There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern. – Samuel Johnson
Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate. – Samuel Johnson
Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o clock is a scoundrel. – Samuel Johnson
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. – Samuel Johnson
Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk. – Maurice Sendak