John Albert Burr Quotes

#1. And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair

Kahlil Gibran

#2. The New York Times, whose editorial department sounds like Cotton Mather rewriting Eleanor Roosevelt ...

William F. Buckley Jr.

#3. Unfortunately, unless the job description included a translation of the prologue of The Canterbury Tales, I was dreadfully under-qualified.

Rachel Vincent

#4. Travel never made a bore interesting; it only makes for a well-traveled bore, in the same way coffee makes for a wide-awake drunk. In fact, the more a bore travels, the worse he gets. The only advantage in it for his friends and family is that he isn't home as much.

Peg Bracken

#5. One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight;
Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my sight.

Alexander Pope

#6. I've finally tapped into that spirit of self-destruction that makes rock-n-roll the king of music!

Homer

#7. What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.

Newt Gingrich

#8. What people called the truth seemed worthless to her; what was it but a furtive, bruised story to convince yourself life was worth living.

Alice Hoffman

#9. The test of intellect is the refusal to belabor the obvious.

Alfred Bester

#10. The more a person feels skilled, the more her moods will improve; while the more challenges that are present, the more her attention will become focused and concentrated.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#11. I hadn't realised what an institution 'Doctor Who' is.

Jessica Raine

#12. Sweeter than the perfume of roses is a reputation for a kind, charitable, unselfish nature; a ready disposition to do to others any good turn in your power.

Orison Swett Marden

#13. A hungry dragon was a dangerous dragon.

S.A. Rule