The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
Samuel JohnsonTag: informationage internetage
The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new.
Samuel JohnsonA writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.
Samuel JohnsonBeing in a ship is like being in jail, with the chance of being drowned.
Samuel JohnsonAngling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.
Samuel JohnsonTag: fishing
I do not care to speak ill of a man behind his back, but I believe he is an attorney.
Samuel JohnsonTag: humor attorneys cheapshots
A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
Samuel JohnsonCuriosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
Samuel JohnsonTag: curiosity lifelong-learning
You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.
Samuel JohnsonNothing [...] will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome.
Samuel JohnsonTag: effort achievement obstacles
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