Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most. – Samuel Johnson
The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. – Samuel Johnson
This is my history; like all other histories, a narrative of misery. – Samuel Johnson
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. – Samuel Johnson
When youre finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and youre going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell cant we learn to live together like decent people? – Frank Borman