John Burnside Quotes

The great pleasure that comes from reading poets such as Mark Doty and Marianne Moore is the realisation that the essential virtues - compassion, wonder, humility, respect for the mysterious - are far from conventionally heroic.

John Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

RespectGreatCompassionHumility

Jerry 'The King' Lawler might be the most talented man I've ever worked with. He comes in, he's cool as a cucumber, and then all of a sudden, as soon as the camera comes on, it was a dream. It was an absolute dream come true to spar and share the same airspace with a guy I've respected for a long, long time.

Mauro Ranallo

TimeManKingCoolCameraLong

I like characters who remind me of someone I know.

Mia Wasikowska

MeSomeoneKnowWhoLikeCharacters

Mother always said that even when I was 3, I used to get the 6- and 7-year-old kids on the block and punch them and say, 'Listen to me.'

Shirley Chisholm

MotherMeSaidSayListenAlways

I'm not really a computer guy. It's like recess. I'd rather be outside getting dirty in the sandbox.

Matt Barr

DirtyOutsideRecessGuyRather

Maybe I was accepted to Harvard only because of my tennis skills, since I definitively had no great academic achievements. I was 17 and only thought about surfing and playing tennis. I had almost never left Rio de Janeiro and had never been to the United States.

Jorge Paulo Lemann

GreatThoughtSkillsNeverTennis

I understand that it's a huge luxury for people to dwell on the problems in Washington. Things have to be pretty tidy in your own life that you have the time to worry about what's going on in Washington. Most of us spend our time worrying about the things that are directly around us: our love lives, our careers, and our banking accounts.

Doug Liman

LifeLoveTimePeopleProblemsYou

I love to travel, I love to go out with my friends, but what I love most is being home with my family.

Deborah Raney

FamilyLoveHomeTravelFriendsGo

Over the course of 19 years on the Supreme Court, I learned some lessons about the Constitution of the United States.

David Souter

ConstitutionOverYearsSupreme Court

I watched 'Full House.' I loved 'Full House.'

Chord Overstreet

LovedHouseFullWatched

I'm really glad I didn't have kids earlier, because I probably would have ignored them. I was so into my career. I could just go and play a ton of shows, night after night after night. I can't do that anymore.

Bob Seger

NightCareerPlayGoJustKids

Eureka! - I have found it!

Archimedes

FoundEureka

I was playing a lot of bigger, sort-of-comedic characters in slightly heightened realities, and it had been so fun and fulfilling for a long time. But it got to a point where I just felt like I didn't have that in me anymore.

Ari Graynor

TimeFunMeLongLong TimeBigger

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