John Burnside Quotes

What is essential - the one thing that could stop us being coarsened to other lives - is that we feel a great, living wave of animal life all around us, covering the earth.

John Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeGreatAnimalFeelWaveEarth

In our quest to tweet, like, and trend, we have forgotten that brands can be built through advertising. Ads can generate big ideas that can never be trumped by tactics. That is the magic of an ad, and that is what is missing from many ads today.

Jerry Della Femina

TodayIdeasAdvertisingMagicNever

The day of the great jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over.

Maynard Ferguson

MusicGreatDayKnowJazzOver

I've worked on a lot of fighting games, so I was very used to the idea of combat sounds.

Matthew Mercer

FightingGamesUsedIdeaSoundsLot

Being the drummer of Fall Out Boy, and any other project I've ever done, is most importantly about playing for the music. Staying out of the way when it's needed and playing more when it makes sense.

Andy Hurley

MusicFallDoneBoyDrummerWay

Users do not care about what is inside the box, as long as the box does what they need done.

Jef Raskin

CareLongDoneInsideNeedBox

I like juices and antioxidants. I'm a health nut.

Trudie Styler

HealthLikeNutJuices

My heart goes out, as does every American, when I see the videotape of Jason Rezaian and Amir Hekmati and Saeed Abedini coming back to their families.

Tom Cotton

HeartAmericanBackSeeOutI See

Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals.

Joyce Maynard

FreePersonStandardsBeingApply

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.

Joseph Brodsky

LifeWorkFakeBetterYouHard

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

Don DeLillo

MeWritingThinkingForm

Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music, because it lacks real depth.

Christina Aguilera

MusicKindRealDepthBecausePop

I consider myself a writer. I always wanted to act, and as a teen, I studied acting devotedly. Eventually, I got writing work, but very little acting work.

Winnie Holzman

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