Edmund Burke Quotes

An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

Edmund Burke

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• Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • World
  • Real
  • King

• I had luck, but I worked hard and I suffered. It's not just photography I'm talking about. It's about whatever dream you want it to be.

  

  Sam Abell
  • Dream
  • Photography
  • Luck

• There's an unintended consequence when it comes to drone attacks in Yemen. Yeah, you take out the al-Qaida stronghold, but you also wipe out the other half of the block. That makes Yemenis against the United States for the rest of their lives and all their descendants.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • You
  • Rest
  • United States

• When I have a creative block, I take walks. I like to see what shapes stick out - so many legs rushing by at once, it can seem abstract. I don't need to see great art to get stirred up. Music does that for me more easily.

  

  Caio Fonseca
  • Up
  • Great
  • Music

• We are all born and someday we'll all die. Most likely to some degree alone. Our aloneness in this world is, maybe not anymore, a thing to mourn.

  

  Rachel Corrie
  • World
  • Die
  • Alone

• I am recognized a lot for 'Clueless,' but I am recognized a great deal for 'The Princess Bride.' I don't know... maybe everybody who has seen that movie just goes out on the street.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • Movie
  • Recognized
  • Clueless

• I love Canada.

  

  Randy Quaid
  • Love
  • I Love
  • Canada

• It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Water
  • Environment
  • Air

• A lot of my family are redheads, but I'm a dark blonde.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Family
  • Dark
  • Blonde

• When you're in a rehearsal room, it's like getting into a car and going on a long journey with everyone's stuff in the back. If you keep stopping the car and going, 'Are you sure we want to go?' and think, 'This is really daunting,' you will get frightened, so you just have to keep ploughing through it.

  

  Kate Fleetwood
  • Long
  • Want
  • Car

• The important thing is staying together if you want to do something special.

  

  Yannick Noah
  • Important
  • Together
  • Want

• I want to work with Cherry Jones.

  

  Laila Robins
  • Work
  • Want
  • Cherry

• Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it's empowering generations to come. A simple idea, a heartfelt desire, and a world of possibility. A pencil, a promise, and a dream.

  

  Adam Braun
  • World
  • Dream
  • Support

• If someone says you're a reporter and doesn't want you to anchor then you wonder why you worked so hard at it.

  

  Gayle Gardner
  • Why
  • Want
  • Wonder

• As you ride in a steeplechase, and you're on the horse, going quite fast, you think, 'That's quite a big fence...' But trust the horse, and don't give him any reason to doubt you.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Trust
  • Doubt
  • Horse

• Major organizational changes create uncertainty.

  

  Irene Rosenfeld
  • Changes
  • Create
  • Uncertainty

• I have a rich, full, textured life.

  

  Lainie Kazan
  • Life
  • Rich
  • Full

• Market size, particularly when you're dealing with major media markets, has an impact in terms of gathering attention.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Attention
  • Media
  • Impact

• Being genuinely humble and being myself has helped me succeed in my career.

  

  Jason Boyd
  • Career
  • Humble
  • Succeed

• There are many examples in our history of overheated rhetoric leading to fear and prejudice and government overreach. My own grandfather, a sociologist, was dragged in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee. He said he wasn't a Communist and explained that American Negroes were patriots like everyone else.

  

  Jeh Johnson
  • American
  • History
  • House

• I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't gotten to do but I'd love to is a western, but no one has ever asked me to do that. Unfortunately they are very few and far between these days, but that is one type of film I'd love to do.

  

  Sam Neill
  • Think
  • Film
  • Role

• I fall asleep feeling beautiful. Then, in the morning, before I leave the house, I say five things I love about myself, like 'You have really pretty eyes.' That way I can go out into the world with that little bit of extra confidence. It's a feel-good protein shake in my back pocket in case someone messes with me that day.

  

  Jennifer Love Hewitt
  • World
  • Good
  • Pretty

• Bad improv happens with people who are inexperienced with each other and don't know the craft that well. But bad stand-up is something that could happen to someone at any level in their career.

  

  Kristen Schaal
  • People
  • Up
  • Bad

• An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

  

  Edmund Burke