J. J. Johnson Quotes
As a forgiven son, I am justified, cleansed, washed clean. This is a greater reality than my sinful past.
You can go one block to the next in San Francisco and get a completely different opinion of what the issue is.
Yes, cannabis is dangerous, but no more than other perfectly legal drugs. It's time for a rethink, and the Tory party - the funkiest, most jiving party on Earth - is where it's happening.
The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.
I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.
The definition of swagger, in my opinion, is you have to have that arrogance, that confidence that you are the best out there at all times.
As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts.
I want you to know that I have nothing against Orlando, though you are, of course, far more likely to get shot or robbed there than in London.
I hated the bangs in the war: I always felt a silent war would be more tolerable.
As a human being, the way Jesus responded to God in faithful obedience and gave his life in service to other humans-is the pattern for all authentic humanity renewed by the Spirit of God.
Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go.
Your first great duties, you are sensible, are those you owe to Heaven, to your Creator and Redeemer. Let these be ever present to your minds, and exemplified in your lives and conduct.
Successful people do what others know they should do but will not. To become a success, or just be more successful, you will do what average, less-motivated people will not.
While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk.
You're always a work in progress. Flexibility. Personality. Motivation. There's always room to improve.
Between Peaks There Are Always Valleys. How You Manage Your Valley Determines How Soon You Reach Your Next Peak.
You can't escape history, or the needs and neuroses you've picked up like layers and layers of tartar on your teeth.... Your every past action and thought have made you what you are.
I really want to work on a record of mine and I'm just getting inspiration from different sources like one of my favourite bands, Led Zeppelin, and Radiohead.
It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking.
I think everything moving forward will just be instinctual, like we'll know exactly which doors to walk through when they open.
I am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men--and closes its hearts to none.
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.
Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't walk and chew gum at the same time.... He's a nice fellow, but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet.
Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it's the other part that's usually producing the stuff worth reading.
Artists are always good for conversation, so long as you want to talk about their art.
I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
If someone is starving, excessively exercising or using purging behaviors, then we know they are in a high-risk place for turning on the psychiatric illnesses.
Turn on the prudent Ant, thy heedful eyes, Observe her labours, Sluggard, and be wise.
At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems - the answer for all the problems of the world - come to a single word. That word is "education."
