The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new. – Samuel Johnson
The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principal subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away the book, which he has too diligently studied. – Samuel Johnson
A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden. – Samuel Johnson
Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement. – Samuel Johnson
Ive always been attracted to cars, and driving is a completely measurable experience: if you qualify last on the grid, youre the slowest, and if you qualify first on the grid, youre the fastest. So no one can say youre slow if youre fast and no one can say youre fast if youre slow. – Eric Bana