John Burroughs Quotes

Why, we have invented the whole machinery of the supernatural, with its unseen spirits and powers, good and bad, to account for things, because we found the universal everyday nature too cheap, too common, too vulgar.

John Burroughs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NatureGoodBadGood And BadWhy

Because I know about the Holy Land, I've taught lessons about the Holy Land all my life, and - but you can't bring peace to Israel without giving the Palestinian also peace. And Lebanon and Jordan and Syria as well.

Jimmy Carter

LifePeaceGivingMy LifeYouKnow

When you're placed in a world where survival is the main focus, a lot of that other stuff, like wrongdoings in the past, become obsolete. You have to focus on the here and now.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

FocusPastWorldSurvivalYouNow

There is a drunkenness to grief, which is good.

Mike Mills

GoodGriefWhichDrunkenness

During my lifetime, I realized that discrimination was not accidental, that there were structural roots and causes to it. So if we wanted to change women's lives, we need to deal with those root causes.

Michelle Bachelet

ChangeWomenRootsDiscrimination

If you believe the disappointments - if you believe the disappointments in the last few years are a detour and not our destiny, then I'm asking for your vote.

Mitt Romney

DestinyBelieveYouVoteAskingOur

People love to be listened to and represented, and they love it when they feel like you have some of the same problems that they do. Everybody deals with things like romantic difficulties in relationships and death and cancer and abuse.

Jason Isbell

LoveRomanticDeathPeopleProblems

A lot of people tell me now I'm their inspiration. They say, 'I don't play baseball,' and then they mention whatever - engineer, doctor, college student, high school student - but they're hurt because, for some reason, people feel shame about themselves or embarrassed because they are short or skinny or fat or whatever.

Jose Altuve

SchoolBaseballPeopleCollegeMe

I'm a different immigrant. My life is so lucky compared to so many.

Jose Andres

LifeMy LifeLuckyImmigrantMany

Most blockchain platforms don't share that much in common, resulting in choice lock-ins, lack of interoperability, and potentially dead-ends that are hard to untangle.

William Mougayar

ChoiceHardBlockchainShareCommon

Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered apply to us.

Susan Glaspell

GoodCareDefeatGloryUsArtists

I don't know anyone at the highest levels who approved Abu Ghraib. If President Barack Obama for a moment thought that somebody at a high level had approved it, he would go after them.

Peter T. King

MomentThoughtGoKnowHighLevel

People sort of imagine Chris Morris and me sitting somewhere dark, with dripping taps and chilling background music. In fact, we like to sit on his roof in the sunshine - and there's an endless amount of just sitting there, going, 'So, erm, er, what shall we do?'

Peter Baynham

MusicSunshinePeopleMeDarkRoof

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