John Albert Burr Quotes & Sayings

Metaphor ... is, as a common feature of linguistic practice, an incidental expediency, a homely administering of first-aid by mother-wit to jams or halts in expression suddenly confronting speakers, with no respectable linguistic solution immediately in sight. — Laura Riding

Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things. — Terry Pratchett

I'm not always comfortable when a man tells me he's gay, I don't understand his world but I do understand that he's part of mine. — Dale Hansen

You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today. — Catherine Deneuve

I learned long ago that in order to heal my wounds, I must have the courage to face up with them. — Paulo Coelho

You can't vote that water out of the city of New Orleans. — Russel Honore

Evil wasn't a force from some horrible underworld. It was the force inside people that allowed them to act in horrible ways. — Dale Mayer

Friendship arises out of mere Companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interest or even taste which the others do not share and which, till that moment, each believed to be his own unique treasure (or burden). The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, "What? You too? I thought I was the only one."
... It is when two such persons discover one another, when, whether with immense difficulties and semi-articulate fumblings or with what would seem to us amazing and elliptical speed, they share their vision - it is then that Friendship is born. And instantly they stand together in an immense solitude. — C.S. Lewis

A man like Dmitry was never irate. His coldness was only reflected in the manner in which he destroyed. — Latrivia S. Nelson

If you want a branch of mathematics, you develop it in the physical context, not as something separate, which you then try to apply, rather than integrating it from the beginning. — Jagdish Mehra

I grew up in Dallas, with cowboys. I was the only guy in sixth grade with long hair and an earring. Let's just say I got a lot of, er, flak for being different. — Barry Watson

That night with you, nothing compared to it. Nothing ever came close. — Priscilla Glenn

I also meet with city officials, representatives from governors' offices, really anyone in that sort of position who has shown an interest in youth fitness, to let them know why this sort of program is so important. I give the same message when I speak at conferences. — Rafer Johnson

There are a bunch of places to stay in Des Moines, but I'd suggest finding a place on the west side of town. It's a great urban area that has a lot to offer tourists. — Zach Johnson

Military action without politics is like a tree without a root. — Ho Chi Minh