John Burroughs Quotes

Robin is one of the most native and democratic of our birds; he is one of the family, and seems much nearer to us than those rare, exotic visitants, as the orchard starling or rose-breasted grossbeak, with their distant, high-bred ways.

John Burroughs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 3, 1837 - March 29, 1921

Topics

FamilyBirdsRareUsSeemsExotic

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage.

Jimmy Breslin

MenPoliticsFatBaldTeachStage

And what we're doing in Ohio is we're moving from a basic manufacturing economy to one that's diversified, including energy and health care and agriculture and IT.

John Kasich

HealthMovingEnergyCareDoing

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.

Robert South

HeartModestyStormsEarTakes

It's pretty rare that something I've written is close to something that's pre-existed.

St. Lucia

RarePrettySomethingCloseWritten

I had just left 'Saturday Night Live' when I came to 'The Daily Show,' and it just felt like Jon was on my side. I'll always be grateful to him for that. I just got the impression he wanted me to succeed, and then I wanted to succeed for him. I think that's good leadership.

Rob Riggle

LeadershipGoodLiveDailyGrateful

In fact, it works the other way: A government as big and bossy as this one is maintained on the backs of the middle class and those who hope to join it.

Mitch Daniels

HopeGovernmentClassWayMiddle

I've read a hundred fantastic scripts that didn't pan out as films, and I completely put that on the directors. I've also read some mediocre scripts that have ended up being amazing, and I credit that to the directors. They're the storytellers. If you don't have a good storyteller, you really have nothing.

Chris Evans

GoodAmazingCreditYouNothingOut

When I first started out in the entertainment business, I made a list of people I thought it would be good to meet. Not people who could give me a job or a deal, but people who could shake me up, teach me something, challenge my ideas about myself and the world.

Brian Grazer

GoodBusinessMyselfChallengeJob

I've seen the Stones play for three hours, and the crowd knew every song. It's what you want in a headline slot at a festival.

Winston Marshall

SongYouPlayThreeWantSeen

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

William James

NothingTaskHangingEternal

That joy of a creative environment, without any restrictions, is hard to leave.

Powers Boothe

CreativeJoyEnvironmentHardLeave

Judaism is my home. Judaism is super important to me, in death and in life.

Sheryl Sandberg

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