John Burnside Quotes

In many traditions, hawks are sacred: Apollo's messengers for the Greeks, sun symbols for the ancient Egyptians and, in the case of the Lakota Sioux, embodiments of clear vision, speed and single-minded dedication.

John Burnside

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• Vision
• Sun
• Dedication

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• We would betray Mexicans' hopes for change if we felt satisfied with what we've accomplished so far.

  

  Vicente Fox
  • Change
  • Satisfied
  • Betray

• To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.

  

  Taisen Deshimaru
  • Hands
  • Everything
  • Open

• It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.

  

  Carl T. Rowan
  • World
  • Home
  • Injustice

• I always have to have my lipstick. Sometimes I have more than one shade: start with one color for the morning, one for night. Sometimes I have a couple shades just in case I need something more powerful for the day.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Night
  • Day
  • Morning

• I didn't really make up my mind to be an actor until I did 'The Hitcher' with Rutger Hauer. I was about 17 or 18 when I did that, by which point I'd probably done a dozen or more movies or TV things, but 'The Hitcher' was the experience that made me want to study and commit and learn how to do this for my life.

  

  C. Thomas Howell
  • Life
  • Up
  • Mind

• Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
  • Children
  • Fun
  • Easy

• My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.

  

  Gail Porter
  • Up
  • Important
  • Family

• In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Life
  • Work
  • Thinking

• It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.

  

  W. C. Fields
  • You
  • Answer
  • Call

• When I watch video, I try to watch the good starts so I can see how my mechanics are in those. Every once in a while, I'll look at video starts that I struggled, and sometimes in those, there is no mechanical problems; it's just, didn't have good stuff that day.

  

  Jacob deGrom
  • Good
  • Day
  • Problems

• Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

  

  Og Mandino
  • Strong
  • Failure
  • Motivational

• You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Long
  • Think
  • Space

• Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun.

  

  Patricia Heaton
  • Kids
  • Fun
  • Travel

• When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.

  

  Jack Prelutsky
  • Writing
  • Children
  • Voice

• The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • World
  • Women
  • Sports

• The answer to religion is not no religion, but another way of thinking of it. Another way of being in it.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Thinking
  • Way
  • Religion

• I love anything that involves the ocean. Swimming, snorkelling or surfing are all fun, which distracts from your mind that you are actually doing a workout. Being outdoors in the sun and the salt water is great for freeing your mind and feeling alive.

  

  Samantha Stosur
  • Great
  • Mind
  • Love

• Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's a different question.

  

  Vera Rubin
  • Different
  • Question
  • Sex

• I'm happy - I moved into my new house, which is the first time I've owned a home on my own. It's a big step, and my brother lives with me - I'm so happy about that.

  

  Khloe Kardashian
  • Time
  • Home
  • Happy

• I know that in the battle of ideas, Republican politicians are at a distinct disadvantage. Their fundamental philosophy - which I characterize as survival of the fittest, richest and whitest - is too callous for most Americans.

  

  John Yarmuth
  • Survival

• My 93-year-old grandma is a beautiful example of healthy living. She laughs a lot and always says, 'Just be yourself!' She also eats dessert every single day.

  

  Rachel Boston
  • She
  • Beautiful
  • Single

• The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth.

  

  Chanakya
  • Power
  • Truth
  • Earth

• Blessed are the pure in heart; how will people believe that, unless we ourselves are worshipping the living God until our own hearts are set on fire and scorched through with his purity?

  

  N. T. Wright
  • People
  • God
  • Believe

• In many traditions, hawks are sacred: Apollo's messengers for the Greeks, sun symbols for the ancient Egyptians and, in the case of the Lakota Sioux, embodiments of clear vision, speed and single-minded dedication.

  

  John Burnside
  • Single
  • Vision
  • Sun