John Burnside Quotes

I don't want to suggest that matrimony was necessarily a tragic affair - some of our neighbours' marriages seemed quite functional, if somewhat routine; nevertheless, in the workaday world, it is wedlock that is most likely to offer the occasion for life-threatening disappointment.

John Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: March 19, 1955

Topics

DisappointmentWorldRoutineWant

She divorced me August 10 of 2000, but she never was able to completely get rid of me. Don't ask me why.

Jim Lampley

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There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.

Jerry Seinfeld

FamilyFunWholeThing

I thought the divorce statistics would never apply to me. I was beyond heartbroken when they did. But I got up and got on with it. I also kept my belief in marriage.

Jennifer Garner

MarriageMeThoughtStatisticsNever

The older I get, the more I want to do. It beats death, decay or golf in unfortunate trousers. Peace and quiet depress me.

Simon Schama

PeaceDeathMeGolfQuietWant

I'm an old-fashioned folk singer. I stand in front of an audience with a guitar and a barstool.

Mary Gauthier

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People think when you have a, quote, 'bank failure,' that that is the end of the bank. And it isn't necessarily.

Michele Bachmann

FailurePeopleThinkEndYouBank

Almost without exception, President Obama begins serious policy discussions by explaining why everyone else is wrong. After he assigns straw men to your views, he enthusiastically attempts to knock them down with a theatrically earnest re-litigation of what you've missed about his brilliance.

Mitch McConnell

MenYouDownWrongSeriousWhy

I like to think what I bring to the table is kind of a sympathetic and endearing quality, even while I'm playing outcasts or characters that end up in outlandish situations.

Jason Biggs

QualityThinkEndTableKindBring

When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence.

Chris Gibson

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As I rebuild my life, I remind myself not to relive the past.

Chelsea Manning

LifeMyselfPastMy LifeRebuild

In 1998, the acting roles suddenly bottomed out. I was no longer getting scripts; even my agent stopped calling. When I finally got him on the phone to ask him what was going on, he paused, then said: 'Well, Christine, you're 45.' I got rid of him.

Christine Ebersole

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To this day, there's nobody, nobody that sounds like Janice Joplin.

Clive Davis

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