Nicely Nicely Johnson Quotes & Sayings

The satirist isn't just looking at things ironically but militantly - he wants to change them, and intends to have an effect on the world. — Martin Amis

The childcare tax credit makes some sense. — Noam Chomsky

I have no problem in moving a date one way or another or coming up with a subplot that gets my characters in (or out) of a fix more rambunctiously than the extant records show. — Sara Sheridan

In practically every film you experience, you can see the director following the text. Illustrating the words first, making the pictures after, and, alas, so often not making pictures at all, but holding up the camera to do its mimetic worst. — Peter Greenaway

The male-dominated systems know they cannot maintain their current power structures if and when the woman is restored to her natural and powerful state as a great leader and co-creator. — Bryant McGill

I think it's hilarious when middle-aged white men try to take themselves seriously. It makes me laugh. — Chris Bauer

If a man is gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows that he is a citizen of the world. — Francis Bacon

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all. — Heinrich Heine

That's sweet. Nice of you." Johnson put his hands in his pockets. Dove couldn't help but wonder if he was massaging a sore bag of testicles. Dove looked around, and Johnson shuffled his feet. It seemed neither knew what to say, but she hoped neither wanted to part ways either.
Johnson's default was always medical.
"How's your infection?"
Die. Die. Kill me.
"It's ... cleared up ... nicely." Dove twisted her hand into her hair. — Debra Anastasia

As ever, Sue was on the phone, and I could tell by her posture - she was half laying on the desk - that she was crying. I knew this was no distress but joy: She always cried when her boyfriend admitted that he was a complete idiot. — Melissa Bank

It was a curious sort of friendship, the one she shared with the Johnson twins. They were known for their unerring taste; consequently, they never failed to steer Jane wrong. But they did it so nicely, it was almost a pleasure to be laughed at by them. As Jane wanted to be steered astray, she welcomed their efforts. They lied to her; she lied to them. Since Jane wanted to be an object of ridicule, it worked out delightfully for all concerned. — Courtney Milan

Magic singers proclaiming hope and despair in the dark. — Charles Frazier

This was among Johnson's most early attainments, for his was not that mere "lip-wisdom which wants experience." He was not the recluse scholar, unacquainted with the world and its ways, but he could from actual survey describe, with equal fidelity, those who sparkled in the highest order of society, and those who struggled with distress in the lower walks of life. His study was peculiarly man: and his comprehensive and generalizing mind led him to analyze the primary elements of human nature, rather than nicely to pourtray the shades of mixed character. — Samuel Johnson

Using the Internet to secure employment is as vital to a construction worker as it is to a software engineer. — Leila Janah

God's love is an exercise of his goodness toward sinners who merit only condemnation. — J.I. Packer

Grainier still went to services some rare times, when a trip to town coincided. People spoke nicely to him there, people recognized him from the days when he'd attended almost regularly with Gladys, but he generally regretted going. He very often wept in church. Living up the Moyea with plenty of small chores to distract him, he forgot he was a sad man. When the hymns began, he remembered. — Denis Johnson

The best time is now. The best thing to do is what you are doing. So do your very best. — Debasish Mridha