226 Quotes by Paul Johnson

Is there any possibility of giving international air travel, which we all need and use and hate, a touch of glamour, or even of reliable, soulless efficiency? I suspect future historians will puzzle over our failure. But by then, of course, we shall be in the age of mass space travel, with its fresh and unimaginable crop of horrors.

It's definitely affected the gulf grouper supply, because it limited fishermen from going out to fish,

The only thing to be said for air travel is speed. It makes possible travel on a scale unimaginable before our present age. Between the ages of 20 and four-score I visited every country in Europe, all save two in Latin America, ditto in Africa, and most of Asia, not counting eight trips to Australia and 60 to the United States - all by air.

It was amazing. That was my first finals and it was at state. To take first felt great.

The whole world depends on America ultimately, particularly Britain. And also, I love America - a marvelous country. But in a sense I don't worry about America because I think America has such huge strengths - particularly its freedom of thought and expression - that it's going to survive as a top nation for the foreseeable future.

It was like a tribal ritual for surfers to go to these dances to see Dick and the other bands.

Democracy has many enemies, and the terrorist is only one of them.

A ruling like this will cause prejudice in people who have never been prejudiced before.

I like that lady - Sarah Palin. She's great. I like the cut of her jib.