John Burroughs Quotes

A plump, well-fed stream is as satisfying to behold as a well-fed animal or a thrifty tree. One source of charm in the English landscape is the full, placid stream the season through; no desiccated watercourses will you see there, nor any feeble, decrepit brooks, hardly able to get over the ground.

John Burroughs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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TreeAnimalLandscapeYouWillSee

Oh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.

Michael Gambon

LoveDoneAlwaysComedianOhPlays

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Soren Kierkegaard

LifeRealityProblemExperienced

I'm the laziest person - that's my normal self. When I'm hanging around my house, I literally look like a tramp. I love being comfortable and having no make-up on.

Suki Waterhouse

LoveSelfLookHousePersonNormal

I just feel that I'm compelled; that I have a responsibility to give back to those less fortunate.

Stewart Rahr

ResponsibilityFeelBackFortunate

There is the theory... that you live in two places: You either live in fear, or you live in love.

Michael Keaton

LoveFearLiveYouPlacesTwo

A democracy depends on its people, the literate and the well read.

Dev Anand

PeopleDemocracyWellReadDepends

I like perfume and flowers.

Donatella Versace

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I got a note from the stage manager one night that someone wanted to meet me. And it was Steven Spielberg.

Corey Reynolds

MeNightSomeoneManagerMeetStage

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.

William Hazlitt

TiredGrowOthersEverythingTurning

Everything's a lot easier when you work with someone you know just about as well as you know yourself.

Peter Farrelly

WorkYourselfSomeoneYouKnowWell

I grew up in a haunting postindustrial landscape where prehistoric ferns grew among tens of railway tracks surmounted by brilliant arc lights where birds nested and sang in the dead of night, because for them, it was day.

Timothy Morton

DayBirdsNightLandscapeLightsUp

On matters of race, South Carolina has a tough history. We all know that. Many of us have seen it in our own lives - in the lives of our parents and our grandparents. We don't need reminders.

Nikki Haley

HistoryParentsToughKnowRaceOwn

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