John Burroughs Quotes

Without the name, any flower is still more or less a stranger to you. The name betrays its family, its relationship to other flowers, and gives the mind something tangible to grasp. It is very difficult for persons who have had no special training to learn the names of the flowers from the botany.

John Burroughs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 3, 1837 - March 29, 1921

Topics

FamilyFlowerRelationshipTraining

People send you stuff if you say you're interested in something. I have a tonne of body lotion. So I could mention I was interested in, you know, surfing, and some company would send me a surfboard.

Anna Kendrick

PeopleMeYouBodyKnowSay

I'm still that little girl who lisped and sat in the back of the car and threw vegetables at the back of her head when we drove home from the market. That never goes.

Tracey Ullman

HomeCarGirlBackVegetablesNever

If somebody is willing to take some advice, then I have some, and that's just life in general. A lot of people don't want to hear anything.

Rob Van Dam

LifePeopleAdviceWantAnything

I have always been a big fan of the BBC program 'Luther' with Idris Elba.

Rose Leslie

AlwaysBigBig FanBeenFanProgram

We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues.

Ruth Brown

TryingPlaceBluesProveForever

If you're a wildlife filmmaker and you're going out into the field to film animals, especially behavior, it helps to have a fundamental background on who these animals are, how they work and, you know, a bit about their behaviors.

Mike deGruy

WorkBehaviorYouKnowWildlifeOut

For an artiste like me, it was very difficult to focus on studies with a beautiful campus around me.

Mohit Chauhan

BeautifulFocusMeDifficultLike

Social safety-net spending is an important form of public funding that helps offset disparities in family resources for children.

Janet Yellen

FamilyChildrenImportantResources

The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

GodResponsibilityWorldDeadSeek

I have friends who are in the posh category and some who are in the not-at-all-posh category, and some who you would find it very hard to get any sort of handle on. But I am lucky to have any friends, of course.

Jools Holland

I AmFriendsYouFindLuckyHard

School bored me. Being educated and being intelligent are two different things. I thought I was smart enough. And I wanted to be an entertainer. I stopped going to school as a way of saying I was mature, a way of saying I was going to choose who I was going to become.

Djimon Hounsou

SchoolSmartMeSayingThoughtWay

Through the Internet of things, 'connected kitchens' will alert consumers if they're running low on broth and when their salad dressing needs to be replenished.

Denise Morrison

InternetConnectedWillSaladLow

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