John Burroughs Quotes

I have thought that a good test of civilization, perhaps one of the best, is country life. Where country life is safe and enjoyable, where many of the conveniences and appliances of the town are joined to the large freedom and large benefits of the country, a high state of civilization prevails.

John Burroughs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeGoodFreedomBestThoughtTest

The plays I remember are the plays I made a mistake.

Jim Otto

MistakeRememberMadeI Remember

My goal has always been to figure out how we can advance the conservative cause.

John Cornyn

GoalConservativeAlwaysOutBeen

The enemy is not Islam, the great world faith, but a perversion of Islam.

John Cornyn

FaithGreatWorldEnemyIslam

They put me on the shift where they thought I could do the least harm, midnight to eight in the morning. Although the hours were lousy, they were perfect for an apprentice reporter.

Andrea Mitchell

MorningMeThoughtPerfectMidnight

I was born and raised in California and benefited from California's excellent public schools, from kindergarten through medical school.

Ami Bera

MedicalSchoolBornCalifornia

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

Sophocles

TruthKnowledgeHelpHowDreadful

Anime has been good to me. I made and continue to make very little money at it, but the undying, feverish loyalty of the fans of the genre has been such a life-changing influence for me that I wanted to do everything I possibly could to help give something back to them.

Steven Blum

GoodLoyaltyMoneyMeInfluence

Visits to 'the country' were very important to me growing up, especially working on the farm, experiencing all the wonders of cats and chickens and pigs and calves and outhouses!

Trina Paulus

CatsMeGrowing UpFarmCountryUp

The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.

Tom Landry

WinningManagementSecretConsistent

I've learned over the years that there's a lot of things that work out pretty well that I don't love.

Lloyd Blankfein

WorkLoveOverYearsOutPretty

My mind never left 20, because once it does, that's when you start to die.

Dick Dale

MindStartDieYouNeverLeft

If people are given quality stuff to watch, they'll watch it.

David Warner

QualityPeopleWatchStuffGiven

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