« All Notions Quotes · Samuel Johnson's Page
Notions Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of…
- Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself might convey his notions to…
- Knowledge is praised and desired by multitudes whom her charms could never rouse from the couch of sloth; whom the faintest invitation of pleasure draws…
More Notions Quotes
- The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no… — Marcus Aurelius
- If I upset some notions and went against established rules, that wasn't part of what I wanted to do. It wasn't my… — Brigitte Bardot
- Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude. — Aphra Behn
- 'And for my part, Gentlemen,' said I, 'that I may put in for a share, and guess with the rest; not to… — Cyrano de Bergerac
- I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. — Sandra Bullock
- I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time… — Sandra Bullock
- Moving to the country is a very bold thing to do. You can have vague romantic notions about doing that, but in… — Nick Cave
- As the eldest son of an Alabama sharecropper family, I was constantly troubled by a collage of North American southern behaviors and… — John Henrik Clarke
- Congressional mistakes have dramatically increased immigration through a series of what I believe were ill-advised actions going back to 1965 when the… — Ronald Reagan
- We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure,… — Adam Clarke
- One of the most fashionable notions of our times is that social problems like poverty and oppression breed wars. Most wars, however,… — Thomas Sowell
- Prayer does not mean that I am to bring God down to my thoughts and my purposes, and bend his government according… — Dwight L. Moody