Nyesha Johnson Quotes & Sayings

Those of you who have the talent to do honor to poor womanhood, have all given yourself over to baby-making ... — Susan B. Anthony

As a child, I actually wanted to be a lawyer. That was the goal. I didn't plan to be an author, and then even less, did I plan to produce movies. It all just happened. — Stephenie Meyer

There are plenty of secondary characters that I had always hoped to write, but I don't know if it will ever happen. The way contracts work, if you leave one publishing house for another, the characters tend to stay with the previous publishing house. — Lori Foster

When a rules man gives you a ruling, that's it. Amen. — Gary Player

When I was writing 'Kitchen Confidential,' I was in my 40s, I had never paid rent on time, I was 10 years behind on my taxes, I had never owned my own furniture or a car. — Anthony Bourdain

Not for her the cruel, delicate luxury of choice, the indolent, cat-and-mouse pastimes of the hearth-rug. No Penelope she; she must hunt in the forest. — Evelyn Waugh

Sometimes, the most awesome and complicated thing you can do is just stick around — Kate Hattemer

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera. — Luciano Pavarotti

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support. — Colin Powell

There's a hazardous sadness to the first sounds of someone else's work in the morning; it's as if stillness experiences pain in being broken. The first minute of the workday reminds you of all the other minutes that a day consists of, and it's never a good thing to think of minutes as individuals. Only after other minutes have joined the naked, lonely first minute does the day become more safely integrated into dayness. — Jonathan Franzen

And you know, that's another reason I named her Coco. Because to me, chocolate is about indulging in things that give you pleasure. And what's the point of life if you can't find joy? — Kate Klise

Apathy is the slow poison coursing through the body politic that paves the way to tyranny. — Laurence Overmire