Famous quotes containing the words johnson and/or building:
“There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“An island always pleases my imagination, even the smallest, as a small continent and integral portion of the globe. I have a fancy for building my hut on one. Even a bare, grassy isle, which I can see entirely over at a glance, has some undefined and mysterious charm for me.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)