John Burnside Quotes

For the Yupik, all life was continuous, animal with human with 'spirit', and recognising that continuum allowed them to undergo transformations that we, locked into our own disappointingly Cartesian skins, find impossible even to imagine.

John Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeAnimalImpossibleFindSpirit

If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being.

Jerry Falwell

FailureChristianYouHumanBeing

I know that elections must be limited only to those who understand that the Arabs are the deadly enemy of the Jewish state, who would bring on us a slow Auschwitz - not with gas, but with knives and hatchets.

Meir Kahane

SlowEnemyKnowUnderstandJewish

What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality.

Max Beckmann

WorkRealityWantShowBehindIdea

If it's a drama or comedy, it doesn't matter to me. I just want to like the writing.

Jean Smart

MeWritingComedyDramaWantMatter

I'm a Rihanna, Beyonce kind of person.

Sophie Turner

PersonKindBeyonceRihanna

Every Iranian artist dreams of the black market. We don't care about making money.

Shirin Neshat

DreamsMoneyBlackCareMaking Money

Any time you approach anything in fear and aggression or in self-preservation mode, you are going to scare people off. But if you go in love, with the idea of being the feet and hands of Christ, if you go with the idea of showing the love of Christ, then they become softened because love changes all.

Ron Hall

LoveFearTimePeopleFeetHands

But why should I run for office and lose what little influence I have?

Ron Silver

InfluenceLoseRunWhyOffice

I respect motorcycles so much.

Michiel Huisman

RespectMuchMotorcycles

We're charged by Congress with regulating financial institutions. We take that mission seriously. We are tough supervisors and regulators.

Janet Yellen

ToughFinancialMissionSeriously

Arsenal have won that advantage, nobody gave it to them. By playing fantastic football and by winning matches and by winning trophies, they won that respect that the opponent has for them.

Jose Mourinho

RespectFootballWinningNobodyWon

I've never not felt relevant.

Bob Saget

NeverRelevantFelt

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