John Burnside Quotes

Snow isn't just pretty. It also cleanses our world and our senses, not just of the soot and grime of a Fife mining town but also of a kind of weary familiarity, a taken-for-granted quality to which our eyes are all too susceptible.

John Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SnowEyesQualityWorldKindPretty

It affects you when you get shot at, when your children get shot at. In our case, we had one shooter, a guy from Illinois mad that Trump won, and decided to come to Washington and shoot GOP congressmen.

Joe Barton

ChildrenYouMadWashingtonShoot

With proper acting, I don't know what I would play - I got sent a script for a play, and it said in the notes that my proposed character was 'hideously fat and ugly'. That made my day. I mean, I do know I am no oil painting.

Jo Brand

CharacterDayI AmUglyPainting

Again, I was influenced by my father, who was very much an atheist and took pride in combating the traditional or orthodox forms of Judaism, which his parents and which my mother's parents were very steeped in.

Robert Jay Lifton

FatherMotherParentsPrideAtheist

The only kind of notebook I actively dislike is the steno pad, entirely because of that vertical line down the middle of the page. I presume it has some arcane secretarial use, but to me, it's both ugly and confusing.

Michael Dirda

UglyMeDownPageKindLine

In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children.

Robert Benchley

ChildrenTravelAmericaClassFirst

That character called 'Robin Wright' in the movie called 'The Congress' has nothing to do with me... I've never felt that way about life choices, career, etc.

Robin Wright

LifeCharacterMeChoicesCareer

Some things make me emotional in a good way. When my son does well in school, I get real emotional because that's a testament to what I'm feeding him at home on a daily basis as far as knowledge goes. I wasn't so emotional until I had my first son.

Monica

GoodHomeDailySonKnowledgeMe

I never say no to any event that is associated with education.

Mohammad Azharuddin

EducationSayNeverEventAny

As soon as you start writing about how human beings interact with each other socially, you're into politics, aren't you?

Jonathan Coe

PoliticsWritingStartYouHuman

Having dealt with a lot of real firefighters, I know there are a lot of guys who, for lack of a better term, become addicted to the grief because it has kept them connected to these guys that they felt responsible for having lost.

Denis Leary

GriefBetterLostKnowFirefighters

We want to be a place where, and when there's no place else, you can turn us on and know that He's there, He cares, and He's going to do something about it.

Della Reese

YouPlaceKnowWantTurnGoing

I don't know if it's genetic or just because I was surrounded by it, but I was always fascinated with building and construction and development.

Donald Trump, Jr.

ConstructionBuildingKnowAlways

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