“It has been said that it's hard to stop a man who knows he's in the right and just keeps on coming. Smoke knew he was right - and he kept on coming.””
Quotes by William Johnston
“He that lies with the dogs, riseth with the fleas.””
“Anglo-Saxon barbarians. Arthur should have been made a Knight””
“gonna need this if you go out on the next set of rounds.” “Apart from the weather, how is it out there?” said Bob. “What kind of activity is taking place around town?” “Awful quiet,” replied Fred, shrugging out of his own bulky slicker and carrying it over to hang it on a peg next to where Bob had hung his earlier. “The storm’s got everybody sort of hunkered in close and tight. Only a handful of customers in Bullock’s, nothing like it usually would be. Little livelier up in New Town. You know how those miners are hell-bent on having their fun, no matter what, when they get down out of the hills. But even there, in the saloons and gambling dens, it’s a little slower than normal. And all those tents up and down Gold Avenue? Boy, are they flapping and shivering and shuddering in this wind. Wouldn’t be surprised if some of them don’t tear loose and end up over in Nebraska somewhere before””
“For those who were openly hostile toward her, no explanation would be understood.””
“A nightmare is a black dream because our soul wandered too far in sleep into a haunted place,””
William Johnston was an influential Irish politician and a prominent figure in the unionist movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in 1829, he emerged as a leading voice for the ...