English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Samuel Johnson Quotes

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

Samuel Johnson

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow, slow, slow. Emil Zatopek
Pablo Neruda quote: "You keep only darkness, my distant female, from your regard..."
You keep only darkness, my distant female, from your regard sometimes the coast of dread emerges. Pablo Neruda
Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world. Barry Goldwater
Our marriage is grounded in the word of God. That's really it. God is the core of our marriage, and the foundation and the blueprint for it is how we live, and being open and honest and communicating, but ultimately doing what pleases God, and not in a selfish manner. Candace Cameron Bure
I feel more Irish than English. I feel freer than British, more visceral, with a love of language. Shot through with fire in some way. That's why I resist being appropriated as the current repository of Shakespeare on the planet. That would mean I'm part of the English cultural elite, and I am utterly ill-fitted to be. Kenneth Branagh
Gabriel Garcia Marquez quote: "No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the..."
No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Calvin Klein quote: "I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine..."
I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body. Calvin Klein
Dave Grohl quote: "Dude, maybe not everyone loves 'Glee.' Me included. I watched..."
Dude, maybe not everyone loves 'Glee.' Me included. I watched 10 minutes and it wasn't my thing. Dave Grohl
I think of thee!-my thoughts do twine and budAbout thee, as wild vines, about a tree...Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understoodI will not have my thoughts instead of theeWho art dearer, better! Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I didn't like how my NBA career ended because I wanted to go out on my own terms. But nobody tried to believe in me, that I could go back and play. I can still play at 39. Tim Hardaway
Arthur Miller quote: "it's the proper morning to fly into Hell."
it's the proper morning to fly into Hell. Arthur Miller
People seem to be losing their sense of boundaries more and more, what people are willing to put up on the internet, especially blogs. People seem to assume that only their friends are going to read it but anyone in the world could read it at any time. Jon McGregor
Thomas Dooley quote: "I could stay in Germany and start my coaching career there. I..."
I could stay in Germany and start my coaching career there. I did not want to. Thomas Dooley
Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. J. D. Salinger
Eudora Welty quote: "Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their..."
Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations. Eudora Welty