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
We are destined for joy no matter how difficult our daily life. Something in us responds to the happiness other people experience, because we glimpse life as God intended it to be.
The joy of motherhood: what a mother experiences when all her children are in bed
You have to look for the joy. Look for the light of God that is hitting your life, and you will find sparkles you didn't know were there.
If you can forgive the person you were, accept the person you are, and believe in the person you will become, you are headed for joy. So celebrate your life.
I shouldn't have to live in a dump like this. If I could just move somewhere else ... I'd be happy.
Since I don't have any kids of my own, it's a challenge for me. But it's the best thing that ever happened to me. This gave me an opportunity to raise them and teach them things.
Never let a problem to be solved become more important than the person to be loved.
Everyone had a great, great time. It was a great day of racing and the conditions were pretty good.
It's been a wonderful way for everybody to come together and enjoy a spring evening with family and friends.
It sends a bad message when they can just allow their building to become run down because they just don't want to preserve it.
I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
When we have hope, we are showing that we trust God to work out the situation. Trust is the only way we're going to make it through and be a part of God's marvelous plan for His child.
Old florists never die. They just make other arrangements.