John Burroughs Quotes

Some of the animals outsee man, outsmell him, outhear him, outrun him, outswim him, because their lives depend more upon these special powers than his does; but he can outwit them all because he has the resourcefulness of reason and is at home in many different fields.

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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I've never liked much of reality television, mostly because it involves humiliation.

Joe Morton

RealityTelevisionNeverBecause

People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.

John Ashcroft

PeopleMatterResponsibleCommitWho

Psychological horror I've always appreciated, like 'Rosemary's Baby.' The slasher movies and the grotesque movies are the ones that I've really been off for a while.

John Carroll Lynch

BabyMoviesHorrorAppreciatedOff

When I started training, I just started running every day, which you shouldn't do. I learned that lesson the hard way by getting a stress fracture.

Sophia Bush

DayStressTrainingYouEvery Day

It was always presumptuous to expect Russia, an ancient nation-state and proud empire of distinct culture with a tradition of autocracy, to become an Anglo-American democracy overnight - just as it is naive to expect it in other parts of the world.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

CultureDemocracyWorldProudBecome

I grew up in wide-open spaces, but they didn't have the romantic history of the West.

Robert Taylor

HistoryRomanticUpWestSpaces

The accent in England can change literally from street to street, and people have this sort of feudal tribalism whereby you can identify somebody's provenance by their voice.

Rupert Friend

ChangePeopleVoiceYouStreetSort

If I produce a 450-pound Bengal tiger, it's going to create a lot more wonder than if I produce a rabbit.

Doug Henning

TigerWonderCreateMoreRabbitLot

It's vital that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do.

Princess Diana

PeopleTouchTryMonarchyVital

When a story captures me, it comes quickly and easily.

Sylvia Day

MeStoryQuicklyEasilyCaptures

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Thomas Tusser

MoneyFoolSoonHisParted

Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read.

Marilyn vos Savant

TimeHabitYouAnythingMakeRead

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