Barnburner Quotes & Sayings

What does a house want to be? — Louis Kahn

I came from an Italian house. The refrigerator was always full. I never knew you had to buy food. I thought there were food fairies that came at night. — Ray Romano

Even when I jog, I need a place to get to. — Bess Myerson

When you construct a mix tape, the first song you come out with has to be a barnburner. — Sherman Alexie

My boredom with everything has numbed me. — Fernando Pessoa

In better times, we're celebrate Christmas Eve by attending the nativity play at the Catholic church down the road, watching Joseph and Mary and Baby Jesus try to escape from Herod's soldiers and their wooden swords and AK-47s (it wasn't the most accurate version, but it was funny.) — William Kamkwamba

Your success will be affected by the quality and quantity of new ideas you suggest. — Brian Tracy

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services — Daniel J. Boorstin

I am never lonely or discouraged or tired. When you live in constant communion with God, you cannot be lonely. When you perceive the working of God's wonderful plan and know that all good effort bears good fruit, you cannot be discouraged. When you have found inner peace, you are in contact with the source of universal energy and cannot be tired. — Peace Pilgrim

I will tell you whom to vote for: We will vote for the principles of civil and religious liberty, the man who knows the most and who has the best heart and brain for a statesman; and we do not care a farthing whether he is a Whig, a Democrat, a Barnburner, a Republican, or a New Light or anything else. — Brigham Young

It took fifty-eight minutes to pack the furniture and plants. Then I tackled the bathroom. I was astonished by the number of cosmetic and aromatic chemicals that Rosie owned. It would presumably have been insulting for me to tell her that, beyond the occasional dramatic use of lipstick or perfume (which faded rapidly after application due to absorption, evaporation or my becoming accustomed to it), they made no observable difference. I was satisfied with Rosie without any modifications. — Graeme Simsion

Turn back time to half-past innocence. But that clock's lying on its side, hour hand spinning wildly, in a dirty Dublin alley near a gold makeup pouch half concealed by trash, and an address carved in stone by a dying woman. Broken. — Karen Marie Moning

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead. — Christopher Morley

The majority does not rule in America, but the minority shouldn't hijack it. And it's because we're afraid. They have isolated us and made us feel as though we're alone. We're not. — Glenn Beck

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. — Dalai Lama

Remedies are slower in their operation than diseases. — Tacitus

Baseball really is a glorified game of throw and catch. And if you don't have guys who throw it really well, you can't compete for long. — Tucker Elliot