John Burnside Quotes

I love long sentences. My big heroes of fiction writing are Henry James and Proust - people who recognise that life doesn't consist of declarative statements, but rather modifications, qualifications and feelings.

John Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeLovePeopleWritingLongBig

When I spend a lot of time reading, discussing, or thinking about an area, I'll often really appreciate why a strong viewpoint is true and come to very firm conclusions. But if I am later exposed to a strong opposing view, I frequently find this countervailing view persuasive as well.

Joe Lonsdale

TimeI AmReadingStrongThinking

Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do that, otherwise you end up preaching down.

Jerry Spinelli

ThinkEndYouDownNowNeed

A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

John Galsworthy

ManActionThoughtUnhappyOutGet

My daughter's just going to be really hip! My goal is to be as eco-conscious as possible: There's so much out there for parents who want to do that. I plan to keep her eco-friendly as she gets older. I think we all sort of have to do it.

Ana Ortiz

DaughterParentsThinkPlanGoal

Sustainability goes across everything I do with Adidas and everything I do with my own house, so the Olympic kit is no exception. It is incredibly environmental in the way that it is manufactured. For example, there's no leather; it's free from PVC. There's lots of woven materials, which means a lot less waste.

Stella McCartney

EnvironmentalFreeHouseWayMy Own

Obviously we will talk about doing everything we can to make our sport as safe as possible.

Troy Vincent

DoingWillPossibleTalkEverything

With guitar, I'd always mixed more sounds that occur in hip-hop, or occur on Crystal Method records, or occur at the zoo - so I've never been sort of tethered or have limited myself to the traditional rock n' roll vocabulary.

Tom Morello

MyselfGuitarZooHip-HopRockMore

Today is the day of decision.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

TodayDecisionDay

I think America understands that energy security is a very important part of our national security. But if we are going to address energy security in a meaningful way going forward, we need to do it in a new manner. We cannot just be doing the same old thing.

Chris Van Hollen

EnergyForwardThinkAmericaDoing

My love for The Four Tops cannot be expressed greatly enough.

Brandon Victor Dixon

LoveEnoughCannotFourTops

I was scouted by this talent scout back home. She found me because I used to make my dad these CDs of my music, and I think that some guy that he worked with had a niece who worked with the talent scout, or something really drawn out, kind of word-of-mouth.

Brianna Hildebrand

HomeMusicTalentMeThinkBack

I am a joyful person.

Anthony Ray Hinton

I AmPersonJoyfulAm

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