When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped. – Samuel Johnson
There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern… No, Sir there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. – Samuel Johnson
The greatest part of a writers time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. – Samuel Johnson
Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition. He that sinks under the fatigue of getting wealth, lulls his age with the milder business of saving it. – Samuel Johnson
I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. Its that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever Ive done before because that keeps me awake. Thats why I want to be an actor – I dont want to play endless variations on one character. – Tim Curry