John Burnside Quotes

Hunted for sport by the rich, then driven from large tracts of its natural habitat by agricultural and housing development, the giant panda deserves better than to be scrubbed from conservation's ledger books through false accounting.

John Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

AccountingRichBetterDevelopment

What happens when you have great grief in your life is the arteries of that heart begins to spasms down, just literally squeezes down like this because you're feeling the tension of your life and then the heart muscle itself will also begin - to get stressed out.

Mehmet Oz

LifeHeartGreatGriefYouDown

All that attention to the perfect lighting, the perfect this, the perfect that, I find terribly annoying.

Meryl Streep

AttentionPerfectFindAnnoying

Scoring lots of goals in Italy is much more difficult: they are experts in defending.

Alvaro Morata

GoalsMoreDifficultItalyMuch

The winding down of summer puts me in a heavy philosophical mood.

Robert Fulghum

MeDownSummerMoodHeavyWinding

I'll never forget seeing 'Guys and Dolls' over and over. I used to sit up in the coliseum watching this magnificent musical. Brilliant.

Ron Moody

Never ForgetSeeingForgetBrilliant

Everything from the music to our clothes was truly authentic. Lisa and I were in my basement spray painting our overalls.

Rozonda Thomas

MusicPaintingClothesEverything

Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.

Mary Kay Ash

LifeMeSucceedFeelYouPerson

My form is more on the lines of a Chinese porcelain-jar juggler. They learn it as a child. They learn, learn, learn, learn - but not with a porcelain jar. Then, when they're ready to perform, they're taken to a museum, and they're given a porcelain jar for a lifetime to use. When they're done, it's returned to the museum.

Michael Moschen

ChildLearnMuseumReadyDoneMore

Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to the good of others.

Joseph Butler

GoodManOthersTwoPursueOwn

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we - we own this country. We - we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

Clint Eastwood

ThinkEmployeesYouCountrySayOwn

Having children really changes your priorities.

Cindy Crawford

ChildrenPrioritiesHaving Children

I just remember Bruce Lee blowing my mind on the screen, and I thought to myself, 'That's what I want to do for a living when I'm older.' Bruce Lee was so magnetic and charismatic and held the screen so well.

Scott Adkins

MyselfMindThoughtRememberLiving

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