Famous quotes containing the words johnson and/or building:
“Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)
“I am not building here a statue to erect at the town crossroads, or in a church or a public square.... This is for a nook in a library, and to amuse a neighbor, a relative, a friend, who may take pleasure in associating and conversing with me.”
—Michel de Montaigne (15331592)