Barbara Johnson
Barbara Johnson
Barbara Johnsonwas an American literary critic and translator, born in Boston. She was a Professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society at Harvard University. Her scholarship incorporated a variety of structuralist and poststructuralist perspectives—including deconstruction, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and feminist theory—into a critical, interdisciplinary study of literature. As a scholar, teacher, and translator, Johnson helped make the theories of French philosopher Jacques Derrida accessible to English-speaking audiences in the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth4 October 1947
CountryUnited States of America
Once a reporter stood in front of a fire as it consumed a house and then he turned to see the homeowners and their little son watching it burn. The reporter, fishing for a human interest angle, said to the boy, "Son, it looks like you don't have a home anymore." The little boy promptly answered, "Oh, yes, we have a home. We just don't have a house to put it in."
Stop what you are doing long enough to enjoy the sunset, listen to a special song that lifts you up, or pick up the phone and share some special thought with a caring friend.
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.
God will never let you sink under your circumstances. He always provides a safety net and His love always encircles.
Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!
My karma just ran over my dogma.
As you're rushing through life, take time to stop a moment, look into people's eyes, say something kind, and try to make them laugh!
Smile...it kills time between disasters.
Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.
True love doesn't have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.
Kids can be a pain in the neck when they're not a lump in your throat.
Change is a process not an event.
The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.
No one likes change... but babies in diapers.