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John Mushmouth Johnson Quotes

1856–1907 United States

United States
Businesspeople

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A man who gambled had no business with money.

A man that gambles had better be without money, anyway, I may put it to some good use; you wouldn’t know how.

What else is there for a colored man to do?

You’ll hear from me down in Africa shootin’ craps.

You bother me anymore, I'll have you in the penitentiary, and you'll stay there 'til I let you out.

I bought a lot on a prairie where a town afterwards was located.

I didn’t exactly do much book learning, I went out to see where the money grew. Some of those who know me say that I found it.

We used to have a little gambling here, but the dust is an inch thick upstairs.
You can’t judge by this. All the rest of the week, it will be like a graveyard.

When my family went in for religion and all that, I didn't really fancy so much learning and went out to see where the money grew. Some of those who know me say I found it.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Mushmouth Johnson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.