John Burnside Quotes

I remember playing the Mad Hatter in a school play and feeling very comfortable in the character.

John Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CharacterSchoolRememberMadPlay

There's something missing in all this new new media craziness, and that is something that uses celebrity news as a way to get into a really serious analysis of our culture.

Jessica Williams

CultureMediaNewsSeriousNewWay

And really the purpose of art - for me, fiction - is to alert, to indicate to stop, to say: Make certain that when you rush through you will not miss the moment which you might have had, or might still have.

Jerzy Kosinski

ArtMomentPurposeMeYouStop

I like going to places that are so different than where I'm from.

Jess Glynne

PlacesWhereGoingDifferentLike

I try to look on all the great things God's done, and not focus on the negative. It's a perspective.

Joel Osteen

GodGreatPerspectiveFocusNegative

At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus' death and resurrection.

John Ortberg

FaithHeartDeathStoryChristian

France is, for me, the country of happiness.

Max von Sydow

HappinessMeCountryFrance

I want to put some effort into a bunch of different types of videos. I don't think I'm gonna do 'Man On The Street' messing with people, I don't think I'm gonna do over-the-top wacky comedy.

Andy Milonakis

ManEffortPeopleThinkComedyWant

If you've gotta follow a fashion, pick a good fashion, I say, yes.

John Rhys-Davies

GoodFashionYouSayFollowYes

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

Sophocles

LifeWordsCareMy LifeMoreDeeds

If the world ran the way a crew runs a set, we'd have a better, more progressive world.

Steven Spielberg

WorldBetterWayMoreProgressive

I have so much respect for people in the service. The mental strength it takes to do what they do is unbelievable.

Torrey DeVitto

StrengthRespectServicePeopleMuch

I feel that is more important than my work, the influence I have on my students.

Ruth Bernhard

WorkInfluenceFeelImportantMore

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