J. J. Johnson Quotes
Too much vigor in the beginning of an undertaking often intercepts and prevents the steadiness and perseverance always necessary in the conduct of a complicated scheme.
The Air Force comes in every morning and says, 'Bomb, bomb, bomb' ... And then the State Department comes in and says, 'Not now, or not there, or too much, or not at all.'
If time were like a passage of music, you could keep going back to it until you got it right.
For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground.
Personally I discovered that you could go through the academy as a young scholar, come out, and almost immediately have an impact on the academic environment.
But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public
Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
The Civil Rights Movement also reaffirmed me as a singer. It taught me that singing was not entertainment, it was something else.
Freedom is necessary for honesty, honesty for integrity, integrity for power, power for creativity, and all of them for intimacy.
Sorrow is properly that state of the mind in which our desires are fixed upon the past without looking forward to the future.
The American city should be a collection of communities where every member has a right to belong. It should be a place where every man feels safe on his streets and in the house of his friends.
Rome didn't create an Empire by holding meetings - they did it by killing their enemies.
The charm of London is that you are never glad or sorry for ten minutes together; in the country you are one or the other for weeks.
I'm not going to lie and say that I'm good at Madden. There are some good players out there. There are some good players on the team. I get skunked all of the time.
During the season, I dodge the media. After practice, I need to be taking care of my body and recovering.
I like to run the slants. The slants are cool. I like routes that you can catch the ball running.
You have to learn to be patient and not give up. Look to your parents; they need to be there for you. But having spiritual faith will get you through anything.
Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition... well, they are still radical ideas.
There's something special for everyone to do. Remember, no experience is a bad experience unless you gain nothing from it.
He who is extravagant will quickly become poor; and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption.
Then there's the joy of getting your desk clean, and knowing that all your letters are answered, and you can see the wood on it again.
Science and time and necessity have propelled us, the United States, to be the general store of the world, dealers in everything. Most of all, merchants for a better way of life.
It is good sense applied with diligence to what was at first a mere accident, and which by great application grew to be called, by the generality of mankind, a particular genius.
Instead of working out three times a week, I do something physical, like a one-hour walk everyday.
To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.
There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.
There's just a pit that develops in your stomach and doesn't go away. It's the championship pit and it's there.
Business fits me best. The only reason I went into modeling originally was to help out my family, because I knew that money gave you freedom.
