J. J. Johnson Quotes

Choices not chance determine your destiny.

Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.

My mom taught me to go after my dreams. I have this faith in myself that I must have gotten from her.

So one of the things that happened with integration in the South is they found that the black teachers were much more educated than the white teachers.

I started graduate school in 1971, I started working at the Smithsonian in the festival in 1972. I went full-time at the Smithsonian in 1974. And I got my doctorate in 1975.

Sometimes you can gradually improve things. But sometimes, they don't work, and you've just got to just say: Let's grind this baby to a halt.

I don't like to be me. I'm not so comfortable being me on screen because then I'd be a presenter. I'm not Jimmy Fallon.

I haven't got any friends from where I grew up, but that's not to do with fame.

I organized Sweet Honey In The Rock in 1973. The music was sanity and balance.

At the same time all this was happening, there was a folk song revival movement goingon, so the commercial music industry was actually changed by the Civil Rights Movement.

If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful

I never keep anything beautiful in the closet.

[In the 1960s]...you could take LSD but you couldn't wear a pantsuit.

Life is more important than 'what film I do next.

There is an excitement about having nightmares.

I was a cheerleader for nine years.

My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, 'What if she's ugly? You're ugly.'

I tried acting and all of the arts, I even put out a record album, but what I like the most is business.

Human hair takes much more attention, as far as holding the style. You have to comb it, straighten it out, and wash and dry it.

Any area of my life for which I have no hope is under the influence of a lie.

Many stop short of a divine encounter because they are satisfied with good theology. The word of God is to lead us to the God of the word.

Jesus did not live in reaction to the devil. He lived in response to the Father.

Jesus is the most normal Christian in the Bible.

Every miracle brings the release of glory.

The 'renewed' mind is the canvas on which the Spirit of God can paint.

Nothing compares with the satisfaction of pleasing the heart of our heavenly Father.

Sacrifice is a step beyond convenience.

It’s in the environment of worship that we learn things that go way beyond what our intellect can grasp

We are not relevant when we mirror secular culture. We are relevant when we are what they long to be.

Compromise is the welcome mat to deception.

You've only mastered the storm you can sleep through.

The only true worship is extreme worship, and only extreme worship brings extreme results – transformation.

Some people need a theology of an angry God to justify their anger against sinners.

Presence always wins out over principles.

Passion produces the best discipline.

Jesus is interested in changing cultures, not just putting bodies in chairs.

We all remember things, it's what we remember that determines how we live.

Beware 'good' main characters who have a limited repertory of culturally acceptable feelings, while your evil bastards have a full range of vivid, passionate feelings.

In the old, sin contaminates. In the new, righteousness contaminates. It's a different day.

Its a great day for hockey

The next Tory leader would have to unify his party and ensure that Britain stood tall in the world.

The demise of the American empire will be no more regretted than the demise of the Soviet empire.

Hopefully I can finish my degree before I get done playing and work with my foundation.

I feel it's most important to keep it real and enjoy each moment, you know, take advantage of every opportunity life provides, because who knows what tomorrow may bring

The ultimate winners are willing to take ultimate risks.

It's not always going to be smooth sailing or everyone will do it. If you have something people want, it should be the perfect recipe for success.

Set your goals, follow your dreams, listen to your heart and don't let anything stand in your way.

I won't write my autobiography because I never had an affair with Frank Sinatra, and if I had had, I wouldn't tell anyone.

Don't remember me as too nice or beautiful or funny, because then you'll be disappointed.

Words are but the signs of ideas.