John Burnside Quotes

A modern arboretum brings us that ancient forest and, with it, a changed apprehension of time, a renewed appreciation of the elegance of natural form and a renewed sense of wonder at the variety of the world we inhabit.

John Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeAppreciationWorldElegance

I always disliked that anytime you had gays represented in - and there were some exceptions, certainly - but represented in popular fiction, they were usually the goofy neighbor next door, you know? And I just thought, 'Well, I know a lot of gay people, and they're just as varied as the heterosexual people I know.'

Joe R. Lansdale

PeopleDoorThoughtYouGayKnow

What we did wrong on 'RoboCop,' we just did something new and didn't really take into account what the fans really loved about the original.

Joel Kinnaman

LovedWrongNewFansTakeSomething

You are the only person who can sell you, so you do spend a lot of time in your job by yourself everyday.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

TimeJobYourselfYouPersonSell

If you listen to my tapes, you'd hear 14 different ways to arrange the rhythm guitar behind the harmony vocal, and then 14 different ways with a different vocal. You'd have to really be a music lover to sit through that and find it entertaining. I enjoy it, but I'm easy to please.

Tom Scholz

MusicGuitarEnjoyEasyYouFind

I suspect that the framers of the Bill of Rights have long since rolled over in their graves.

Jay Parini

LongBill Of RightsOverRightsBill

Twitter is the perfect complement to television. TV has always been social. You talk to the person you're sitting next to on the couch. You talk to the people you're - you know, at work with the next day around the proverbial water cooler.

Dick Costolo

WorkWaterDayPeopleYouPerfect

The counter-argument would be, so what if my sexual relationships are superficial, one can still have satisfying and rewarding relationships with friends, or parents, or siblings, or whatever.

Chester Brown

ParentsFriendsRelationshipsWhat If

Let me tell you something: I have members in my charter who, after paying their rent and house bills and taking care of their families, don't even have enough money left over to pay the fifteen dollars a week dues.

Chuck Zito

MoneyMeCareEnoughWeekYou

I'd earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.

Brian Wilson

TimeEnoughVoteOldOverEarned

I think each person, if you're a CEO, the most important thing is to have - to me, is to pick people around you that aren't like you, that complement you. Because you want to build a puzzle; you don't want to stack Chiclets up and have everyone be the same. And so I believe in diversity with a capital D.

Tim Cook

DiversityPeopleMeBelievePuzzle

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.

Mark Zuckerberg

BusinessMeBuildingUnderstanding

The road to success is always under construction.

Lily Tomlin

SuccessConstructionRoadAlways

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