Ed Burns Quotes

The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men, for a' that!

History isn't really about the past - settling old scores. It's about defining the present and who we are.

You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment.

O, my luve is like a red, red rose.

Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.

The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.

I'm an advocate for change and eager to break a little glass when needed.

The heart is a temple wherein all truth resides.

I don't have a drinking problem. I drink. I get drunk. I fall down, no problem.

When I was in Vegas women were throwing their hotel keys at me. But it was after they checked out.

The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.

She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine.

It 's guid to be merry and wise, It 's guid to be honest and true, It 's guid to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.

When asked in his late 90s if his doctor knew he still smoked, Burns said, 'No ... he's dead.'

How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.

Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O!

Mankind is a science that defies definitions.

I never go jogging, it makes me spill my martini.

When I was young I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my fifties I was considered eccentric. Here I am doing and saying the same things I did then and I'm labeled senile.

Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root.

If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.

I look better, feel better, make love better and I'll tell you something else....I never lied better.

O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion.

People tend to forget that the word "history" contains the word "story".

Anticipation forward points the view.

Even thou who mournst the daisy's fate, That fate is thine--no distant date; Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives, elate, Full on thy bloom, Till crushed beneath the furrow's weight Shall be thy doom!

I love being a single mom. But it's definitely different when you're dating.

I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere.

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.

With the collapse of vaudeville new talent has no place to stink.

Vegetarianism -- You are what you eat, and who wants to be a lettuce?

If you own a car, you change that every few years and that's just what I'm doing with my appearance

Some rhyme a neebor's name to lash; Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu' cash; Some rhyme to court the countra clash, An' raise a din; For me, an aim I never fash; I rhyme for fun.

I'd rather be over the hill than under it.

When chill November's surly blast Made fields and forests bare.

Suspense is worst than disappointment.

Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.

By [age] 93, I had shrunk quite a lot. My car was known as the Phantom Cadillac. People would see it whizzing by and they would swear there was no driver.

In life you are given two ends; one to think with and the other to sit on. Your success in life depends on which end you use most. Heads you win, tails you lose.

By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of Jazz.

If the Almighty directs our steps, we've no need to look back over our shoulders.

Here's to us, who's like us Damn few, and they're all dead.

I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films.

I use the cigar for timing purposes. If I tell a joke, I smoke as long as they laugh and when they stop laughing I take the cigar out of my mouth and start my next joke.

A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat.

His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.

Be sure to wear a good cologne, a nice aftershave lotion, and a strong underarm deodorant. And it might be a good idea to wear some clothes, too.

I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot intimidates me.

I want to stop transforming and just start being.