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B.S. Johnson Quotes: "We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions."

We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next."

Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.




B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears."

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "I was always dancing and acrobatics was my specialty."

I was always dancing and acrobatics was my specialty.




B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Writing was a political act and poetry was a cultural weapon."

Writing was a political act and poetry was a cultural weapon.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "When Jesus performed miracles, he wasn't demonstrating what God can do, but what God can do through a man."

When Jesus performed miracles, he wasn't demonstrating what God can do, but what God can do through a man.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "All successes begin with Self-Discipline. It starts with you."

All successes begin with Self-Discipline. It starts with you.




B.S. Johnson Quotes: "If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father."

If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time."

It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The future is purchased by the present."

The future is purchased by the present.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity."

He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "I am waiting for the day when I will see you again and hold your soft hands, touch your sweet lips and hug you tight so that you will never leave me again."

I am waiting for the day when I will see you again and hold your soft hands, touch your sweet lips and hug you tight so that you will never leave me again.




B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Oratory is the power of beating down your adversary's arguments and putting better in their place."

Oratory is the power of beating down your adversary's arguments and putting better in their place.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "When emulation leads us to strive for self-elevation by merit alone, and not by belittling another, then it is one of the grandest possible incentives to action."

When emulation leads us to strive for self-elevation by merit alone, and not by belittling another, then it is one of the grandest possible incentives to action.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The job, of course, will never be finished. For a nation, as for an individual, education is a perpetually unfinished journey, a continuing process of discovery."

The job, of course, will never be finished. For a nation, as for an individual, education is a perpetually unfinished journey, a continuing process of discovery.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our nation whole."

Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our nation whole.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "We may have uneasy feelings for seeing a creature in distress without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them."

We may have uneasy feelings for seeing a creature in distress without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The blues is a low down achin' chill."

The blues is a low down achin' chill.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger, spirit of defiance and resistance in a Jamaican poetic idiom."

Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger, spirit of defiance and resistance in a Jamaican poetic idiom.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use."

Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some useful truth in a few words."

The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some useful truth in a few words.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs."

The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The second advantage claimed for naturalism is that it is equivalent to rationality, because it assumes a model of reality in which all events are in principle accessible to scientific investigation."

The second advantage claimed for naturalism is that it is equivalent to rationality, because it assumes a model of reality in which all events are in principle accessible to scientific investigation.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "I love the 3D revolution. I love the technology today that continues to push the envelope, continues break the new ground, and continues to raise the bar."

I love the 3D revolution. I love the technology today that continues to push the envelope, continues break the new ground, and continues to raise the bar.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste."

I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest."

My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Once you have a disease like cancer, you look at life a bit differently. Some things that were important no longer seem as important as they were."

Once you have a disease like cancer, you look at life a bit differently. Some things that were important no longer seem as important as they were.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same passion I felt when I wrote them as a young man."

The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same passion I felt when I wrote them as a young man.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "I know how important it is to have people who believe in you even when you don't believe in yourself."

I know how important it is to have people who believe in you even when you don't believe in yourself.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "To succeed, one must be creative and persistent."

To succeed, one must be creative and persistent.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone's achievement."

Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone's achievement.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom."

I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The wisdom's in the trees not the glass windows."

The wisdom's in the trees not the glass windows.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty. Let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies; Let it resound loud as the rolling sea."

Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty. Let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies; Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories."

The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide."

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth"

Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries."

Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The walk of Faith is to live according to the revelation we have received, in the midst of the mysteries we can't explain."

The walk of Faith is to live according to the revelation we have received, in the midst of the mysteries we can't explain.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Its better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds."

Its better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The resolution of the combat is seldom equal to the vehemence of the charge."

The resolution of the combat is seldom equal to the vehemence of the charge.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Where there is emulation, there will be vanity; where there is vanity, there will be folly."

Where there is emulation, there will be vanity; where there is vanity, there will be folly.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "love's just a waste of energy and life's just a waste of time so why don't we get together we could waste everything tonight"

love's just a waste of energy and life's just a waste of time so why don't we get together we could waste everything tonight



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do."

My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale."

He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in seeing a man trying to leap over a ditch and tumbling into it"

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in seeing a man trying to leap over a ditch and tumbling into it



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Live. Love. Smile. Hug. Laugh. Dream. Do. Create. Have fun. Be intense. Be audacious. Be unreasonable. Act impeccably. Breathe. Be you. Be different."

Live. Love. Smile. Hug. Laugh. Dream. Do. Create. Have fun. Be intense. Be audacious. Be unreasonable. Act impeccably. Breathe. Be you. Be different.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last."

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history."

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.