John Burroughs Quotes

The common bees will never use their sting upon the queen; if she is to be disposed of, they starve her to death, and the queen herself will sting nothing but royalty, nothing but a rival queen.

John Burroughs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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DeathQueenRoyaltyNothingNever

I eat broccoli. I think about the plot. I pace in circles for hours, counter-clockwise, listening to music. I try to think of one detail in the scene I'm about to write that I'm really excited about writing. Until I can come up with that one detail, I pace.

Matthew Tobin Anderson

MusicDetailListeningWritingThink

Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness.

Jean-Paul Marat

HappinessFreedomCutOffFiveYour

Alan Moore's first choice to be the Comedian... was Burt Reynolds. But I never saw myself as Burt Reynolds; I saw myself as Edward Blake.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

MyselfChoiceNeverFirstSawBlake

I am regarded as a usurper, as an imposter and dilettante, because I do technically come from the wrong side of the tracks in musical terms.

Rufus Wainwright

I AmWrongSideBecauseComeTracks

A nice person is a 'yes' person, whereas a good person is a person who accepts their responsibility in things and moves forward and tries to constantly evolve and isn't afraid to say no or challenge someone or be honest or truthful.

Miranda Kerr

GoodChallengeResponsibilityForward

I've done almost 20 films and I still worry about not finding the next one.

Joshua Leonard

WorryFindingDoneNextAlmost

When you happy, you get locked in sleep. You get sleepy happy. I always wanna be on point. I always wanna be aware.

DMX

SleepHappyYouAlwaysPointAware

I realized I didn't need to go to work every day. I could work for the pleasure and the challenge, not for the mortgage payment.

Chris Gabrieli

WorkChallengeDayEvery DayGo

I'm not one of those people who's against doing remakes.

David Thewlis

PeopleDoingAgainstThose

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

Alice Walker

HistoryWorldInjusticeLevelSome

If you have debt I'm willing to bet that general clutter is a problem for you too.

Suze Orman

ProblemYouDebtClutterWilling

And it's always possible that you will not get a nice review. So - and that's enraging of course, to get a bad review, you can't talk back, and it's sort of shaming in a way.

Peter Carey

YouBadBackNiceWayPossible

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