Burns

Famous quotes containing the word burns:

    There’s nought but care on ev’ry han’,
    In ev’ry hour that passes, O:
    What signifies the life o’ man,
    An’ ‘twere na for the lasses, O.
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)

    O whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad;
    O whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad:
    Tho’ father and mither and a’ should gae mad,
    O whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad.
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)

    Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
    —George Burns (b. 1896)