J V Burkes Quotes & Sayings

Originality breeds contempt. People will be jealous (in other words, 'hate') and the first thing out of their mouth is 'they don't get it'. Only when time and market share expands and the rest of the world is doing the exact thing you came up with first, will you be perceived as being normal since everyone else is doing it. When in truth, time has finally caught up to you. — Corey Aaron Burkes

Have you ever seen a world so amazing you wanted to inhale it, like air sucking into a jet engine? And the more you inhaled, the faster you flew, until you knew, without having to ask anyone else, that you were living? — S.W. Southwick

Bravery is a willing decision to do what must be done. Fear is a cancer that is cured only by doing what must be done, backed by an intelligent, open mind. — Corey Aaron Burkes

If our nation goes over a financial Niagara, we won't have much strength and, eventually, we won't have peace. We are currently borrowing the entire defense budget from foreign investors. Within a few years, we will be spending more on interest payments than on national security. That is not, as our military friends say, a 'robust strategy.' — Mitch Daniels

I'll be at Lambeth telling my story — Gene Robinson

She glanced outside at the sky, filled with clouds and smog. All the pollution, all that hell - even the stars didn't stand a chance. — Katherine McIntyre

Only by working within the laws that govern the flow of water will happiness be achieved. — Laozi

I believe when I leave this earth, because I love the Lord, I am going straight to Heaven. — Tammy Faye Bakker

Sleep, thou patron of mankind, Great physician of the mind Who does nor pain nor sorrow know, Sweetest balm of every woe. — Sophocles

Yet this corporate being, though so insubstantial to our senses, binds, in Burkes words, a man to his country with ties which though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. That is why young men die in battle for their countrys sake and why old men plant trees they will never sit under. — Walter Lippmann

It's reached this point where people are fascinated by every intricate detail of other people's lives. And some people are willing to give up their lives like that. — Sienna Miller

If you start most of your sentences with 'Why Can't', 'Why Not', or 'What if', you'll build a stronger imagination. — Corey Aaron Burkes

Some clown shouting, "I want my lawyer, I want my lawyer, you guys run this place just like a frigging prison." Burkes: "Shut up in there, or I'll rank you." The clown: "I ranked your wife, Burkie." Gonyar: — Stephen King

Lesson one, bitch. Don't start a pissing contest with someone who has the strength and temper to hurt you. — Anne Bishop

Music is a powerful way for people to express themselves — Nina LaCour

If you want something done, you'll have to dream it yourself. — Corey Aaron Burkes

Stories You Can Feel! — Corey Aaron Burkes

Snow, get behind me!" Charming shouted as he leaped to his feet. "I'll handle this brute."
"Billy", the teacher cried. "This is the twenty-first century, Women don't need the white knight routine anymore. I can fight my own battles. — Michael Buckley

We're now interested in finding those who may attack America and arrest them before they do. We've had over nearly a thousand people have been detained in America and questioned about their motives and their intentions. — George W. Bush

Oh, so it's now I have to find — Aaliyah Burkes, Tiffany