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John Buchan Quotes

You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn.

John Buchan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: scottish
Birth: August 26, 1875 - February 11, 1940

Topics

Think Push You Back Wall Earth

Groan and forget it.

Jessamyn West

Forget

I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor.

Michael J. Fox

Humor World Think Sense Of Humor

Making mistakes is part of life. The only things I would feel ashamed of would be if I had said things I hadn't believed in order to get on. Some politicians do do that.

Tony Benn

Life Mistakes Feel Making Mistakes

You can't go to medical school and come out and be like, 'I'm going to be a dog catcher.' That would be so pointless.

Mike Birbiglia

Dog Medical School You Go Out

When I was growing up in New York, we were the anomaly. Our family stayed, but back then families didn't stay. Once you had a second kid, you immediately left, so the kids could run around outside.

Mike D

Family New York Growing Up You Back

It was very hard for me as a kid to get through as a footballer in Uruguay.

Luis Suarez

Me Hard Kid Through Get Footballer

Those who have heard or read anything from me on the subject, know that one of the principal points insisted on is, the forming of societies or any other artificial combinations IS the first, greatest, and most fatal mistake ever committed by legislators and by reformers.

Josiah Warren

Mistake Me Know Principal First Who

It was so much fun to work with the cast on 'School of Rock'. I was a little nervous because it was my first acting gig, but it was such a great experience.

Daya

Work Great Experience School Fun

I used to write travel essays, and I was struck by how the fact of writing about a place would change my relationship with it. I would make completely different choices, do things I wouldn't have normally, because I had to fill this narrative shape.

Chelsea Cain

Change Relationship Travel Writing

I am obsessed with my viewers.

Colleen Ballinger

I Am Obsessed Am Viewers

I've definitely met nightmare Hollywood types who think they're getting twenty million dollars a picture when they're not. But they act like it. And they just insult everybody.

Brendan Sexton III

Think Picture Hollywood Insult Act

The success of our economy shouldn't determine the success of our schools.

Bob Riley

Success Economy Our Determine