Marietta Johnson Quotes & Sayings

Thus men who are naturally conscious of what they are shun nothing, so much as rest; they would do anything to be disturbed. — Blaise Pascal

I think you like bossing around a world or two. You've been doing it all along, only now you've got a very fine hat. Of course, it is always easier to fight the powerful than to wield power yourself.
And that is the last lesson of childhood: You spend all your years fighting against the injustice of big folk and their big rules unti you are ready to rule yourself. — Catherynne M Valente

My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then. — Lord Byron

Sometimes a people lose their right to remain silent when pressured to remain silent. — Criss Jami

Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women have had with breast cancer, that the gay community has had with AIDS, because they're active and they talk about it. — Herbie Mann

you remind me of someone i knew. looked just like you but kind. — Taylor Rhodes

There's a thing - I've noticed it often. When I first say something, it's as if people don't hear me, they can't believe I'm saying it. Then they start to actually pay attention, they stop noticing that a teenage girl is talking and start to believe that it's worth listening to what I'm saying. — Jo Walton

Vision, the hallmark of leadership, is less a derivative of spreadsheets and more a product of the mind called imagination. — Abraham Zaleznik

Snape might refer to their work as "cleaning," but in Harry's opinion they were really waging was on the house, which was putting up a very good fight, aided and abetted by Kreacher. — J.K. Rowling

Trying to build myself up with the fact that I have done things right that were even good and have had moments that were excellent but the bad is heavier to carry around and feel have no confidence. — Marilyn Monroe

He who has the bigger stick has the better chance of imposing his definitions of reality. — Peter L. Berger

I certainly didn't have a nanny. — Laura Linney