John Burnside Quotes

Given the right information to help them decide, people will opt for conditions that benefit our creaturely neighbours, even where they have no particular interest in larks or cuckoo wasps - because those conditions benefit us.

John Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleHelpInformationWillRight

I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

Jimmy Buffett

AgePeopleMatterInspiredRolling

For many years, taking care of myself consisted of showering and showing up to work on time. Sleeping and eating were inconveniences at best.

Jenna Wortham

WorkTimeMyselfBestEatingCare

Copper is a superb cooking metal, conducting heat so evenly it has unparalleled control, especially at low temperatures.

Andrew Zimmern

CookingControlHeatLowMetal

It stands to reason that unloved and unwanted children are going to get into crime.

Andrew Young

ChildrenCrimeUnwantedReasonGoing

Bitterness is cancer - it eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure.

Maya Angelou

BitternessCancerAnythingObject

The loss of a child is my greatest nightmare.

Angelina Jolie

ChildLossGreatestNightmare

I've taught in prison; I've counseled people... I've been arrested; I've been to the psychiatrist.

John Waters

PeoplePrisonPsychiatristBeen

I'd love to do 'Werther.' It's a great opera, and the music's so beautiful.

Stephen Costello

LoveMusicBeautifulGreatOpera

There is something about the stage that makes it so much better than being in the studio. I always connect with my audience; a concert to me is a collaboration between me and the audience, and I love it so much.

Sophie B. Hawkins

LoveMeCollaborationBetterStage

I remember my first meeting with my management team when I became Indonesia's Minister of Finance. I was the youngest person and the first woman ever to hold that job. Everybody else in the room was male. I knew then that I had to work harder than any man to prove to them that I was capable.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

WorkJobWomanManFinanceTeam

I don't think Russia is setting this as a goal; I don't think this should be Russia's goal. I think even the United States doesn't need to be a superpower. China doesn't need to be a superpower. It's a different world.

Mikhail Gorbachev

WorldThinkGoalNeedRussiaChina

Very, very few podcasts have made it to scale, and to me, that says this business will never be big.

Jason Calacanis

BusinessMeWillNeverBigMade

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