John Burns Quotes

I am only doing now what I have ever done; and ever will continue to do - that is adapting past experience to present reform in the light of high ideals and future objects.

John Burns

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 20, 1858 - January 24, 1943

Topics

FutureLightExperiencePastI Am

So many women waited until later to get married and then even later after they got married to have children. And then they have problems, and it takes them five, six, seven years to have children.

Joan Lunden

WomenChildrenProblemsYearsGet

You need the willingness to fail all the time.

John Backus

TimeYouNeedFailWillingness

I want to share music that we grew up with for this generation, the music my parents shared with me.

John Gourley

MusicParentsMeGenerationWantUp

Making a living in the arts, though, creates so many jobs for other people.

Maureen Forrester

PeopleLivingArtsMaking A Living

I need more friends. It's kind of like my quest right now just to have more true friends.

Miley Cyrus

FriendsNowKindTrueNeedRight

Whoever's president I'm not going to be short on material.

Lizz Winstead

ShortPresidentGoingMaterial

The show is like an Edwardian play - emotional life gets stepped on for the sake of accepted manners, and that's terrific for actors to play in.

Jason Alexander

LifeMannersPlayEmotionalShow

My grandmother was determined that everyone feel a sense of optimism and opportunity.

Chelsea Clinton

OpportunityOptimismFeelGrandmother

I used to love Kurt Cobain, when he was telling people we're a pop band. People would laugh, they thought of it as good old ironic Kurt. But he wasn't being ironic.

Bono

LoveGoodPeopleThoughtLaughBand

I finally became a scuba diver at age 15 or so, and a couple of years after that, I attended a dive show that is held every year in Boston. It's the oldest one in the world and it's still going on - it's called the Sea Rovers.

Brian Skerry

AgeSeaWorldYearBostonDive

I have ended up on so many weird Men's Rights Twitter accounts filled with weird anime. I don't know. It's so bizarre to me that people can think that way, and so I feel like I can decode them or figure it out. But you can end up so grossed out.

Perfume Genius

MenPeopleMeThinkEndWeird

I think audiences like to see their favorite actor handle himself physically on screen, however he does it. He can wrestle, or box, or he can know karate.

Thomas Ian Griffith

ThinkKnowActorBoxSeeHandle

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by John Burns