Ed Burns Quotes

Pause before you get home and prepare your heart. A peaceful heart leads to a peaceful atmosphere.

Write: write letters. Keep journals. Besides your children, there is no surer way of achieving immortality.

Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us

Humid seal of soft affections, Tend'rest pledge of future bliss, Dearest tie of young connections, Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss.

Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.--Robert Burns

I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!

Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approachesTam maun ride; That hour, o'night's black arch the key-stane, That dreary hourTam mounts his beast in.

Never generally means "at no point in time." The term comes from the words 'no' and 'ever', meaning that something is not ever going to happen. Sourced

John Barleycorn was a hero bold, Of noble enterprise, For if you do but taste his blood, 'Twill make your courage rise, Twill make a man forget his wo; 'Twill heighten all his joy.

Now Simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the chrystal streamlets plays; Come let us spend the lightsome days In the birks of Aberfeldy.

An atheist's laugh 's a poor exchange For Deity offended!

[Scottish songs] are, I own, frequently wild, & unreduceable to the more modern rules; but on that very eccentricity, perhaps, depends a great part of their effect.

Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.

But to mourn, that's different. To mourn is to be eaten alive with homesickness for the person.

There is no communication in this world except between equals.

My heart is sair-I dare na tell, My heart is sair for Somebody.

I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.

You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you can vice versa, that is learning about the present through history, which is what I do for a living.

I am a big fan of the old Howard Hawks films from the 30s and 40s, I was a big Hepburn and Tracey fan for a while and Woody Allen films that are a very different kind of romantic comedy.

Therapy is not to 'talk about' things, but to change the person's life, and to relieve suffering, such as depression, anxiety, or relationship problems.

I broke my neck, it's a classic neck break from chin to chest. If I had been alone, I would probably be dead.

I am so happy, so in love, and so content.

When you choose to overcome something that could paralyze people, you have the choice to either let that happen or use that as a stepping-stone to something new and different in the future.

There are still personalities that you bond with or a fighting spirit that you connect with, but as a host you have to stay impartial and root for all of them.

OMG, I am a married woman!

I would borrow my mom's red Borghese lipstick and smear it on like a clown!

I have a big personality, and I think big personality plus blond hair makes me come across as glib. With dark hair, people look at your face more. Before, it was all about the hair.

I actually had kind of one of those crazy experiences where when I hit, it was black out excruciating pain, and then white out absence of pain, and the subconscience thought that I want to go back.

I hate it when you buy a record for the single and find out that is the only good song on the album.

Some record labels want to package you in a certain way and we didn't want that. Once the record company saw we had some substance and were not a one hit wonder. They got 100% behind us.

Men, who achieve much, die as do those who achieve nothing.

It is often easier to learn from the mistakes of others than from our own.

Does man Progress? A thousand questions answered yesterday create a thousand questions today.

It is painful to reflect upon your failures knowing that you alone caused them.

A man can seem to have many friends yet know little of friendship.

The most powerful of men can fail when they forget that a mighty river can be crossed at its source.

At times, the most dangerous politicians have been those impelled by dreams and ideals, rather than basic realities.

The business man who gains success at the expense of the poor and miserable gains nil respect from his peers.

I never got a lot done using a broomstick. You've got to have something that's lethal.

Guilt is not the best way to remedy your mistakes.

Sport is about achievements. Art is to be touch and touch others in a personal level.

Practice means cutting down chance and risk.

Who expects trouble gets trouble.

But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist.

I'm always aware of who my core audiences are and I serve that niche.

I try not to be too plot-heavy and to balance the dramatic with the comedic.

Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now.

Trust your actors. That's why I work with the same actors time and time again. I encourage them to change the dialogue to achieve one thing: keep the characters honest.

You make a movie for 9k for the freedom it allows you.

The way I see it, when I go out as an actor, it should be on a type of film I'm never going to do as a director.