John Burroughs Quotes

If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature. And the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature.

John Burroughs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeNatureNameFriendsThreeHand

I like 'The Voice.'

Jimmy Iovine

VoiceLike

People don't understand the devastation the murder of a child does to someone. Eighty percent of parents of murdered children wind up in divorce. The only thing you have in common is that horrible sadness. You can't see the joy of your previous life.

John Walsh

LifeChildrenJoyChildParentsYou

Generally my day-to-day is pretty much the same. Just busy and working and on tour. And trying to put on the best show possible every night.

St. Vincent

BestNightBusyTryingPossible

I have a fondness for historical fiction, something wondrous like 'Wolf Hall,' but I'll read most anything as long as the story grabs my mind or my heart, and preferably both. You would be hard pressed, however, to find science fiction on my shelves.

Sue Monk Kidd

HeartScienceMindStoryWolfYou

Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes will manufacture professors.

Simone Veil

CultureWillTurnProfessorsWho

And when you redefine the family other than what the Creator intended when he established it, then you look at the devolution of civilization.

Tony Evans

FamilyYouLookCivilizationCreator

I feel really grateful to be a part of a cast that is dedicated week in and week out to doing good work, and you don't always come across that, but everybody on the call sheet is committed to doing good work, and a big part of that is having these firefighters on set and using our resources.

Miranda Rae Mayo

WorkGoodGratefulGood WorkDoing

Love is the most powerful thing in the world, and you know, what love brings is joy.

DJ Khaled

LoveLove IsJoyWorldYouPowerful

My next thing could be something in hardware. It's never been easier to turn bits into atoms.

Antonio Garcia Martinez

NeverNextTurnAtomsSomething

I am decidedly of the opinion that in very many instances we can trace such a necessary connexion, especially among birds, and often with more complete success than in the case which I have here attempted to explain.

Alfred Russel Wallace

SuccessI AmBirdsOpinionMore

Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will.

Pierre de Coubertin

MindBodyWillWholeQualities

That will be on my tombstone: He lived five minutes away from Flying Lotus.

Thundercat

FlyingWillLivedAwayFiveMinutes

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by John Burroughs