John Burnside Quotes

Sometimes, when the wind hits hard and icicles form on the sea cliffs, we can all come together - and at those times, we are at our best.

John Burnside

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So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it.

Ralph Boston
- Think
- Team
- Win
So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.

Warren Farrell
- Long
- Women
- Past
It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.

Karl Pilkington
- Would
- Put
- Spiteful
Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.

Uma Thurman
- World
- Effect
- Buddhism
Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.

Ian Mckellen
- Know
- Sometimes
- Fabulous
When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean.

Calvin Trillin
- Family
- Hands
- Capitalism