John Burnside Quotes

Clearly, any well-kept garden will be a source of pleasure in the summer months; in the bleak urban midwinter, however, there are few activities more likely to energise the spirit than a botanical walk.

John Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WalkGardenSummerWillSpiritMore

Yahoo is a consumer brand. It is a consumer brand that allows people to get what they want from the Internet in a way that only Yahoo can deliver it.

Jerry Yang

PeopleBrandInternetWantWayGet

I love hoovering. People go to therapists; I've got a Hoover.

Maxine Peake

LovePeopleGoGotI LoveHoover

Not since the days of George W. Bush's 'Clear Skies' and 'Healthy Forests' initiatives has America been presented with a project as cravenly corporate and backward-looking as the Keystone XL pipeline.

Jeff Goodell

AmericaHealthySkiesProjectDays

Is it in our national interest to overheat the planet? That's the question Obama faces in deciding whether to approve Keystone XL, a 2,000-mile-long pipeline that will bring 500,000 barrels of tar-sand oil from Canada to oil refineries on the Gulf of Mexico.

Jeff Goodell

CanadaWillOilQuestionMexicoOur

For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.

Ama Ata Aidoo

PurposeFightCorruptionLiterature

Your parents are always a big influence on you. They help you make you who you are. The main thing my parents taught me is just to be a nice person - to be generous, kind and happy. I hope it comes off when I work and meet people.

Amber Le Bon

WorkHopeHappyParentsPeopleMe

The way the mind decodes music is an individual mystery. But the physical circumstances can change the way you listen.

Simon McBurney

ChangeMusicMindMysteryYouWay

The question is, you know, will someone accidentally build a robot that takes over from us? And that's sort of like this lone guy in the backyard, you know - 'I accidentally built a 747.' I don't think that's going to happen.

Rodney Brooks

ThinkSomeoneYouKnowBuildWill

You have 15-20 years of work for that one throw, that one moment. And I was like, 'Okay, Lord, this is it - you told me I had the victory. So this is the time to show me'. And I'm going to give it all I have because this is my last throw in the Olympics.

Michelle Carter

WorkTimeMomentMeVictoryYou

Like they said about The West Wing, you can't do a show about Washington until you can.

Josh Schwartz

YouSaidWashingtonWestShowLike

If I do cardio I'll disappear.

Chris Evans

DisappearCardio

The opposition may have the right to doubt every thing, but for myself, I call on opposition to practice its role within limits of objectively, responsibility and country interests.

Ali Abdullah Saleh

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