unceasingly to create a more tolerable world for everyone. ~ Eyvind Johnson

I feel warm and reassured," I whispered. "He's like Santa. ~ Maureen Johnson

Enquirer, cease, Petitions yet remain,
Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem Religion vain.
Still raise for Good the supplicating Voice,
But leave to Heav'n the Measure and the Choice. ~ Samuel Johnson

Maybe it begins the day you pledge allegiance,
face the flag and suddenly clutch your left clavicle
because you find a tender puff of breast
where yesterday your heart was

Or maybe it happens later when you're walking home
from school and they rush you on the street--
those boys who reach out fast, disgrace your blouse
with rubs of dirt, their laughter
stinging hot against your face.
And you bite your rage, swallow your tears
because the fact is, your territory's up for grabs
and somehow it's your own damned fault.

And one day you stand at your mirror
armed with jars and razor blades against the scents
and grasses of your shameless bleeding body,
and you see what you've become--a freak
manufactured to disguise the real one,
the one who sometimes still recalls your innocence,
the time before you became a dirty joke.

And maybe it begins to end the day
you try against the odds to love yourself again.
Even though you know the worst thing
you can call someone is cunt,
you try to love the flesh and fur you are,
that convoluted, prehistoric flower,
petals dripping weeds and echoing
vaguely fragrant odors of the sea. ~ Marilyn Johnson

Beer is an improvement on water itself. ~ Grant Johnson

On one end it had a few tables and a little kitchen that served as a diner where the old men sat and drank their coffee in the morning. "Sweaty Betty" Johnson (we called her Mrs. Johnson to her face) ran the diner and has for longer than I can remember. She's a one woman operation - she cooks, waitresses, and manages it all on her own. She makes fluffy homemade donuts and the best greasy french fries on the planet. Everything she makes is deep-fried, and her face has a permanent sheen from the grease and the heat – which is how she got the nickname Sweaty Betty. Even cleaned up for church on Sundays her face glows and sadly, it isn't from the Holy Spirit. ~ Amy Harmon

Instead of worrying about hypothetical slippages awaiting egalitarian believers, like sliding into secular feminism, theological liberalism, or homosexuality, they would do better to deal with brutal violations of their "family values" that are actually happening today within their hierarchy-driven allegedly Christian homes. ~ Alan F. Johnson

There are some works which the authors must consign unpublished to posterity, however uncertain be the event, however hopeless be the trust. He that writes the history of his own times, if he adhere steadily to truth, will write that which his own times will not easily endure. He must be content to reposite his book till all private passions shall cease, and love and hatred give way to curiosity. ~ Samuel Johnson

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy. ~ Samuel Johnson

Domestic discord is not inevitably and fatally necessary; but yet it is not easy to avoid. ~ Samuel Johnson

Mr. Churchill, sir, to what do you attribute your success in life?" Without pause or hesitation, he replied: "Conservation of energy. Never stand up when you can sit down, and never sit down when you can lie down." He ~ Paul Johnson

I ran two campaigns for governor in a state that's 2-1 Democrat where I did not mention my opponent in print, radio, or television. I don't know if any other politician at a gubernatorial, congressional, or a senatorial level can make the claim. ~ Gary Johnson

A President Roosevelt comes only once in a century. I believe God knew and does know of the need of the world at this moment. I don't believe President Roosevelt is an accident in time, or that it is an accident that he is President for a third time. I believe that Franklin D. Roosevelt truly is the voice of liberty in the world. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson

I play golf for a living. I'm grateful for that. It's a beautiful game, provides a great opportunity. ~ Zach Johnson

Success requires a clear, well-engineered plan (along with discipline, action, and a clear idea of what we want, why, and what it'll take to get it). ~ Chalene Johnson

Our society, our culture, and our humanity depend on never crossing certain lines, ~ Craig Johnson

All psychological suffering (or happiness, taken in its usual sense) is a matter of comparison. ~ Robert A. Johnson

I remember crying my eyes out when I watched the end of the Lion King ~ Dwayne Johnson

Gymnastics has made me strong. I feel like it broke me down to my lowest point, but at the same time, it has given me the greatest strength anyone could ask for. ~ Shawn Johnson

There has always been tension between reporters and the administration, particularly when it comes to war in the modern era. You can go to Kennedy or Johnson and see that they weren't happy with David Halberstam or Morley Safer. ~ Lowell Bergman

I leave abortion to the woman. I just fundamentally end there. I absolutely support a woman's right to choose. ~ Gary Johnson

So willing is every man to flatter himself, that the difference between approving laws, and obeying them, is frequently forgotten; he that acknowledges the obligations of morality and pleases his vanity with enforcing them to others, concludes himself zealous in the cause of virtue. ~ Samuel Johnson

And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books. ~ James Weldon Johnson

This book is dedicated to the people of America
strong, outspoken, intense in their convictions, sometimes wrong-headed but always generous and brave, with a passion for justice no nation has ever matched. ~ Paul Johnson

So I take my lover, my king, and I put him in a pedestal and I cut him down. A man, like the ones who ruined the world. ~ Alaya Dawn Johnson

Here was a man who wanted what no one had wanted before: he wanted to get to know the inner workings of the doll-like woman who was me. Karl wasn't interested in me; neither was Johnson. But Kijima's father liked me for who I was. The realization left me feeling numb. I was touched. But being touched is not the same as feeling desire. And I didn't exist without desire. If I didn't exist, then what? ~ Natsuo Kirino

My Cheese? is a story about change ~ Spencer Johnson

Today at work, I couldn't help but to notice how sexy Tyrone was. I already knew he was married, because I saw the ring on his finger and when we walked past his office, I saw a picture of him and his wife in a frame. The way his dreads were ~ Diamond Johnson

Took to typing as quickly and loudly as possible and yelling, "I'm in!" when accessing basic programs. Made me feel like a hacker. ~ Jeremy Robert Johnson