John Burnside Quotes

The conventional, and painfully artificial, separation of the human realm from the natural other is bound to perish, albeit over a period of time, until we are obliged to learn how to cultivate our gardens under the most demanding conditions.

John Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeLearnSeparationHumanOver

If you don't play well, you have a bad game or a nightmare you know that the amount of coverage is worldwide.

Steven Gerrard

GameYouBadPlayKnowWell

I am what you might call abstractly anti-capitalist. For instance, I am suspicious of the old leftists who focus all their hatred on the United States. What about Chinese neo-colonialism? Why are the left silent about that? When I say this, it annoys them, of course. Good!

Slavoj Zizek

GoodFocusI AmYouSaySilent

I am more of a New Yorker than ever and just actually, sometimes I fantasize about living somewhere else, where it's maybe not quite so crowded or stressful, blah, blah, blah and after September 11th, I guess I could just not imagine living anywhere else.

Sigourney Weaver

I AmNewSometimesLivingMoreJust

Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.

Roger Miller

NatureRainWalkPeopleSome People

In Los Angeles, I had the good fortune of anchoring the news right before Johnny Carson came on, so to see him, the Hollywood stars watched me first.

Tom Brokaw

GoodStarsMeLos AngelesNewsSee

Pretty much everything on the web uses those two things: C and UNIX. The browsers are written in C. The UNIX kernel - that pretty much the entire Internet runs on - is written in C.

Rob Pike

InternetTwoEverythingPrettyWeb

I now have 10-year-olds asking me about how to become successful, how to become a business owner, which is crazy - at 10 I was trying to figure out which Barbie I wanted.

Michelle Phan

BusinessMeCrazyTryingNowBecome

I don't believe Wikipedia about anything. I don't go there for anything but keywords.

Michael Pitt

BelieveGoAnythingWikipediaAbout

If anybody is excited about my music, that's all I care about. I care about people who are excited about new music.

Diplo

MusicPeopleCareNewExcitedWho

I've always been very open and very honest with my fans. I want them to know that I'm genuine, and I am who I am, and I'm not faking it for the camera.

Colleen Ballinger

I AmCameraKnowWantGenuineOpen

Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 260-pound tackles. They'll give me plenty of wisdom.

Chuck Noll

WisdomMePrayGive MeGiveSome

You don't just have to see superhero movies. Ultimately, those movies are westerns - superheroes are good guys fighting bad guys in a landscape. In westerns, that divide couldn't be any more clear, but the only superpower you have is that you're a quicker shot than the other guy.

Antoine Fuqua

GoodFightingLandscapeYouBadSee

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