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Listen, I wanted to say, I don't need your judgment, okay? I have enough to deal with without you contributing, so can we just get on with this so I can get out of here?
But I couldn't form the words. Dr. Johnson viewed me as a child, and somehow, under his contemptuous gaze, I had regressed to one. I was frightened and shy, and it was all I could do to answer his questions and count the seconds until the end of the visit. ~ Jessica Verdi
Dr Johnson quotes by Jessica Verdi
Boswell: But, Sir is it not somewhat singular that you should happen to have Cocker's Arithmetic about you on your journey? Dr. Johnson: Why, Sir if you are to have but one book with you upon a journey, let it be a book of science. When you read through a book of entertainment, you know it, and it can do no more for you; but a book of science is inexhaustible. ~ James Boswell
Dr Johnson quotes by James Boswell
Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side. Dr. Johnson has said that the habit of looking at the best side of a thing is worth more to a man than a thousand pounds a year. And we possess the power, to a great extent, of so exercising the will as to direct the thoughts upon objects calculated to yield happiness and improvement rather than their opposites. ~ Samuel Smiles
Dr Johnson quotes by Samuel Smiles
The greatest artists, saints, philosophers, and, until quite recent times, scientists ... have all assumed that the New Testament promise of eternal life is valid ... I'd rather be wrong with Dante and Shakespeare and Milton, with Augustine of Hippo and Francis of Assisi, with Dr. Johnson, Blake, and Dostoevsky than right with Voltaire, Rousseau, the Huxleys, Herbert Spencer, H. G. Wells, and Bernard Shaw. ~ Malcolm Muggeridge
Dr Johnson quotes by Malcolm Muggeridge
Dr Johnson died in 1944. The suspicion exists that he was silenced ... However two federal inspectors did examine his hospital record in the late 1950's. They concluded it was likely that he was poisoned. ~ Barry Lynes
Dr Johnson quotes by Barry Lynes
What, then, is patriotism? "Patriotism, sir, is the last resort of scoundrels," said Dr. Johnson. Leo Tolstoy, the greatest anti-patriot of our times, defines patriotism as the principle that will justify the training of wholesale murderers; a trade that requires better equipment for the exercise of man-killing than the making of such necessities of life as shoes, clothing, and houses; a trade that guarantees better returns and greater glory than that of the average workingman. ~ Emma Goldman
Dr Johnson quotes by Emma Goldman
Like Dr. Johnson, I'm an Abstainer: I find it far easier to give up something altogether than to indulge moderately. And this distinction has profound implications for habits. ~ Gretchen Rubin
Dr Johnson quotes by Gretchen Rubin
As Dr. Johnson said: "God himself, sir, does not propose to judge man until the end of his days." Why should you and I? ~ Dale Carnegie
Dr Johnson quotes by Dale Carnegie
So with Dr. Johnson and John Stuart Mill, and Spencer, and William Shakespeare, and Chaucer, and Milton, and John Bunyan, and others of that royal company of bards, thanks to my father and Mr. Gruffydd, I was acquainted, more than plenty of other boys, and thus had a lasting benefit in school. ~ Richard Llewellyn
Dr Johnson quotes by Richard Llewellyn
It is the best of humanity, I think, that goes out to walk. In happy hours all affairs may be wisely postponed for this. Dr. Johnson said, 'Few men know how to take a walk,' and it is pretty certain that Dr. Johnson was not one of those few. It is a fine art; there are degrees of proficiency, and we distinguish the professors from the apprentices. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good-humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence, and nothing too much. Good observers have the manners of trees and animals, and if they add words, it is only when words are better than silence. But a vain talker profanes the river and the forest, and is nothing like so good company as a dog. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dr Johnson quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
My own approach to literary problems is very like the one Dr. Johnson's blind housekeeper used when she poured tea-she put her finger inside the cup. ~ Flannery O'Connor
Dr Johnson quotes by Flannery O'Connor
Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom; unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel. ~ Jane Porter
Dr Johnson quotes by Jane Porter
It is generally understood that a modern-day book may honorably be based upon an older one, especially since, as Dr. Johnson observed, no man likes owing anything to his contemporaries. The repeated but irrelevant points of congruence between Joyce's Ulysses and Homer's Odyssey continue to attract (though I shall never understand why) the dazzled admiration of critics. ~ Jorge Luis Borges
Dr Johnson quotes by Jorge Luis Borges
Culture is like the sum of special knowledge that accumulates in any large united family and is the common property of all its members. When we of the great Culture Family meet, we exchange reminiscences about Grandfather Homer, and that awful old Dr. Johnson, and Aunt Sappho, and poor Johnny Keats. ~ Aldous Huxley
Dr Johnson quotes by Aldous Huxley
A translator is to be like his author; it is not his business to excel him. ~ Samuel Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Samuel Johnson
Don't anticipate for a promise, let it be an unexpected favour, this will increase your power of independence. ~ Michael Bassey Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Michael Bassey Johnson
Your desire is your prayer. Picture the fulfillment of your desire now and feel its reality and you will experience the joy of the answered.
Dr. Joseph Murphy ~ Joseph Murphy
Dr Johnson quotes by Joseph Murphy
Unexpected difficulties, I think, are at once the challenge and the charm of the lives of all explorers. ~ Osa Johnson I Married Adventure
Dr Johnson quotes by Osa Johnson I Married Adventure
Confident women don't COMPARE themselves to other women ~ Dr. Reina Moo
Dr Johnson quotes by Dr. Reina Moo
God has brought a very wise Japanese lady into my life who lives in Calif. We've never met, but she has shared a tremendous amount of wisdom with me concerning unconditional love within relationships. Here is one of the things she said to me this evening when we were discussing "Soul Mates."

"Soul mates aren't perfect people. They can come into your life and provide polar emotional experiences from intense love to intense pain. Growth comes from both. And a soul mate helps you grow. It isn't just "...and they lived happily ever after" but "...and they lived!" ~ From my mentor ~ Lori Chidori Phillips ~ Dr. Dianne Rosena Jones, Mpsy.D.
Dr Johnson quotes by Dr. Dianne Rosena Jones, Mpsy.D.
stood at the door zipping, buttoning, fastening; it's what people in Wyoming do before they go outside in late December. ~ Craig Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Craig Johnson
With over 3 million women battling breast cancer today, everywhere you turn there is a mother, daughter, sister, or friend who has been affected by breast cancer. ~ Betsey Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Betsey Johnson
Kissing is something that makes up for a whole lot of the other crap you have to put up with in school, and as a teenager in general ~ Maureen Johnson Name Of The Star
Dr Johnson quotes by Maureen Johnson Name Of The Star
What will happen to her now?'
'If she would listen to me, she'd marry me. I've asked her more than once. I asked her again last week, but she won't. You are my rival, Knox, I'm afraid. Good luck to you. If you beat her, I'll put arsenic in your tooth-paste, that's all.'
'What do you mean?' asked George Knox, putting down his cup of tea with a crash.
'What I say. I can't say it again. All this nobility is too much for me. I can be rung up at any time if I'm wanted. Say goodnight to Mrs Morland for me.'
Dr Ford hit Mr Knox on the shoulder and went out of the room ~ Angela Thirkell
Dr Johnson quotes by Angela Thirkell
Dr. Beall gave him the first shot, followed closely by the second.
He said, "I'll check for a heartbeat."
I said, "You don't need to. I can see it in his eyes."
Dewey was gone. ~ Vicki Myron
Dr Johnson quotes by Vicki Myron
Every time I work with Dr. Luke I learn something new. He's kind of like the Andy Warhol of pop music, where he mass produces his art but it always still has heart and always still has an emotional thread to it. I think he's really a genius and I'm so lucky to have gotten to work with him. ~ Bonnie McKee
Dr Johnson quotes by Bonnie McKee
If you love someone, you must be the guardian of their solitude. ~ Jenny Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Jenny Johnson
Icarus flew too close to the sun, but at least he flew. ~ Jeremy Robert Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Jeremy Robert Johnson
Modernist discourse [ ... ] incorporates semantic devices - such as the labeling of theism as 'religion' and naturalism as 'science' - that work to prevent a dangerous debate over fundamental assumptions from breaking out in the open. ~ Phillip E. Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Phillip E. Johnson
There is nothing more reassuring than knowing that the world is crazier than you are. ~ Dr. Erik Selvig Thor The Dark World
Dr Johnson quotes by Dr. Erik Selvig Thor The Dark World
The MLK Shabbat Suppers focused on the theme of educational inequity, which Dr. King considered inextricably linked to the struggle for equality and justice. ~ Lynn Schusterman
Dr Johnson quotes by Lynn Schusterman
Inherently, department stores have significant advantages compared to all other retailers. ~ Ron Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Ron Johnson
I've met a handful of presidents, from Jimmy Carter to Bill Clinton to George Bush to Barack Obama. ~ Jimmie Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Jimmie Johnson
Care that is once enter'd into the breast
Will have the whole possession ere it rest. ~ Samuel Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Samuel Johnson
People put too much emphasis on looks. ~ Shawn Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Shawn Johnson
Anybody that fears and detests witchcraft is not happy with science and technology. ~ Michael Bassey Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Michael Bassey Johnson
A books should teach us to enjoy life, or to endure it. ~ Samuel Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Samuel Johnson
Oh my God, everyday is a constant struggle and battle. Especially with an artist like me, when what I am doing is not the in thing, it is harder to break someone like me. And I'm a woman too, it's ridiculous. ~ Syleena Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Syleena Johnson
I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can. ~ Walter Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Walter Johnson
I sometimes let people down, especially when I was younger. I was cavalier about what people told me. Part of growing up is learning when to shut up. ~ Corey Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Corey Johnson
Theresa strode over to us in a swish of cloth. "Enough of this, animator. He can't do it, so he pays the price. Either leave now, or join us at our ... feast."
Are you having rare Who-roast-beast?" I asked.
What are you talking about?"
It's from Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. You know the part, 'And they'd Feast! Feast! Feast! Feast! Feast! They would feast on Who-pudding and rare Who-roast-beast.'"
You are crazy."
So I've been told. ~ Laurell K. Hamilton
Dr Johnson quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton
From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life. ~ Samuel Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Samuel Johnson
I love helping people fulfill their dreams, but I also want to revive some of my old dreams as well. Dr. Dale E. Turner once wrote, "Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born." As a kid, I had a lot of dreams. I wanted to be an explorer, an Oscar-winning leading man, a rock guitarist/singer. But I got into a groove and I began to let those dreams go and accept they weren't going to happen.
Now, I think I've reached a point where I want to quench the thirst of all my dreams. If they don't come to fruition in the exact way I envisioned them, that's okay. I at least want to pursue them. ~ Derek Hough
Dr Johnson quotes by Derek Hough
Just then, my phone started ringing. The ring must have been damaged by the water as well, so now it had a high, keening note - kind of the sound I imagine a mermaid might make if you punched her in the face. ~ Maureen Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Maureen Johnson
Anything good on the trucks?"
"Some beautiful lake salmon, fresh asparagus, and new potatoes."
"New enough their skin is peeling?"
"Yes."
"I know what we're going to do today!" Lou felt the excitement surge. This was why she loved cooking: getting amazing fresh ingredients and making something extraordinary. Luella's traditional French menu didn't leave much room for creativity, so the daily special had become Lou's canvas, where she was limited only by her imagination and whims.
"We'll keep it a simple spring dinner. Roast the potatoes in butter, salt, and pepper. Maybe some thyme or tarragon, too. We'll top the salmon fillets with hollandaise and roast the asparagus. ~ Amy E. Reichert
Dr Johnson quotes by Amy E. Reichert
In my writing, I want to be laid bare as a human being. ~ Denis Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Denis Johnson
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment. ~ Samuel Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Samuel Johnson
For decades, this great leader, often at Dr. King's side, was denied his rightful place in history because he was openly gay. No medal can change that, but today, we honor Bayard Rustin's memory by taking our place in his march towards true equality, no matter who we are or who we love. ~ Barack Obama
Dr Johnson quotes by Barack Obama
History seems to be so clumsy. ~ Robert Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Robert Johnson
My boyfriend dumped me. My best friend won't talk to me. My future is in a garbage can. Everything has turned to crap. Can you please just let me be a sullen teenager. just this once ~ J.J. Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by J.J. Johnson
You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables. ~ Samuel Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Samuel Johnson
Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young. ~ Samuel Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Samuel Johnson
As every writer has his use, every writer ought to have his patrons; and since no man, however high he may now stand, can be certain that he shall not be soon thrown down from his elevation by criticism or caprice, the common interest of learning requires that her sons should cease from intestine hostilities, and, instead of sacrificing each other to malice and contempt, endeavour to avert persecution from the meanest of their fraternity. ~ Samuel Johnson
Dr Johnson quotes by Samuel Johnson
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