The scars of others should teach us caution.
St. Jerome
We all make judgments on people, but some are much more brutal than others. It's easy to say, 'Ya know, I'm not crazy about what... →
Joan Jett
When you take on something like your footprint on the environment, you have to say, 'Where am I going to draw the circle around my level of... →
Sally Jewell
England opened up the world of literature for me. Not really having a world of my own, I made up for my disinheritance by absorbing the world of... →
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
I think it's pretty cruel to give a kid a name that others are going to have. I think it's very important to have a unique name within any... →
Penn Jillette
Normality is to be different. Every person is a different person. And one day you need to be aware of your difference. Aware that you are not the... →
Alejandro Jodorowsky
I was lucky enough, when I was younger, to have the chance to do as much as possible, and I found what I wanted to do. I did swimming, gymnastics... →
Aaron Johnson
If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that you don't have to explain anything to anybody. But... →
Denis Johnson
Many men of science and poets have in their own manner, by various ways and means, and aided by others, sought unceasingly to create a more tolerable... →
Eyvind Johnson
A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of... →