Burying – Quotes

Many a man works

Many a man works himself to death by burying himself in his work. Evan Esar

Marco knows he does not have the time to push her away, so he pulls her close, burying his face in her hair, his bowler hat torn from his head by the wind….Trust me, Celia whispers in his ear, and he stops fighting it, forgetting everything but her. Erin Morgenstern

I had a terror-since

I had a terror-since September -I could tell to none-and so I sing, as the Boy does by the Burying Ground-because I am afraid. Emily Dickinson

Write, if you must;

Write, if you must; not otherwise. Do not write, if you can earn a fair living at teaching or dressmaking, at electricity or hod-carrying. Make shoes, weed cabbages, survey land, keep house, make ice-cream, sell cake, climb a telephone pole. Nay, be a lightning-rod peddler or a book agent, before you set your heart upon … Read more

The main reason for

The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not causes. Nothing more than the patching up of those attacked and the burying of those who are slain, without a thought being given to the real strong hold. Edward Bach

I started composting in

I started composting in 1970 by taking my food scraps out behind where I lived and burying them in a hole next to the railroad tracks – and green things started to grow there! Ed Begley, Jr.

Since substance is infinite,

Since substance is infinite, the universe as a whole, i.e., god, Hegel is telling us that philosophy is knowledge of the infinite, of the universe as a whole, i.e, god. You cannot get more metaphysical than that. I think that Hegel scholars have to admit this basic fact rather than burying their heads in the … Read more

Trying to conceal a

Trying to conceal a crime is like burying a seed in the ground. Franz Grillparzer

Even as a child

Even as a child I was fascinated by death, not in a spiritual sense, but in an aesthetic one. A hamster or guinea pig would pass away, and, after burying the body, I’d dig it back up: over and over, until all that remained was a shoddy pelt. It earned me a certain reputation, especially … Read more

I thought instead of

I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I’d bury myself under water so everybody could see that you’re there. David Blaine