"It would be wrong to say I enjoy……" — Paul Johnson
"It would be wrong to say I enjoy having rows, because that would be un-Christian. If people attack me, then I respond, or if they do very wicked things. Then they must be brought to book."
—
Paul Johnson
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
39 Quotes by Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson has 39 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
As a child I found railroad stations exciting, mysterious, and even beautiful, as indeed they often were.
-
Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.
-
To many, Heathrow in August is a paradigm of Hell.
-
The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our…
-
A deliberate plan is not always necessary for the highest art; it emerges.
-
This book is dedicated to the people of America--strong, outspoken, intense in their convictions, sometimes wrong-headed but always generous and…
-
Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from…
-
I very much wanted to live in Paris when I was in the army, and I was quite determined to.…
-
Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.
-
When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners.
-
Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.
-
Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts.
See all 39 quotes by Paul Johnson »
More Attack Quotes
This quote is filed under Attack Quotes,
one of 1,480 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be…
— Jane Austen
-
It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses…
— Emilie Autumn
-
I know a lot of shows are like, 'Here's the pages,' right before they start filming. I'd have a heart…
— Alan Ball
-
When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall…
— Honore de Balzac
-
I'm a complete hypochondriac. If my heart starts beating a little faster than normal, I think I'm having an attack.
— Antonio Banderas
-
Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands,…
— Jack Adams
-
But the West is trying to weaken Islam from outside and inside. They attack our people and invade our countries…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
-
The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it…
— Benazir Bhutto
-
Here at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade…
— Joe Biden
-
A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few…
— Daniel Boone
-
Attack those concepts such as 'third world.' Think about it. If we look at it in terms of numbers, then…
— H. Rap Brown
-
We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay,…
— Tom Brown, Jr.
See all 1,480 Attack Quotes »