J. J. Johnson Quotes

He gets his courage from the can, it makes him feel like a man.

Plato's cave is full of freaks.

To be part of a community feels really good - to be among people who have similar feelings and want to share thoughts. It's a nice feeling.

The bitter attacks I faced were far worse than any fighter I ever faced in the ring. The caustic remarks, the threats to injure me, the shots at my character-fighting those were my toughest battle.

Schedules are impossible to me. I am excited to be on tour, but there are instances when I wish that I wasn't managed. The shows are fun, but six hour drives burn me out.

I never thought I'd be one of those guys who gets recognized.

I love when people on Twitter give advice.

I'll be honest, I like shooting 'New Girl.' I like the people. The show is still new to me. I've never done TV like this before.

I prefer to work with first-time directors.

You know, what 'New Girl' is doing is they're bringing in really cool people. These are home-run people who aren't your typical guest-star-type people.

I was really into classifieds for awhile. I'm a big negotiator. My father owned a car dealership when I was younger... it's just in my blood.

My brother was an improviser. He's now a lobbyist, but he used to perform improv in the city when he was in high school, and one of the funniest guys I know to this day.

I would want to go to the future, 25 years in the future, and see if the Cubs ever win a World Series.

I'm a grinding actor. That's how I've always viewed myself. You go from one job to the next.

It's a really weird feeling when you write something and you really know it and then you watch actors come in and do it.

All of a sudden Mindy [Kaling] was writing on The Office and had sold a TV show. When we'd try to write shows, we'd jokingly call the word documents "Hit Show." We just couldn't crack the code.

I was in a two-person show [with Oliver Ralli] called the Midwesterners where we wrote all of our own stuff and we traveled the country with it. That's what eventually led me to L.A.

I got really into writing plays. I did that for years and years and got some produced and didn't like it as much when I wasn't able to control it.

I like to move quickly. I don't like the nature of television of just sitting around and overshooting.

The craziest thing about TV directing is I turned in a version, and then they made their final changes - so I don't know what they are. So I'm like, "Ooo, I'm dying to see the final print."

My day job is acting - I wouldn't direct something if I didn't feel passionate about it.

I don't have an interest in being a director-for-hire on sitcoms - but if it's a really cool show that I thought I could bring something to, I would love to do that.

Everybody has their different tastes with television - there are some characters people like, some characters people hate.

When somebody is doing something really funny, in real life and as a performer, my instinct is to join them.

I had spent 10 days of my life digging for garbage.

I try to collect money and I keep it in a special place called the bank. I collect a bunch of things called money, dollar bills, and I keep them in a safe under my bed.

If I'm in a bar and I gotta be sitting next to some clown who's like, "It's my tune," I don't want to hear you belt out Bruce Springsteen. That's why we have jukeboxes! Let's let Bruce be Bruce.

I don't believe in karaoke. Let's let the singers sing.

Problem is that my athletic abilities in my mind are greater than what my body can accomplish. And my level of fear and anxiety of getting injured is greater than my courage.

I'm not a guy who sees the desire to transform with each part; I'm not a piece of clay.

Some actors pride themselves on disappearing into a role. I'm into the game because I like experiencing and exploring themes, so I put a lot of myself into the person.

I like fictional stories - like, things that never happened but the seed of it starts as real.

I view cats as more like wild animals. We feed it, but a lot of times it's not eating the food because it's murdering other animals outside and eating their meat.

I've always been, in games, the bad guy. If there was ever cops and robbers I was always a robber.

And Satan smiled, stretched out his hand, and said, "O War, of all the scourges of humanity, I crown you chief.

As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs.

With his head in his hands, God thought and thought, Till he thought: I'll make me a man!

As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat.

Blackberry Smoke is my favorite band!

Hank Cochran was a man of very few words, but certainly the words that he chose were the right ones to use.

I am a Mormon because I love the Lord Jesus Christ. And as I exercise faith in Him, I am blessed with the Holy Spirit in my life.

With every case from years ago there should be lessons learned.

I hope that the states are taking seriously their obligations to harden the cybersecurity around the election infrastructure that Americans rely upon and need.

Politics, in my judgment, has become not just the means to a policy ends, but it's become the end itself. Politics has become the sport that we all watch, and we all pay attention to.

On the key to a successful Twitter account: Write the things that you think are funny and that's what's gonna click with people.

Man, Books & Booze is cool, right?. That's the most fun I've had in an interview this year. Definitely the most singing I've done.

I've always looked for my affirmation through my peers, the people I race against, and within my team.

I've met a handful of presidents, from Jimmy Carter to Bill Clinton to George Bush to Barack Obama.

Jeff [Gordon] doesn't sit down and explain things. We don't sit and have meetings where I'm the student. He really teaches by example. I've learned a lot on and off the racetrack.

The No. 20 (Matt Kenseth) broke the pace car speed, which you aren't supposed to, but, they aren't calling guys on that so I need to start trying that in the future.