J. J. Johnson Quotes

Dark forces dragged me away from the keyboard, swirling forces of irresistible intensity and power.

Try as I might, I could not look at an overhead projection of a growth profit matrix and stay conscious.

London is the sporting capital of the world. I say to the Chinese and I say to the world, ping pong is coming home.

Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything.

We celebrate the contribution of people who have come to this country to make it better.

Can I say anything good about Ken Livingstone? A long time ago he did some good things, but I can't now remember what any of them were.

This is not a time to quail, it is not a crisis, nor should we see it as an excuse for wobbling or self-doubt. But it is a moment for hope...

He is like some sherry-crazed old dowager who has lost the family silver at roulette, and who now decides to double up by betting the house as well.

Our friends in America will be at the front of the queue for trade deals.

I think the risks that people see of terrorism are incredibly important but we are very confident we have got the right people on it and the risks have been minimised.

I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely sexist.

[People] are woefully underestimating this country and what it can achieve.

I'm no communist.I'm a tax cutting Conservative. But I want a capitalism that is fairer to forgotten people.

We did everything we could to break down barriers that restrain poorest.

It just happens I write fast and always have done.

I love swimming in rivers, and well remember once jumping in at Chiswick.

Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books.

I am hoping very much to get re-elected but it is going to be a tough fight.

This is our chance to build a Britain where everyone benefits from the success of the economy.

So I'm definitely in favour of stimulating the dynamic wealth creation sectors of the economy.

This is a super masticated subject, and it is time to spit it out.

You are part of our Great British family.

The volunteering spirit of Londoners is part of what makes this the best big city on earth.

I want London to be a competitive, dynamic place to come to work.

As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister.

I'm afraid Sadiq Khan is completely wrong. The European Court of Justice is the supreme legal authority in our country.

When my father began his work in the 1970s it was a very different EU. I pay tribute to what he did. But it has now become a very different proposition: the United States of Europe.

I'm a one-nation Tory.

The crucial thing is to look in an informed way at what's going on. Look at the way in which we are forced by our imbalanced system to push away people who might contribute mightily to the NHS.

I have my 1973 Citroen DS 23 Pallas. I drive it all the time. It's still the most beautiful shape in the world.

We've known for years that the president of the United States is a cyberbully, a misogynist who has this thing about women and blood.

You know, what we list as a hate group are groups that vilify or defame entire groups of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.

I have my own people that make my clothes, because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.

The outpouring of support from health professionals who want to volunteer for Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts has been tremendous.

D-Bo had a great game, so now a lot of teams, they're not sure what to do. They can't just key on me. They've got to key on both of us. D-Bo had a coming-out party.

My writing is a lens into the possibilities of the American experience.

I found my way to make my peace with the recent past by turning it into WORD.

All art points to others with whom the writer argues about what is . . . He must have models with which to agree . . . or outright oppose . . . for Nature seems to remain silence.

If I had it to do over, I'd vote for Obama without hesitation. I'm very thankful that McCain and Palin aren't in office.

Our media are completely lost in a wilderland of moral equivalence, eagerly prostituting themselves to monsters and terrorists.

I seem to vaguely remember a time when America had confidence. And guts. And soldiers fighting a war didn't need to be given "permission" to defend themselves from enemies trying to kill them.

After initially trying to defend his remarks about gun-toting, tabacky-chewing, bitter Jesus freaks, Barack Obama is now backpedaling furiously.

Agence France Presse says the Communist Party doesn't endorse Barack Obama, but that's just the media covering for him again. Because they do endorse Obama.

South Carolina State Rep. Mike Pitts wants to ban money.

Barack Obama's campaign of empty self-contradictory promises has apparently hoodwinked the state of Wyoming.

The Apocalypse would definitely put a crimp in my career plans.

When you hear tracks everybody immediately thinks that nobody is really playing or singing. That's not the case at all.

I take my job very seriously and I work the best that I can on every drum that I hit. I want all the drums and cymbals to sound the best. I strive for perfection and I won't take anything less.

Women are emotional! And being an artist and a woman is probably more difficult because you have more stuff to overcome.

We want revenge. We played well against them last time, and we feel like it's our turn.