Johnsonian Gleanings Quotes & Sayings

I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune. — Xavier Niel

Across the board at the office there was a belief, an unproved theorem, about Coinman's blind faith in Ratiram; that if one thought Coinman could willingly sip a cup of Botulinum if Ratiram wished so, it still underestimated the reverence that dwelt in Coinman's heart for Ratiram. — Pawan Mishra

I am, I believe, a young man on whom a grand joke is being played, fated to live one century, perhaps a second, perhaps a third, only to be scrubbed and rescrubbed from the record, to exit, if I ever do, as if I'd never existed at all. — Daniel Kraus

Live, Love and be grateful you are capable of it. — Debbie Tosun Kilday

We are told that the first part of the process is to select the very smallest seeds from the smallest plants, which is not at all unlikely, but I cannot speak to the fact from my own observation. — Robert Fortune

We all fall in love with the idea of a person, and then as time goes on we either accommodate ourselves to the real person or we don't. — Liza Johnson

The Lord's Prayer is the most perfect piece of poetry. I always feel at peace and moved when I recite it. — Mary Quant

There was only one variable that separated the people who have a strong sense of love and belonging and the people who really struggle for it. And that was, the people who have a strong sense of love and belonging believe they're worthy of love and belonging. That's it. They believe they're worthy. — Brene Brown